Nintendo 3DS and Wii U game consoles online store service is officially closed

CTOnews.com, March 28 (Xinhua)-- Nintendo officially closed its online store for 3DS and Wii U game consoles today (March 28), and players will no longer be able to buy games, new content and in-house content.

However, Nintendo has not completely abandoned Wii U and 3DS, and officials say that even after late March 2023, players will still be able to download games and DLC again, receive software updates and enjoy games on Wii U and 3DS series systems for the foreseeable future.

CTOnews.com briefly reviews the two products. The Nintendo 3DS, a portable game console launched by Nintendo from 2011 to 2020, is the successor to the Nintendo DS and features the introduction of parallax barrier technology to achieve a naked eye-like 3D effect.

The Wii U, Nintendo's home game console after the Wii, is the successor to the Wii. It was first released on June 7, 2011, codenamed "Project Caf é". Meanwhile, the Wii U is the first home game console in Nintendo history that supports 1080p resolution. Throughout its life cycle, the Wii U sold 14.01 million units, making it the worst-selling mainframe product in Nintendo's history.