The Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShop Closes on March 27, 2023

The Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS household of techniques and the Wii U system will not be obtainable as of March 27, 2023. As soon as the store closes, you gained’t be capable to buy digital video games (together with quite a lot of previous Pokémon titles) for these techniques. We suggest you make your purchases quickly to make sure your assortment is full.

The next digital-only Pokémon releases will develop into unavailable for buy after the store closes.

Along with these video games, there’s additionally a pair of Pokémon sport demos which are nonetheless obtainable to obtain from the Nintendo 3DS eShop. Not solely do these demos offer you a style of the complete variations of their respective video games, however finishing them will earn you particular Pokémon that may be transferred to Pokémon Financial institution. Search for Glalie within the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Particular Demo and Ash-Greninja within the Pokémon Solar and Pokémon Moon Particular Demo.

The closure of the Nintendo 3DS eShop may even have an effect on the Theme Store and Nintendo Badge Arcade, each of which comprise Pokémon objects that can be utilized to customise your Nintendo 3DS house display screen. Lastly, we suggest you’re taking this chance to obtain any obtainable software program updates.

Those that hyperlink their Nintendo Community ID pockets (used with Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS household of techniques) with their Nintendo Account pockets (used with the Nintendo Change household of techniques) can use the shared steadiness to buy content material on any of those techniques till March 27, 2023. After that, the steadiness can solely be used to buy content material for the Nintendo Change household of techniques.

For extra details about the discontinuation of the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShop, please go to Nintendo’s Buyer Assist web site.