Wii U and 3DS eShop Sales to End on March 27, 2023 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 July 2022 / 2,409 Views
Nintendo announced it will be shutting down the ability to make purchases on the Nintendo eShop for the Wii U and 3DS on March 27, 2023. On the same day it will also no longer be possible to download free content, including demos.
It has already been made impossible to add funds to your Nintendo eShop account on the Wii U or 3DS by using a credit card. On August 29, it will no longer be possible to use a Nintendo eShop Card to add funds to your account on the Wii U or 3DS. It will still be possible to redeem download codes until March 27, 2023.
Even after March 27, 2023, it will still be possible to redownload games and DLC, update software, and play Wii U and 3DS games online.
Even after 3/27/2023 and for the foreseeable future, it will still be possible to redownload games and DLC, receive software updates and enjoy online play on Wii U consoles and Nintendo 3DS systems.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 19, 2022
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I don't like the "foreseeable" future thing. As long as they're a company with servers, you should always be able to re-download things you purchased on their systems. Same for Sony, Microsoft and Valve.
All our times have come.
Here but now they're gone.
We better not get an all new an improved Nintendo eshop on the Switch's successor that makes everything on the Switch obsolete in a few years.
It will happen.
If next Switch is not backwards compatible, I can see it happening.
It will very likely be backwards compatible. So there wouldn't be any reason to have a completely new and separate eshop.
We unfortunately do not know that and there is nothing to show Nintendo will just include BC in the next system.
They have proven fairly regularly that they don't care. SNES didn't support NES. N64 didn't support SNES. GameCube didn't support N64.
I would love for the next Nintendo system to be backwards compatible, but it's not a guarantee.
Every console afterwards except for the Switch had backwards compatability. Every single one. That's why it's very likely.
They didn't though. The Wii supported GameCube and Wii U supported Wii. The 3DS supported DS. NES, SNES, N64, GameCube and Switch don't support backwards compatibility.
I said every console AFTERWARDS did have backwards compatability. Every console after the Gamecube except for the Switch. The DS had GBA BC and the GBA had GB BC. The Switch doesn't have it for obvious and self explanatory reasons. There's no reason for the next console to not have BC unless it's vastly and completely different and there's no reason for that to be the case. The older consoles not having BC does not matter. It was a long time ago. There's like zero connection.
the e-shop will not end until March 28, 2023
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