[Update 9/10] Added Game Mania (Netherlands) as a location where you can download the demo
Nintendo is releasing a special demo version of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, so we can pay an early visit to Hoenn. Here you can see how and where to get a special code.
Nintendo says the following about the demo:
Start your next Hoenn region adventure early with a special demo version of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. This demo features gameplay that you won’t experience anywhere else. During the course of this adventure, you’ll be surprised to encounter familiar Pokémon that can now Mega Evolve! Source
The Pokémon you catch in this demo can be carried over to Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, including any items you receive in the adventure. Normally, Nintendo releases demos that can be played 30 times, but the OR and AS demo is playable as many times as you want.
Ways to obtain a code:
Netherlands
- 11 – 12 Oct. Firs Look Event Jaarbeurs Utrecht
- 15 Oct. Shopping centerPaddepoel in Groningen (Nintendo Fall Tour)
- 18 Oct. Shopping center Dukenburg in Nijmegen (Nintendo Fall Tour)
- 25 Oct. Shopping center Klanderij in Enschede (Nintendo Fall Tour)
- 26 Oct. Shopping center Middenwaard in Heerhugowaard (Nintendo Fall Tour)
- In any Game Mania store. You’ll get a digital code on your screen when connecting to the Nintendo Zone, after which you can download the demo. Probably from Oct. 15.
Belgium
- 18 – 19 Oct. on F.A.C.T.S festival
Germany
- Go to any McDonald’s and connect to the Nintendo Zone (from Oct. 15) (source)
Denmark
- Sign up here. You have to sign up for the newsletter, but you can always cancel when you receive the first one. Codes are sent from Oct. 16
France
- More info on how to receive the demo will be made available here
UK
- Videogame retailers in the UK will send demo codes out to fans via their internal databases from Oct. 15. Shops sending out codes are GAME, Amazon, Smyth Toys, ShopTo and the NIntendo UK Official Store.
- Demo codes will be made available through Wikia, Bin Weevils and Nintendo Life
- 24 – 26 Oct. on MCM Comic Con London
Portugal
- 11 – 12 Oct. IBERANIME OPO 2014
- FNAC, El Corte Ingles, Media Markt
- 15 Oct. Lisbon Comic Con
Italy
- In Topolino and Il Giornalino magazine in the end of October and in Focus Junior magazin in Early november
- Nintendolandia Tour, keep an eye on Nintendo.it
- 24 – 26 Oct. Milan Games Week at Fieramilanocity
Australia
- Select Club Nintendo members will receive an exclusive email code for the demo from Oct. 15 and onwards
- The demo will be available from selected retailers from Nov. 3
US
- More info on how to receive the demo will be made available here
Most places won’t start sending out codes before Oct. 15, so we need a bit of patience before we can pay an early visit to Hoenn. If more information gets released, I will update the above post. For now, the easiest way is to just sign up on the Danish website and hope you get a code, as they claim they have a limited amount.