Nintendo is preparing to bury the Wii U and 3DS for good

In March 2017 to nintendo Launched all over the world converts, the hybrid console that came to replace not only Wei Yu, like Nintendo 3DSOne of the world’s best-selling mobile game consoles.

How many years later, the Switch has sold more than 84 million units, and this number is expected to continue to rise, as the company recently announced the availability OLED switchfor next October.

So what about old keyboards? Of course, it will be discontinued. The 3DS hasn’t been in production since September 2020, and the Wii U is from 2017. The big game publishers have apparently stopped creating new games for these two devices. However, the owners of both continue to connect to the services. Online, including Electronic shop That until recently, independent programmers have been nurturing new games. And while they can still do that today, the truth is that even that will soon stop being achieved.

YouTube channel invited Impact Game Station He posted a video claiming that Nintendo (particularly the European subsidiary) has started sending a message to everyone designers One of the games registered in the eShop. In this letter, the company claims that it has set a deadline after which it will no longer accept new games for the 3DS and Wii U. Thus, as of April 1, 2022, which coincides with the start of Nintendo’s fiscal year, it is no longer new. Games may become available.

No more Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games

In this message, Nintendo will specify that this date is not related to sending patches and updates. This means that game maintenance will be guaranteed after this date (fortunately for all the new features that can come this far). Therefore, Nintendo will not close the eShop, but its content will not change anymore. This ad is relatively reliable as Nintendo has begun removing some Wii U and 3DS services from the eShop, particularly credit card payments.

As such, for now we can wait for the official announcement, which won’t take long for it to happen.

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