Farewell To Wii U And 3DS eShops
March 27, 2023
Nintendo is taking both the Wii U and 3DS eShops offline today, ending the ability to purchase content from those digital storefronts. It's always sad to see a digital shop go, but Nintendo delisting content in this manner always seems to hurt a little more because we never know if some of it will be back. Sure, Super Mario Bros. 3 isn't going anywhere; in fact, it's already possible to play three different versions of it on the Nintendo Switch provided you pay the subscription fee instead of a one-time purchase price. Other games from the company's more experimental whims such as Rusty's Real Deal Baseball, Nintendo Badge Arcade, Pushmo, and Boxboy! may or may not resurface one day. Virtual Console games such as Bionic Commando and the Mega Man Game Boy titles may or may not be relicensed for the Switch. We're surely not going to see the 3D conversions of famous games such as Kirby's Adventure or Sonic the Hedgehog 2 again. I don't even know where to begin with how this impacts the classic Pokémon games and Pokémon Bank. And all of that is just on the 3DS eShop!
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