You may recall that, back in October of last year, Nintendo had announced that online play and other functionalities for 3DS and Wii U software would be coming to an end in April of 2024. It is now 2024, so it was only a matter of time before Nintendo decided to elaborate more about the matter.
Sure enough, Nintendo has done so as of tonight. The company has announced that the closure of online play and services will end for 3DS and Wii U software on April 8th. Nintendo also confirmed that, starting on March 11th, you will no longer be able to merge your unused Nintendo eShop balance to your Nintendo Account’s wallet for use on the Nintendo Switch. The announcement tweets are down below.
Awww, end of an era… That ended an era ago lol
Man I really love the 3DS and I really hate to see the online services end in Spring. I still have my 3DS still. Such a faithful era. :-(
customfirmware and servers problem solved
So what does this mean for transferring Pokemon from X, Y, OR, AS, Sun, Moon, US, and UM to Pokemon Home? Or the Pokemon Bank Service, period? Will that be discontinued as well?
Most likely, but Pokemon Bank drop the paid tier a long time ago, it’s been free for anyone that’s wanted to transfer Pokemon to Pokemon home for just about a year now.
Nintendo really having a hard time beating them “New console coming soon” allegations
But Nintendo said they had no plans of a successor a few months ago… please ignore them saying the same thing about the Wii a few months before the Wii U was announced!
“Update: until 3/11, you can merge your unused Nintendo eShop balance to your Nintendo Account, so that it can be used on #NintendoSwitch.”
What if you don’t own a Switch, and have no intention of owning the ¢®@₱₱¥ thing?
then it would’ve been good to spend the eshop balance back before it was closing?
The end of free online on consoles. Thanks sheep.
Don’t know why it replied to draco. Waa supposed to be an og comment.
Ngl dude, your apparent hatred for the Switch seems really unhealthy. You keep making comments like these on articles where its not even relevant.
It’s just a game console at the end of the day, it really shouldn’t inspire such enmity from you.
These discontinuations of services…
No matter how many years they run for, it still always feels too soon when they pull the plug.
Pretendo is our only hope
What does it mean to people who want to hack the 3ds is it going to still be possible?
thats easy no problems at all
So where am I supposed to deposit my Beedrill, Pidgeot, Raticate, Alolan Raticate, Swellow, Delcatty, Spinda, Kecleon, Huntail, Gorebyss, Watchog, elemental monkeys, and Furfrou?
I don’t own GO, LGPE, or BDSP.
Deposit them to the Pokemon Bank, and then transfer them to Pokemon Home. Then when the new game releases, and they add Home compatibility, you’ll still have them.