Nintendo of Japan: 3DS and Wii U eShops to No Longer Accept Credit Cards Starting January 18, 2022 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 August 2021 / 1,588 Views
Nintendo of Japan announced starting January 18, 2022 credit cards will no longer work to purchase games on the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops. You will still be able to use prepaid eShop cards to add to your balance.
It should be noted this announcement has only been made for Japan at this time. We don't know if the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops outside of Japan will stop allowing the use of credit cards for purchases on January 18, 2022.
You can link your Nintendo Network ID (NNID) with your Nintendo 3DS or Wii U with your Nintendo Account. You will be able to purchase games for the platforms from the Nintendo website using your balance, eShop prepaid cards, credit cards, and PayPal.
If you have a Nintendo Switch, you can link your Nintendo Network ID with your Nintendo account. You can add balance to your Switch using a credit card. You can use your balance to purchase games for your Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
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Nintendo keeps shutting down their digital stores way too early. 3DS was still getting releases and traffic only 3 years ago, seems a bit rushed to start removing paying options already. As Switch has no BC once they stop selling there will be no legal way to purchase digital 3DS games anymore, not a good thing imo
This has been the case in Europe for over a year now. There are still other options to purchase games there.
My guess is they'll the eshops themselves up for at least another 5 years, which also would be a bit to early.
It's been like this in Europe for some time now though.
We'll see if this applies to the rest of the world. If so, I think the shops only have a few more years at most. I was just talking about the shops staying open in light of the Vita getting its late digital games. And now this happens.
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