This document describes how to use the Account Developer Portal and Authentication Server Error Simulator, a tool that enables developers to generate and check error codes and error messages that do not occur under normal use in the Nintendo Network-compatible software for 3DS.
In this document, the term "3DS" refers not only to the original Nintendo 3DS but also to the entire Nintendo 3DS family as a whole.
1.1. Authentication Server Error Simulator
After connecting to the Internet, software that supports Nintendo Network must first communicate with an authentication server to validate the user information saved on the 3DS system.
The Authentication Server Error Simulator can create fake authentication errors.
Some network services, such as SpotPass, do not communicate with the authentication server.
1.2. Account Developer Portal
The Account Developer Portal is a website that supports the development and debugging of software for developers who use the account server. The Account Developer Portal enables you to view and edit Nintendo Network account information saved on the account server, and to emulate the generation of errors that may occur when using the account server. An NDID (Nintendo Developer ID) is required in order to log in to the Account Developer Portal. If you already have an OMAS (Online title MAnagement System) account, you can continue to use those login credentials as an NDID. If you do not have an NDID, ask the person in charge of NDIDs at your company or in your section to issue you one.