In addition to sporting a cutting-edge glasses-free 3-D display, Nintendo's 3DS handheld also offers a number of other features, including built-in Wi-Fi support and the innovative new SpotPass, which allows the device to seek out Wi-Fi signals and download content while it's in sleep mode. DLC has the potential to be a big thing for the 3DS, something which we're already seeing the first signs of in Team Ninja's plan to support "Dead or Alive: Dimensions" with daily updates, at least for a time.
The developer told Famitsu (via Andria Sang) that in addition to downloadable costumes being made available daily via SpotPass, there will also be a release day-only costume as a treat for the people who make their purchase on launch day. 28 costumes in all will be gradually released for download to your 3DS, though only a limited list has been revealed so far.
The seven characters pictured above are actually all wearing "Dimensions" DLC costumes. From left to right you've got Cheer Girl Lei Fang, Personal Clothing Kokoro, Ninja Attire Ayane, Personal Clothing Kasumi, Personal Clothing Hitomi, White Cat Costume La Mariposa and White Cat Costume Tina. Famitsu also shared screens and artwork (which you can check out at Andria Sang) featuring Genra, Alpha-152, Kasumi Alpha, and Tengu, all of whom will be playable for the first time in "Dimensions," along with Leon, Bass and Zack.
Some of the fine details of exactly what the 3DS is set to offer were lost in Nintendo's initial announcement, largely because so much media attention was focused on the glasses-free 3-D display. Features like SpotPass are easy enough to describe, but it takes actual object examples such as this one to really give you a sense of what the potential is.