Long story, so here is the short version.
I had a 3ds with a nintendo ID registered with it, and I had many games i got off the eshop (mario kart 7, etc.) with the same nintendo ID.
I recently got a brand-new 2ds, and I wanted my games from my old 3ds on my new 2ds.
I was stupid, and tried to download games to the card, then put it in my 2ds and see if it would work. No dice.
I had no idea there was a transfer tool to do this process.
To make matters worse, I reset my 3ds and gave it to my brother, who uses it today.
So long story short, I have a perfectly good nintendo ID with all my games and stuff in it, binded to a 3ds that no longer exists.
Upon further research, It seems the transfer tool is THE ONLY WAY to transfer nintendo ID and data, such as my games.
Catch 22?
Is there any way to fix this? Or are my precious games lost forever in cyberspace?
And if they are, I do hope nintendo finds a way to do this in other ways than the transfer tool, or make people aware that such a tool exists so others will not be in my situation.
Thank you for reading.
(Oh and by the way- the ID also had the AMBASSADOR PROGRAM with all those NES and GBA games, so I was pretty mad when I lost all my games.) 