Nintendo eShop

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Nintendo eShop
Nintendo eShop logo
Logo since 2017
Nintendo eShop featured page on Nintendo Switch
Nintendo eShop running on a Nintendo Switch
DeveloperNintendo
TypeOnline distribution
Launch date
  • Nintendo 3DS
  • June 6, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-06-06)
  • Wii U
  • November 18, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-11-18)
  • Nintendo Switch
  • March 3, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-03-03)
      • CHN: December 10, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-12-10)
Discontinued
List
    • Wii U, Nintendo 3DS
    • July 31, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-07-31) (Latin America and the Caribbean)
    • March 27, 2023; 20 months ago (2023-03-27) (International)[1][2]
    • Nintendo Switch
    • May 31, 2023; 17 months ago (2023-05-31) (Russia)
      • CHN: March 31, 2026; 16 months' time (2026-03-31)
Platform(s)
Operating system(s)
StatusActive
Members26 million (as of September 2013)[3]
Websitewww.nintendo.com/store

The Nintendo eShop[4] is a digital distribution service for the Nintendo Switch, and formerly available via the Nintendo Network for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Launched in June 2011 on the Nintendo 3DS,[5] the Nintendo eShop served as the successor to both the Wii Shop Channel and DSi Shop. It is also a multitasking application, which means it is easily accessible even when a game is already running in the background through the system software. The Nintendo eShop features downloadable games, demos, applications, streaming videos, consumer rating feedback, and other information on upcoming game releases. The service was discontinued globally for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in March 2023, continuing only on the Switch.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NOA closes eShop on 3DS/Wii U was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Faulkner, Cameron (July 19, 2022). "Nintendo will close the Wii U and 3DS eShops on March 27th, 2023". The Verge. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  3. ^ "Third Quarter Financial Results Briefing". Nintendo. January 31, 2013.
  4. ^ ニンテンドーeショップ, Nintendō īShoppu
  5. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (May 12, 2011). "Nintendo 3DS e-Shop and browser delayed". Eurogamer. Eurogamer.