I need help for a cousin, a while back he bought a 2ds with the game pokemon omega something pre installed. His DS however got stolen and now he is allowed to get a new one.
His question is, does he have to buy the pokemon game again or is it account based meaning he can just install it on his new DS?

cheers

i rlly think that he will need to buy it again cuz we could have 1 account with all the game that we share between each others. there might be an exception with the new 3ds

https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po/browse/subcategory.jsp?categoryId=cat200006

He should buy it directly from nintendo. They has awesome price(refurbish). I once ordered 2 wii remote + nunchuck for 40$. It was brand new, over my expectation with a 1 year garantee

This post was edited by AF_Con on Apr 10 2015 11:04am

he will likely need to buy it again along with any other digital things he may have purchased
and if he had a Nintendo Network ID setup on that system might be worth contacting Nintendo to see if they can do anything about it being connected with that system as a NNID can only be linked to a single 3DS and Wii U, so he would require making a new 1 unless Nintendo can do something about it

Alright thanks for the help!

If hr remeber the serial code and can proove to nintendo he has the serial number they'll transfer all his stuff and tell him to be a bit more careful with his stuff

sometimes being careful isn't enough, thiefs are thiefs they find a way to get your shit.