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The Altruist
Nintendo JP's official Twitter just announced that the Wii U and 3DS eshops will no longer be accepting payments through credit or debit cards starting January 18th, 2022. It doesn't mean you won't be able to buy games after the 18th, you still can buy games with pre-paid eshop cards you can buy online or at your local retailers. I expect the eshop for the Wii U and 3DS to officially discontinue within 2022 or even 2023 if Nintendo is remotely generous. It's a shame that most of those games will be lost as I personally don't believe Nintendo will be bringing back any sense of a virtual console system on the Switch. If you haven't bought your N64, GBA, or DS titles on the Wii U or 3DS if applicable, now's the time to start planning.
It's important to address that this is so far only announced for the JP region at the time of writing this thread, but do expect similar announcements for the other regions within the week.
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It's important to address that this is so far only announced for the JP region at the time of writing this thread, but do expect similar announcements for the other regions within the week.
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