Nintendo hasn’t supported the 3DS with any new content for several years now, and the Wii U was abandoned the second the Switch showed up. When the Wii’s eShop was shut down, many fans wondered how long the Wii U’s shop had left, as it was a far less successful console.
Looks like now we know. The shop, and everything in it, has been given a
March 2023 expiration date. The 3DS’s eShop will be shut down at the same time, despite there still technically being a model on the market (you can find a cheap 2DS at Walmart or Target if you hunt for it).
Note that they say March, but it’s actually much sooner than that: the point where credit cards will no longer work on the 3DS and Wii U eShops is
May 23, 2022. After that point you’ll be able to use prepaid cards until August, but for most people, a credit card is the only way.
So what does this mean — that hundreds of unique games, and...
