R.I.P.: Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops

The end has come. Farewell to both of these eShops.

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R.I.P.: Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops

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UPDATE: Both the 3DS and Wii U eShops will close at the following times:

PST: March 27th at 5pm
EST March 27th at 8pm
BST: March 28th at 1am

If you have a farewell purchase, make it fast before both of these eShops close.


UPDATE (3/27/2023): The Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops are now officially closed for new purchases, download code redemptions et al. You will both be missed, so long and thanks for the fish!

UPDATE (3/28/2023): You can redeem any 3DS/Wii U game download codes you have remaining until April 4th, 2023 at 1:30 PM JST. Check the latest post for some time zone conversions.

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Everything you need to know about the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShop closures is right here: https://en-americas-support.nintendo.co ... a_id/57847

The end of an era is dawning us. The Nintendo eShops for both the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U will close their doors in late March 2023. If there's any eShop exclusives, Virtual Console games et al you want for both these consoles, you have a bit over a year to do so. Don't be surprised if price hikes happen to physical 3DS and Wii U games in the near future following these inevitable eShop closures.

P.S.: Pokémon Bank will become free to use after the 3DS and Wii U eShops close their doors. Make sure you download Pokémon Bank on any of your 3DS consoles before these eShops close.
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Re: Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops to close late March 2023

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RIP Nintendo 3DS... You will never be forgotten... I mean, how could it if the forum is named after the handheld?

So, QUICK! Don't sit there wasting your precious time! Whatever you haven't bought on the eShop yet, GET IT! DO IT RIGHT AWAY! DO IT WHILE YOU CAN! IT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN LIVE A LIFE OF NO REGRETS!
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Re: Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops to close late March 2023

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Late response, but I noticed that Capcom and various indie devs/publishers (I.E.: Wayforward, Atooi, Circle Entertaiment, Yacht Club Games among several others) have put their games on sale on both the 3DS and Wii U eShops this past week as a last chance type deal. I hope that Sega, Atlus, NIS, Inti Creates and several others also hop in the last ditch 3DS and Wii U eShop sales bandwagon as well but I have my doubts at this point of time.

You have until March 27th of 2023 to snag anything from the 3DS and Wii U eShops (and paid themes from the 3DS Theme Shop) before they close. This goes double for DLC to any games you own on those two consoles.

P.S.: To no one's surprise, prices for physical pre-owned 3DS and Wii U games (mainly anything not already on the Switch for the latter) are starting to fluctuate left and right. I just hope it doesn't become as costly overall as Nintendo GameCube or even Sega Saturn game collecting.
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Why not make everything free?
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Remember what I said about Atlus and NIS jumping in on the last chance sales bandwagon? They just did in Europe and Australia, I don't know if it'll carry over to North America. Here's the stuff that our friends from Europe and Australia have on sale at the 3DS eShops there:

Europe: https://psprices.com/region-nl/collecti ... atform=3DS
Australia: https://psprices.com/region-au/collecti ... atform=3DS

...and the respective Wii U eShops as well:

Europe: https://psprices.com/region-nl/collecti ... tform=WiiU
Australia: https://psprices.com/region-au/collecti ... tform=WiiU

North American owners are treated to a final sale of Gurumin 3D: A Monstrous Adventure before the imminent closure. You may want to snag this just in case if Gurumin doesn't come to the Switch in any form. The game also has a free theme bundle on the 3DS Theme Shop as well, it's under Game-Specific Themes (and not under the Free to Download section oddly enough) if you're looking for it.

As a side note, you may want to snag Flipnote Studio 3D, My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and all 6 of the exclusive My Nintendo themes on the MyNintendo Rewards shop before the 3DS/Wii U eShop closure otherwise you'll be unable to redeem them. This is your last call for that.
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This may be the last week to score 30 platinum points for logging on to the 3DS/WiiU Nintendo eShop! You better do it while you can!
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Tiger21820 wrote: March 20th, 2023, 12:50 This may be the last week to score 30 platinum points for logging on to the 3DS/WiiU Nintendo eShop! You better do it while you can!
Thanks for the reminder, and I've been way ahead of you for that mate.

If you have any unused download codes for 3DS and/or Wii U games, 3DS menu themes et al that you haven't used up yet, now's the time to do so. I had download codes for two Mega Man 3DS menu themes that I've had from the Mega Man Legacy Collection Collectors Edition that were left unused until now.
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Losing access to all those games is a true crime, I hope Nintendo has plans to keep them going somehow.
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Demon_skeith wrote: March 26th, 2023, 2:36 Losing access to all those games is a true crime, I hope Nintendo has plans to keep them going somehow.
Yes, losing official access to these games is a shame for those from future generations who want the unique experiences both these consoles had.

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Today's the last day. The exact final time for the 3DS and Wii U eShops to close will be at 5 PM PST/8 PM EST/1 AM BST. You only have a few hours to make any farewell purchases.

Any farewell 3DS and/or Wii U eShop purchases you made?

For me, I've bought Runny Egg as one of my last purchases in honour of former site moderator CaptainDrewBoy who posted a topic here several years ago. The 3DS version of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove (already have physical on the Wii U) was my last true purchase on these soon-to-be defunct eShops.
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At least for the time being, we still have internet features! RIP eShop... With the sunsetting of the Nintendo eShop, the Nintendo 3DS has yet taken another hard blow to it's already fragile legacy... One more like this, and it comes crashing down... But this forum, unlike the Nintendo eShop, will NEVER die!
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Tiger21820 wrote: March 27th, 2023, 14:11 At least for the time being, we still have internet features! RIP eShop... With the sunsetting of the Nintendo eShop, the Nintendo 3DS has yet taken another hard blow to it's already fragile legacy... One more like this, and it comes crashing down... But this forum, unlike the Nintendo eShop, will NEVER die!
Internet features? Yes for any game that's not named Mario Kart 8 or Splatoon (the Wii U originals), both of which have their online play currently "under maintenance" since earlier this month due to the whole ENLBufferPwn thing which has yet to be officially patched out in any Wii U games that have it.

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Quick update regarding game download codes for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U: Nintendo has extended the time frame for those who have any 3DS and/or Wii U game download codes they have until April 4th, 2023 at 1:30 PM JST*. (Related post on Nintendo Customer Service Japan's Twitter)

Translation of Nintendo_CS's announcement (via DeepL Translate):
Since the "Download Number Redemption" was not available earlier than the scheduled time after midnight on 3/28 (Tue.), the redemption has been extended until 1:30 p.m. on 4/4 (Tue.). Please redeem your download number again from the Nintendo 3DS/Wii U eShop. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
*Here's the deadline times to redeem any 3DS/Wii U game download codes for some other time zones:
5:30 AM BST (April 4th)
12:30 AM EDT (April 4th)
9:30 PM PDT (April 3rd)
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Whelp I guess its time to look into making my 3DS able to play ROMs.
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