Final Hours of the 3DS & Wii U eShop - Before & After Death

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  • @infinityguyyt
    @infinityguyyt Рік тому +136

    I remember watching the mario kart 8 direct a million times on the 3ds eshop, I'll miss that more and more every day

    • @highlander8402
      @highlander8402 Рік тому +11

      same. 300 hours on the eshop and so many of those hours were probably from that direct lol

    • @aaronmk7
      @aaronmk7 Рік тому +12

      Facts the directs and the old Eshop connected with the Wii U and 3DS were great. Wish Nintendo Switch wasn’t so bland and boring now. I feel as if it’s a very depressed console not so lively like the Wii U, 3DS and even Wii.

    • @ZeldaMasterLogan
      @ZeldaMasterLogan Рік тому +10

      I remember watching Dinosaur Office (rawr) a lot of the 3DS eshop and that Cat Mario and Cat Peach puppet show on the WiiU eshop. Oddly nostalgic back in 2016ish

  • @yoshibrothers9982
    @yoshibrothers9982 Рік тому +111

    I must have started collecting physical and digital games about a year ago when the announcement of the shutdowns were first made. A chunk of my time was spent stockpiling games all to preserve and play them myself. The 3DS is a system that I have grown quite fond of since I first bought it back in 2011, so even though the circumstances forced me to build up a library sooner than intended, I'm happy that I did.

  • @ryanwinter8813
    @ryanwinter8813 Рік тому +82

    out with the E Shop, in with the H Shop.

    • @Ross_YT84
      @Ross_YT84 Рік тому

      Am I the only one who doesn't get this joke?

    • @jaykebird2go
      @jaykebird2go Рік тому

      I don't get it either

    • @playertoo9730
      @playertoo9730 Рік тому +6

      @@Ross_YT84 homebrew!

    • @Vista0279
      @Vista0279 Рік тому +14

      ​@@Ross_YT84 Essentially, time for a yar har har resurrection of the eShop for homebrew

    • @RoseihDBTB
      @RoseihDBTB Рік тому +7

      @@Ross_YT84 h shop is a piracy app

  • @bluenatik
    @bluenatik Рік тому +9

    Thank you Jon for immortalizing the magical experience that was browsing the Wii u and 3DS eshop. It will be forever missed, RIP

  • @mr.horseshoe2301
    @mr.horseshoe2301 Рік тому +141

    I have the entire 3DS + WiiU library for all regions backed up on my NAS. What great systems they were!

    • @thundere997
      @thundere997 Рік тому +14

      Did you find the games in a big zip file, or did you archive all of them individually?

    • @kanekiyoshimura5707
      @kanekiyoshimura5707 Рік тому +31

      Goat I love our preservers

    • @Vulg8
      @Vulg8 Рік тому +17

      If the people who create games refuse to preserve the games that we love then we need to have someone do it

    • @internetguy7319
      @internetguy7319 Рік тому

      @@kanekiyoshimura5707 the only preservation is emulation and piracy, nothing else is real

    • @PolYGame
      @PolYGame Рік тому +4

      I have to ask if we can have acess to your NAS haha! 😜

  • @davidsarton976
    @davidsarton976 Рік тому +8

    Such a bummer that TG-16 games haven't come to the Switch. I remember how psyched I was when their games started coming to the Wii Virtual Console; that's how I was able to play Neutopia, Military Madness (or Nectaris, depending on your region), Bonk's Adventure, and Ys Book I and II.
    So many classics.

  • @courtneymertz4596
    @courtneymertz4596 Рік тому +35

    I remember getting my first ever prepaid card for the eShop! I got Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario Bros 2. NES! Later I got myself another for Themes, Super Mario Bros. 3 and perhaps some others I think. I am definitely going to miss the 3DS and Wii U eShop, as the things I purchased from them I had fond memories of them…. Adios 3DS and Wii U eShop…. 🥺

  • @AsherPrime07
    @AsherPrime07 Рік тому +25

    In case you didn’t know why Dr.. Kawashima’s brain training was so high on recent best sellers. It was a very popular cheap way to buy a virtual console game to exploit for home brew!

    • @fapuloes
      @fapuloes Рік тому +1

      It was also free in the beginning

  • @Wibiki43
    @Wibiki43 Рік тому +43

    If anything, the eShop now is just a contrived way of looking at games you might want to emulate or buy for a high price.

    • @Matanumi
      @Matanumi Рік тому +5

      Yeah.... its still there but it just shows Nintendo selects titles.... like the best sellers/greatest hits of the 3ds.
      Weird.... Hshop it is

    • @FollowMe4REP
      @FollowMe4REP Рік тому

      So is wikipedia

  • @cheezyfriez12
    @cheezyfriez12 Рік тому +68

    Man, its so surreal seeing these consoles slowly dying after all these years of the 3ds being mainstream. It truly is the end of an excellent era. I'm really gonna miss it too, these systems were so full of personality and charm that's still unmatched by Nintendo's current offerings. I hope that one day, they'll make systems like these again.

    • @IAmComicallyCartoonyYKnow
      @IAmComicallyCartoonyYKnow Рік тому +10

      @Dasha In Reverse It basically is the end. They are not selling them, Miiverse is closed, yeah.

    • @FollowMe4REP
      @FollowMe4REP Рік тому +2

      Guess i won’t be StreetPassing @NotEvenADoggo

    • @cheezyfriez12
      @cheezyfriez12 Рік тому +5

      @Dasha In Reverse Aside from the slowly dying online multiplayer, which probably only has a few more years, it pretty much is dead. Think about it, they're not making any new units, you can't send it in for repair, the only reason they still sell the battery is because its used in the switch pro controller, there hasn't been any major new games in about 4 years, and now you cant even buy games directly from nintendo anymore.

    • @yordansic
      @yordansic Рік тому

      Don’t.

  • @datalphalion
    @datalphalion Рік тому +26

    I picked up everything I know I wanted, but it still sucks for game preservation. The fact that I was still able to buy the Sly Cooper series, the God of War games, the OG Ratchet games, the Infamous games, and Metal Gear Rising on my PS3 was amazing.

    • @Matanumi
      @Matanumi Рік тому +3

      .... this is Nintendo....
      But yeah we get it still important

    • @FollowMe4REP
      @FollowMe4REP Рік тому

      @@Matanumi I think the point is that Nintendo shot themselves in the junk for no reason but while grief-snot was pooling in your cleavage, you could console (heh) yourself a little by staggering over to your PS3 and buying games twice as old as any of Nintendo’s Golden Age games.

  • @gamemasterseven
    @gamemasterseven Рік тому +6

    Never thought that I would end up buying so many digital games in such a short timeframe, but I guess that's what something like this does to a person. While I am glad that I was still able to download most of the games that I wanted, it still sucks that these games are unavailable now. I started creating an almost fully digital gaming library several years back, due to storage and housing reasons, so having access to so many digital games was amazing! The extra hard drive and SD card space needed was a bit much in some cases, but it helped make the task possible, at least. ...And yet...here we are. Rest in peace, you two. Like many things that have been lost to time, you are gone, but not forgotten.

  • @TheYambino
    @TheYambino Рік тому +5

    Its nuts that Ive barely touched my 3ds and wiiu since Switch came out. But all of a sudden Ive stockpiled so many games in the past week that its all I can think of playing for next several months. The nostalgia is real...

    • @CMONCMON007
      @CMONCMON007 Рік тому +3

      Same here dude!!! Man Nintendo is awful. Thank goodness the Xbox 360 and PS 3 stores are still up and running

  • @BenjiBearPup
    @BenjiBearPup Рік тому +26

    Sad day to see it go. Hopefully a lot of these titles do see life again as ports. HUGE THANKS to Jon! You were a big help with my last minute shopping spree on 3DS! Here's what I picked up:
    Box Boy Trilogy
    Pushmo/Pullblox Trilogy
    Attack of the Friday Monsters
    Pocket Card Jockey
    Weapon Shop de Omasse
    Harmoknight
    Dillon Trilogy
    Chase Cold Case Investigations
    Fire Emblem Trilogy
    Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice
    Layton vs Phoenix Wright
    Layton and the Azran Legacy
    SMT Devil Survivor Duology
    SMT Soul Hackers
    SMT IV and Apocalypse
    Persona Q
    Dragon Quest VII
    Dragon Quest VIII
    Dragon Quest Wars
    Bravely Default
    Bravely Second
    Monster Hunter Stories
    Stella Glow
    Radiant Historia
    Go Go Kokopolo 3D
    Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon

    • @jeremysart
      @jeremysart Рік тому +2

      Dragon Quest games we’re a good idea, they are so expensive physically.

    • @internetguy7319
      @internetguy7319 Рік тому

      Just pirate lmfao you're lame

    • @BenjiBearPup
      @BenjiBearPup Рік тому

      @@jeremysart Absolutely. Hear amazing things about DQ8 so I had to get that before the close.

  • @PercyTheWolf
    @PercyTheWolf Рік тому +321

    Shame on Nintendo for shutting down their 3DS & WII U Eshops when the Xbox 360, PS3 & Vita stores are still open and kicking

    • @kebm1388
      @kebm1388 Рік тому +96

      "kicking" might not be how I'd describe the ps3 store these days

    • @presidentc4
      @presidentc4 Рік тому +82

      ​@@kebm1388 On life support is more accurate I'd say

    • @PercyTheWolf
      @PercyTheWolf Рік тому +8

      @@presidentc4 I see

    • @frosty1865
      @frosty1865 Рік тому +40

      @@kebm1388 still it would make sense to shut down the store after 2 generations but wii u is only last gen

    • @SwitchStation
      @SwitchStation Рік тому +11

      Yeah I'm actually really surprised about the 360 making it this far lol

  • @coreygeorge1874
    @coreygeorge1874 Рік тому +9

    I spent a unreasonable amount of money getting wii u virtual console games in the last week but I’m glad I did

  • @LeMon-re7qs
    @LeMon-re7qs Рік тому +5

    The Wii U eShop carries some of my most cherished gaming memories. Since I wasn't following the Wii releases at the time and just played what my parent got me (I was in Kindergarten), the Wii U was where I first experienced the Wii's finest, like the ports of the Metroid Prime games, Prime 1 becoming my favourite Metroid game, Skyward Sword, which I ended up adoring, and Rhythm Haven, a total comfort game for someone like me. It was where I first played Shovel Knight and the Steamworld games, which kickstarted my love of Indie titles. It was also where I discovered gems on the GBA, SNES, and N64 such as Mario Vs Donkey Kong, Super Mario World which was the first time I played it, and Paper Mario 64, which became one of my favourite Mario experiences ever. Not to mention that it was where I first downloaded Breath of the Wild, DK Tropical Freeze, Windwaker HD, and so much more. Even just browsing the shop with no intention of buying things and the calming music plays in the background was such a fun experience for me.
    While the 3DS eShop may have had more to it in terms of original smaller Nintendo titles, the Wii U was truly where it began for me and will always be my most fondly remembered Nintendo console right up there with the Wii, and I will always hold in in high regard. Farewell, Wii U eShop!

    • @citrusreality64
      @citrusreality64 Рік тому

      Same for me! Except i played on 3ds and wii u equally pretty much, i was also in 2nd - 5th grade when i had these consoles while they were in their prime

  • @MisterBeagleton
    @MisterBeagleton Рік тому +2

    I remember when I got my 3DSXL for my birthday in 2012, and one of my favorite things to do was simply to browse the eShop just to see what they had. I didn't have any money, but it was still fun just to look.

  • @kingjonny394
    @kingjonny394 Рік тому +5

    I remember back in the day watching the directs through the 3ds e shop as I didn't use UA-cam or social media and had no idea when they would take place until I happened to go on the eshop and see them

  • @RedSoxKal
    @RedSoxKal Рік тому +19

    It was great being with you and the rest of the community live while the shop was closing. It gave me a sense of closure. ❤

    • @FollowMe4REP
      @FollowMe4REP Рік тому

      A sense of closure will come for me when someone makes it really easy for me to pirate 3DS DLC. Like, buy-fan-translated-NES-cartridges-on-Etsy easy.

  • @tiredhippo82
    @tiredhippo82 Рік тому +2

    in regards to Kidd trip, the developers made the game (and digger Dan) free in the uk…which is bloody lovely of them, so that’s why it was so high.

  • @mikeyboombox
    @mikeyboombox Рік тому +6

    Thank you for this final goodbye 😢
    Also just saw that Nintendo decided to give away 2 3ds themes as a gift in the theme shop which you can still download(in North America at least)
    I also checked out the Nintendo badge arcade and I found out that in the practice mode you have a chance to win some free plays once a day. So badges are still obtainable!

    • @spiceycacao2303
      @spiceycacao2303 Рік тому +1

      Yeah but to be honest since there’s no rotation Badge Arcade is essentially dead now. All you can get (if you even get lucky with practice catcher plays) is the badges that are still left in there. At least I’ve been playing it pretty much everyday from the announcement until the closure so I do have nearly 3000 badges but I feel bad for others who had no idea about it.

    • @mikeyboombox
      @mikeyboombox Рік тому +1

      @@spiceycacao2303 yea no rotation means there’s an end point. Luckily there are a lot of them there for someone like me who started playing it recently. It’ll take forever to get them all this way to but I’m just happy there is a way to keep playing.

    • @noot12234
      @noot12234 Рік тому +1

      badge arcade actually has a few strings of unused text in its code that talk about badge arcade closing, Nintendo won't let us have anything i guess.

  • @exzisd
    @exzisd Рік тому

    John makes the best videos hands down. Always worth a watch. Thanks!

  • @Fragrance-dark
    @Fragrance-dark Рік тому +12

    Managed to snag shin megami tensei 4 and devil survivor 2 record breaker as some final purchases a few hours before closure.
    It feels surreal to finally see these shops close down. Alongside the game preservation problem, they also just had a lot more character and charm than the switch eshop.

    • @kyurei4478
      @kyurei4478 Рік тому +2

      Did the exact same thing man, all the SMT games available actually, shin megami tensei 4 apocalypse, strange journey, devil survivor overclocked and soul hackers as well. Great minds think alike. They're impossible to find online and tensei 4 only exists in digital. A crazy deal. I remember I was interested in buying those games back in the day when Nintendo announced it and then I forgot. I never tested any SMT game but it seems to be a series I will enjoy. Thankfully Shin Megami Tensei 5 came out quite recently so I thought about it again.
      Also agree these e shops were far better than the one on the Switch, with cool music and all.

  • @giganticmoon
    @giganticmoon Рік тому +12

    This is Nintendo’s way of saying “We don’t care!”
    *hshop*

    • @Just_normal_youtube_channel
      @Just_normal_youtube_channel Рік тому +2

      I’m not sure that’s the case.
      If they truly didn’t care, they would’ve shut it down much earlier.
      Considering how low the Wii U and 3DS sold, on top of the fact that many people preferred to pirate the games over actually buying them, it didn’t make much sense for Nintendo to continue using resources to keep the eShop open.

    • @ChrisStoneinator
      @ChrisStoneinator Рік тому

      @@Just_normal_youtube_channel🤡🤡🤡

    • @TheOneToKeepYouWaiting
      @TheOneToKeepYouWaiting Рік тому

      @@Just_normal_youtube_channel I see you watch Scott the Woz as well.

  • @thevarietypacksnaxx405
    @thevarietypacksnaxx405 Рік тому +3

    Interestingly in the US, capcom was the number 1 discount seller

  • @oubie6929
    @oubie6929 Рік тому +6

    My final purchases were Persona Q2 and Yo-Kai Watch 3 as the card versions already were very rare and expensive 😊

    • @senseypuffle
      @senseypuffle Рік тому +1

      I was between Yokai 3 and blasters. But decided yokai 3

    • @oubie6929
      @oubie6929 Рік тому

      @@senseypuffle Just started it. Enjoying it very much. The series got better with each installment. The battle system in 3 is much approved and more strategic.

  • @Shadow650Nintendero
    @Shadow650Nintendero Рік тому

    That final sentence with lack of outro music... I felt that.

  • @btd0ja
    @btd0ja Рік тому +5

    I’ve lost a lot of respect for Nintendo for doing this. I definitely will be nodding my 3DS soon

  • @GGFTV
    @GGFTV Рік тому +2

    The fact that several Mario and Zelda games were on sale for you is weird. In NA, nothing Nintendo was on sale at all when I explored the eShop

  • @sanachanto
    @sanachanto Рік тому +3

    I just can’t understand why they chose to sterilized the ui experience on switch. All of my last minute shopping on the eshop really hammered it home for me. The shop themes and different menu music, the mii plaza, all the little touches and delightful character was what made Nintendo during the ds/wii generation. I could understand having an option to turn off sound effects or menu music, or all unnecessary animations in order to appeal to a more “hard core” gamer audience to sell more units, (also accessibility options are always welcome) but what they gave us feels so lifeless. I will absolutely wait a few more seconds for something to load, or an action to complete if it’s delightful and makes the experience more fun. There’s a reason people continue to remix the Wii shop and mii maker themes after all, these things become iconic. After first booting up the switch I still remember being flabbergasted when I realized the Breath of the Wild main menu was basically silent… after the silence of the console main menu. Felt almost offensive to my Nintendo fan heart.

    • @FollowMe4REP
      @FollowMe4REP Рік тому +1

      It’s especially insane because games like Animal Crossing are built on the foundation of “it’s charming but/so the UI has to always take a little too long and feel laggy”.

  • @ToonPlays
    @ToonPlays Рік тому +8

    I remember getting the 3ds day one, man it was terrible at launch, but now its my fav portable console

    • @Matanumi
      @Matanumi Рік тому

      I wasnt a day one but I got one that Christmas- the n64 remakes and Mario kart.
      I didn't like how it didn't have homebrew. Sold it spring 2012.....
      And then bought back in spring 2016.....that was my forree back into video gaming. So great

  • @Samuelaspie
    @Samuelaspie Рік тому +4

    After a bunch of final day purchases, I very luckily and by chance had just enough to get the two Etrian Odyssey games that weren't on sale... and then I couldn't get through to add any final funds, so unfortunately I missed out on the DLC.
    Still... a fitting finale to my 3DS games collection - had I got an extra game beforehand, I'd have had to have missed out on one of those games.

  • @thepaper888
    @thepaper888 Рік тому +1

    You can still look at your wishlist. You can click on the search magnifying glass and then look at the whole shop. I like to still look at the screenshots. For each game and think to myself hmmmmm. I wonder.

  • @Lock2002ful
    @Lock2002ful Рік тому +15

    It was wild, I am sitting in Japan and was awake until the closure at 9 am or rather 8:58. Nintendo was a little early. ;)
    Spent about 2.000 bucks this month on 3DS and Wii U software (and some Wii games) and was researching until the end yesterday as well as playing games to get access to buy their DLC.
    Never would have imagined that I’d do such an insane thing but well, it was the end of an era and while today I’m exhausted I’m at peace while also being a little sad.
    As for Atlus, they had these cheap sales several times every year for the last couple of years now. No discount in all the DLC though and that’s where all the money is. ;)
    Atlus had a final sale planned for Japan as well but canceled it out of the blue much to japanese gamers’ dismay.

    • @Kiirabu197
      @Kiirabu197 Рік тому +1

      bro let me tell u about homebrew

    • @Lock2002ful
      @Lock2002ful Рік тому +3

      @@Kiirabu197
      Do you mean homebrew as in actual homebrew or as in pirating aka stealing?

    • @Kiirabu197
      @Kiirabu197 Рік тому +2

      @@Lock2002ful homebrew as in hacking your 3ds and load stolen games onto it, yeah, it's not like the actual developers still get money for it (in like the bigger companies, i did purchase a few indie titles before the closure)

    • @rodjefdam
      @rodjefdam Рік тому +5

      @@Lock2002ful I also purchased a lot of WII U and 3DS games since the closure of the e-shop was annouced, I'm still buying digital exclusives and dlcs for xbox360, PS3 and Vita, would do the same thing for WII U and 3ds if Nintendo allow me to do it.
      But because Nintendo does not allow me anymore i'm homebrew my consoloes and enjoy those games that i did not get.
      If you can not purchase anymore there is no way to the developer get money from it, so there is no difference for them.

    • @Lock2002ful
      @Lock2002ful Рік тому +3

      @@Kiirabu197
      Yeah, that’s not what homebrew means. Just as I thought.
      So first, “bro”, everyone and their mother knows that “homebrew” or rather hacking/modding your system and playing roms on it is a thing.
      There’s no need to tell that to anyone.
      Second, I don’t pirate. You can justify it all you want but when companies get money for their products it is more likely that they’ll keep their employees, perhaps pay them even more or hire more and in the case of games keep producing the games we love that are being sold.
      Don’t try to justify piracy. It is the same as stealing. If you cannot afford a household appliance you cannot just go into the store and take one for free or steal one without consequences.
      There’s obviously a difference between physical and digital goods but especially during sales when games basically cost nothing like Atlus’ games for 3-4 bucks a pop, there’s really no reason to steal unless you’re so poor and miserable that you can’t live on without.
      I have a family, I have a nice job and we have our Nintendo accounts linked to our devices and play together. I wouldn’t want to mod those systems or get another system to mod it just to cheap out.
      There’s simply no reason for me to mod anything to get stuff for free that other people have worked for creating.
      I do of course like Homebrew, the correct meaning, as in actual new apps and games or mods to existing games from the community.
      Once Nintendo pulls the plug on all servers and cuts official re-downloads and multiplayer, then I’ll dabble in homebrew as the system will be abandoned by that time like the everything up to the GC and DSi is today.
      But as long as the system and the online and store support is still active, there is no reason for me to go into modding my system.
      Just had a guy the other day call me stupid on reddit because I spent so much money when I could get everything “for free” when he was obviously just salty that he couldn’t afford want he wanted, kept on harassing other people who bought games trying to have a good time as well.
      He as well as you don’t seem to know that nothing is for free. Not to mention it’s illegal and Japan is very strict with copyright infringement and piracy. I’ll rather not be in jail and enjoy the content I like for what it costs.
      But even if it wasn’t illegal or this strict, if I want to and if I can, I like to support devs for their work or I just buy what I like to buy, period.
      If you don’t do that, cool, that’s your choice. But don’t presume you can go around and tell people about “homebrew” when you really mean stealing as if piracy was the go to way.
      Either way, while I don’t agree with you, as a fellow gamer I wish you a very good time with the games you enjoy to play.

  • @theglassarrow_
    @theglassarrow_ Рік тому +4

    does anyone remember the 3ds little 3d video service? had a little dino show, use to love watching it growing up.

  • @James-gj8rn
    @James-gj8rn Рік тому +11

    Shame on Nintendo for still doing this even after all the backlash, Sony kept theirs open after the backlash but Nintendo didn’t (it’s no longer possible to get Hatsune Mini Project Mirai DX on a UK 3DS, I have nostalgia for that game, it was my first Miku game in 2016, I’ll miss you)

    • @Sean-D78
      @Sean-D78 Рік тому

      Project Mirai DX was the last 3DS game (that isn't a virtual console title) that I purchased on the 3DS eShop

    • @htsunmiku
      @htsunmiku Рік тому +1

      Random but I never noticed how many vocaloid themes the 3ds had💀 sadly never got the chance to get any
      I hope if I mod my DS I can get them

    • @James-gj8rn
      @James-gj8rn Рік тому +1

      @@htsunmiku i didn't even realise it had them :(

    • @artart2038
      @artart2038 Рік тому

      Pretty sure there's physical versions of that game in the UK

    • @James-gj8rn
      @James-gj8rn Рік тому

      @@artart2038 i could swear there isn't

  • @wariofan64ds44
    @wariofan64ds44 Рік тому +5

    Nintendo shouldn't have closed eShop for 3DS and Wii U until like 2025.

    • @crunchyblend8809
      @crunchyblend8809 Рік тому

      People would still wait till the day before the eshop closed to start buying games even if nintendo warned them 2 years in advance

  • @lemoncat9329
    @lemoncat9329 Рік тому +8

    These are very sad times

  • @kytim89
    @kytim89 Рік тому +5

    Nintendo should have made the DLC free of charge.

  • @superrluigi64
    @superrluigi64 Рік тому +5

    Missed a few deals, but tried to get as much as I can for games with high physical values. Can’t break the bank getting everything!

  • @UndeadEggmiester
    @UndeadEggmiester Рік тому +1

    Poor eShop you had a good life even if it may have been cut short. I was both on their last night and this morning just looking around at stuff I have bought in the past. Just remembering the past and stuff.

  • @julians552
    @julians552 Рік тому +1

    Kid Tripp being in the charts just showed how many people were going through the eShop in these last hours... it was made free shortly before the eShop died

    • @tiqsoo
      @tiqsoo Рік тому

      WHAT! THATS A AWSOME GAME!

  • @raulmojarro9427
    @raulmojarro9427 Рік тому +3

    I was just expecting to get a communication error after the shops shut down. Just seeing it be a graveyard of everything on those systems is odd. At least the updates survived.

    • @skydiamsteam6005
      @skydiamsteam6005 Рік тому +1

      Why would there be an error? They still allow you to redownload

    • @InnocentSweetie123
      @InnocentSweetie123 Рік тому

      They still allow redownloads though. Why would it cause an error message? Plus, it also still allows for software updates for games. Granted, you’ll need the physical copy of the game now since the digital version is gone.

  • @diabeticman2194
    @diabeticman2194 Рік тому +3

    Got myself Pocket Card Jockey, Harmo Knight, Ace Attorney 4-6, Boxboy series and Pullblox before the 3DS eShop closed, and with the Wii U I purchased Zak and Wiki and Kirby's Adventure Wii. Didn't get Rhythm Thief, but I do have the demo downloaded. Kinda sad to see them go now, even if I didn't use the 3DS too much in it's hayday

  • @Home_Rowed
    @Home_Rowed Рік тому +2

    Damn, why didn't Atlus give the US $5 sales on the SMT, and Etrian Odyssey games. I would've bought all of them on the last day if we had those prices.

  • @ashleybrooks5336
    @ashleybrooks5336 Рік тому

    18:40 this is exactly what I was thinking, lol. So bizarre!

  • @shymii1224
    @shymii1224 Рік тому +1

    Like 10 years ago I would watch the skyward sword trailers on the 3ds eShop over and over because I wanted the game on Wii SO BAD... I'll miss the whole vibe of this eshop and the little shopping bag guy and the screen dropping the little blocks in to the game to fill it up when you are downloading 🥺

    • @sanachanto
      @sanachanto Рік тому +1

      Could that download screen get annoying on a large game you were so excited for you just couldn’t take your eye off it and had to play the second it was available? Sure. But did I watch it in full for every smaller download and enjoy it? Absolutely. Epitome of finding joy in the little things when those little bit-baubles came in from both sides instead of just left or right. 😚👌

  • @oshabot1646
    @oshabot1646 Рік тому

    I remember watching the Luigi mansion dark moon ads on the 3ds eShop, rip :(

  • @beauvogames
    @beauvogames Рік тому

    5:34 I actually got 3D Game Collection on the final day since I had credit leftover and couldn't transfer it or otherwise use it 😂 (I have a UK 3DS and an American Switch)

  • @thepaper888
    @thepaper888 Рік тому +1

    2 days before it closed. I plugged in my fire emblem conquest and downloaded the other 2, I wanted to for so long and literally last chance so I'm glad. Money well spent. I wish I could have got the $47 worth of shadows of valentia dlc, not to mention all the tons of smt/all other rpg dlc. Oh well, I still got all that I could.

  • @codycarrasco5493
    @codycarrasco5493 Рік тому

    I missed a Mario game. I thought I bought them all, and I was so PROUD I got them all. I missed one. Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure. Gone forever. I’ll never ever get the chance to play that game.

  • @walterbuschbacher1122
    @walterbuschbacher1122 Рік тому +2

    I was 20 min late to getting the fire emblem awakening dlc because of progress lock to buy dlc, little sad it was the last thing I was hoping to buy

  • @Just_normal_youtube_channel
    @Just_normal_youtube_channel Рік тому +1

    PSA: There are 2 free themes that you can download right now, that are somewhat of a goodbye to the eShop.

  • @Naturefreund
    @Naturefreund Рік тому

    I was there at the end for my loved Wii U
    Didn't give the same credit to 3DS store though
    More games physically available than for Wii U
    I noticed that Wii U shop games in Germany/Europe didn't recieve much price lowering in their last days which I fi d really a shame
    as it's line they wanted us to not buy games to be preserved
    I got as much as many E-Shop games as possible in 2 years when collecting for physical stuff so I'm only sad that I didn't earlier
    Greetings from Germany

  • @ChristianoLord9
    @ChristianoLord9 Рік тому

    I'm gonna miss the 3DS and Wii U eShops.
    My SD Card snapped a few days ago and I needed to recover a backup from Christmas 2019 (basically 3 years and 3 months of save data lost). I had to get an emergency Class 4 8GB SD Card that I already had and restore the backup. With that, I lost a whole library of demos and the only demos I got in time were Kid Tripp, Miitopia (the most important one for me tbh. Ran out of tries before the backup was made so it's all good in here) and Sonic Lost World.
    Good thing stuff like hShop exists, that way, while not legitimately getting demoes and originally free content, you still get them.

  • @guguig9746
    @guguig9746 Рік тому +2

    I can count on my hands the number of time I managed to match the games correctly on my WiiU E-Shop loading screen

    • @FollowMe4REP
      @FollowMe4REP Рік тому

      Yeah, but if it’s any consolation, just imagine the kind of person who got amazing at the loading screen slot machine

  • @williamhicks7807
    @williamhicks7807 Рік тому +1

    At least for the Wii U eShop, you can still listen to the music

  • @figo1699
    @figo1699 Рік тому +1

    Yarr! 🏴‍☠️
    I originally modded my 3DS as a way to unlock region and use some homebrew apps. Legitimally bought everything I could, now some dlcs and digital only will be smuggled, yo-ho-ho!
    Still hunting some physical copies, though.

  • @Dry_Dark_Spirit
    @Dry_Dark_Spirit Рік тому

    15:09 OH NO! It looks like Mario Super Sluggers was never released in Europe or Australia!

  • @97MiloProductions
    @97MiloProductions Рік тому +1

    kudos to the pokemon company for making it actually impossible to download poke transporter without actually paying, assuming you never had bought it before. it was the case for a friend and we waited just to see if they thought of that, and of course they didn't. he downloaded bank beforehand but now he cannot get transporter after its gone free.
    always one step forward, two steps back. Bank should've been made free from the moment they started charging for HOME. what a scam

  • @roastbowls
    @roastbowls Рік тому +1

    Recently hacked my 3ds. The eshop shutting down isn’t a big deal for preservation. People have done it. It’s all available online

  • @iiTsFaded_
    @iiTsFaded_ Рік тому +2

    NTSC region eShop on 3DS just has Nintendo Selects, nothing else.

  • @ashleybrooks5336
    @ashleybrooks5336 Рік тому

    I ended up running into a very annoying problem on the last day. I had a big deadline on the same day as the eShop closure so had to do quite a bit or purchasing on that last day. However, I was not aware that there was a limit to purchasing/redeeming codes (to add funds) - whether that was using a card, paypal, redeeming codes - it must have been around the 200/250 euros mark but after that it was not possible to buy anything else so matter how I tried! Was highly frustrating and makes no sense for adults accounts; just some more Nintendo stupidity, which we've all gotten used to. The silver lining is that I probably saved quite a bit!

  • @TdogGaming_Vods
    @TdogGaming_Vods Рік тому

    im sadge now T_T as much as i love the switch the 3DS is my most used piece of nintendo hardware, last year i actually wound up buying a N2ds modded it, and still enjoying the games on it to this day,
    2012: i wound up getting sick, and having my mom pickup a copy of Fire Emblem awakening and being totally captivated with it, awakening was the first fire emblem game i beat.
    same year i remember playing through ocarina of time 3ds while listening to the hunger games trilogy i specifically remember going through Dodongo’s Cavern while listening to book 3 i think
    im honestly gonna miss the 3ds eshop, the switch eshop cannot compare to the 3ds eshop
    Games ive played on the 3DS:
    Pokemon Sun
    Pokemon X
    Pokemon Alpha Saphire
    Fire Emblem Awakening
    Fire Emblem Fates Birthright and conquest
    Fire Emblem Shadows of Valentia
    Kirby Planet Robobot
    Kirby triple Deluxe
    SM 3d Land
    Ocarina of time 3d
    Mario Kart 7
    Pokemon Rumble World
    ACNL
    and probably several other 3DS games i cant remember
    im honestly gonna miss the 3DS RIP to one of the best pieces of tech Nintendo ever engineered T_T

  • @kebm1388
    @kebm1388 Рік тому +3

    wish Smash Run was in more than just 3ds, it could be such a great mode

    • @jomaq9233
      @jomaq9233 Рік тому +2

      One of the few actually meaningful things 4 has over all other Smash games imo

    • @kebm1388
      @kebm1388 Рік тому

      @@jomaq9233 Now imagine if they'd made more than 1 map for it

  • @Larry
    @Larry Рік тому

    I think Earthbound Origins isn't on the list as it was a limited time dealy, like the 3D Mario Anniversary on Switch.

  • @Der_Deku
    @Der_Deku Рік тому

    i still wanted to buy the entire denpa men series but i couldn't get money in time :(
    and i feel like those games would be hard to emulate... like how could you emulate ar and camera stuff? and the game would kinda require me to also go outside...
    i doubt it's possible to properly play denpa men now

  • @CindyHelms
    @CindyHelms Рік тому

    The one 'game' I specifically wanted to get before the eShop closed was Pokemon Transporter… which you can only get that if you have Pokemon Bank.

  • @thomasdavis8722
    @thomasdavis8722 Рік тому

    Hopped on there last night and made sure to get any games I wanted, fortunately the only games I really wanted were the ace attorney games, cause they dont have a physical, and they were on sale for 3 bucks a piece. May the 3ds shop rest in peace

  • @legomaster2538
    @legomaster2538 Рік тому +2

    R.I.P. Fire Emblem Fates: *Revelations* 😭

    • @MrMiagi-hx3ow
      @MrMiagi-hx3ow Рік тому

      I managed to get all 3 a day before the shutdown

  • @CRAZYCANUCKTV
    @CRAZYCANUCKTV Рік тому

    What if you were to go to your nintendo account and add money that way, will it let you buy them that way still? I was told you can, supposedly you just can't add money to through eshop anymore

  • @Drybones2015
    @Drybones2015 Рік тому

    It's still crazy to me how Nintendo of America delisted Tropical Freeze when the Switch port came out... and just never put it back on there.

  • @SwitchStation
    @SwitchStation Рік тому +7

    At least the Completionist saved this for us!

  • @SkyfoxDartner
    @SkyfoxDartner Рік тому

    PUSHMO COLLECTION! Genius idea.

  • @Lanausse
    @Lanausse Рік тому

    Woah what!? The eShop for us in the U.S. looks nothing like this! We were completely gutted. The Wii U eShop main page for example is completely empty. No categories or anything

  • @internetguy7319
    @internetguy7319 Рік тому +1

    The Great Age of Pirates has now begun

  • @markwebster4996
    @markwebster4996 Рік тому

    Atlus not having a big sale in NA really sucks. Never got those 90% off sales… maybe $7.99 was the low price

  • @OmegaGlops
    @OmegaGlops Рік тому

    Wario Land 4 was on the Wii U?!
    I bought Wario Land 1 through 3 on the 3DS eShop before it closed... why the hell wasn't that available on the 3DS eShop?!
    Also I'm bummed I completely forgot to buy the rest of the Mii Plaza games before the eShop got shut down. Now just trying to buy them from the rabbit will cause the Plaza to crash. 😭
    Oh, and I wish the DSiware store getting shut down was more publicized. I also forgot to check that out before it went down. I made sure to check out the 3DS and Wii U... but not the DSi!

  • @actionsmacchan
    @actionsmacchan Рік тому

    Wow the UK Wii U eShop had Fatal Frame 2! 😮PS3 has it available to download still, but the Wii version was different!

  • @InfiniteGameReviews
    @InfiniteGameReviews Рік тому

    There's a few things that annoyed the hell out of me with this final sale...or rather, way before the sale. First off: Nintendo never ever cared about announcing that games were on sale. They didn't even bother to advertise it, not even in a mail. And most of the time, the sales consisted of pretty shitty little budget games that weren't worth one euro/dollar/whatever. So I kind of forgot/ignored/stopped caring for the sales completely.
    Okay, next thing: Some games were on sale...in the US. But not in Europe. During these last days, Americans could buy those rare digital-only Ace Attorney games with Apollo Justice...but in Europe? No sale at all for any Ace Attorney games. The last time those Apollo games were on sale were 2020. Like...seriously. What the f. So yeah, Capcom let Americans buy those games cheap not but us Europeans got a big middle finger from Capcom. I'm damn tempted to give them one back but they won't care anyway.
    And lastly: Several games were reported to be on sale until March 27...but when I checked at March 27, several of those games were completely gone from the sale and had their standard prices again. Like, what the f-k happened there? A sale until March 27 should normally include that specific date too, right? But I've learned the hard way from Steam that when there's a sale on Steam "until February 21" (or whatever, but I just picked a date that made a mess for me), the games VANISH from the sale when February 20 turns into 21 (ie midnight). So yeah...thanks for that, Steam.
    And thanks for nothing, Nintendo. You could have got a lot of my money. Now you got next to nothing. Then again, I've known about this eshop shutdown and clearance sales for...well over a year now and I started checking it only the last week it was still alive, so...I gotta learn how to procrastinate less. Way less.
    Anyways, I'm annoyed as hell regarding these things and I feel kind of tricked regarding some of those things, so...guess I should have just checked the sale every damn week or so. F-k Nintendo. In ten years or so. Because I procrastinate.

  • @CaityRaindrop
    @CaityRaindrop Рік тому

    Kid Trip, Digger Dan DX and Milo likely shot up the charts because their company made the games free to download, to give everyone a chance to play. UK milo got stuck waiting for release so we got the first 2, I think America got 2 as well but ones diff from ours

  • @jeremysart
    @jeremysart Рік тому

    I was so diligent in making sure to update all my games, make sure I had all free dlc etc… then I went to play Runbow with my wife last night and seen there was free DLC for Shantae and Freedom Planet costumes that I missed -_- ahh well.

  • @pastiches.malibu.rehab.center

    Goodbye I'll miss that silly shopping bag and the sound of items being added to an app I the downloading screen 🤕

  • @sarahtelles1931
    @sarahtelles1931 Рік тому +1

    Actually the update thing makes sense because the developer of Fragrant story is making an update that's going to vastly expand the game. So anyone who has Fragrant Story be at the ready. Also I think you can still redownload already owned software for a few months

    • @sanachanto
      @sanachanto Рік тому

      This is awesome. That’s a developer that knows and cares about its fans.

    • @skydiamsteam6005
      @skydiamsteam6005 Рік тому

      @@sanachanto The base game was abysmal so they had better update it.

  • @SorcererLance
    @SorcererLance Рік тому

    interesting... they still allow you to get update patches, that's not a bad thing at least... I'm sorta left wondering if it's somehow still possible to get DLC we may have missed out on, or if we're still screwed on that

  • @Cheezitnator
    @Cheezitnator Рік тому +1

    I wish I had picked up metal gear 3 before it was delisted from 3ds, but I realized that was a while ago when Konami split with Kojima.

  • @eelobrian6727
    @eelobrian6727 Рік тому

    Thank you for this! It help me out.

  • @markwebster4996
    @markwebster4996 Рік тому

    It looks like EU/UK had a lot better final sale. Only Capcom really did a fire sale in NA

  • @diabeticman2194
    @diabeticman2194 Рік тому +2

    Fire Emblem Fates not being on the eShop before it closed is funny to me and I don't know why

    • @MrMiagi-hx3ow
      @MrMiagi-hx3ow Рік тому

      Ummm it was there tho... I literally bought all 3 through birthright a day before the shutdown.

    • @steelbluex5384
      @steelbluex5384 Рік тому +1

      @@MrMiagi-hx3ow it might depend on what region your 3ds is, I think it was removed earlier for PAL regions

  • @friendlyneighborhoodnoob
    @friendlyneighborhoodnoob Рік тому +4

    They should have just removed the E-shop completely.... now they are just mocking us

  • @anominon
    @anominon Рік тому +1

    I got a few things last minute but missed out on a few. Wish I'd got a new3ds before they sold out, they're ridiculous prices second hand now, even refurbished ones cost more than they did at launch. Doesn't seem like five years since it was discontinued.
    I wonder why they didn't sell gba and DS games on the 3ds eshop, it can run them both natively.
    Ah well.

  • @Creeper_ofDoom
    @Creeper_ofDoom Рік тому

    Its sad to see all these titles disappear that still have not made their way to the Switch

  • @J.R.Unbound
    @J.R.Unbound Рік тому +2

    Hopefully the last 2 purchases I got (Severed and Attack of The Friday Monsters) are good...

    • @GVG
      @GVG  Рік тому +5

      Attack of The Friday Monsters is a banger

    • @J.R.Unbound
      @J.R.Unbound Рік тому +1

      @@GVG Oh, that's great to hear! Really looking forward to checking that out!

    • @courtneymertz4596
      @courtneymertz4596 Рік тому +2

      I think those are definitely some good final games!

  • @supermegayoshi64
    @supermegayoshi64 Рік тому +3

    And then they wonder why people are pirating games. Because they aren't available anymore.

  • @obsoleteworlds
    @obsoleteworlds Рік тому

    Fates was delisted for a reason. They didn't want people buying it at the last minute and not having time to reach the point where they could buy the other routes.

  • @Kritigri
    @Kritigri Рік тому +1

    "You can buy-" :D
    "-well you could have still bought-" D:

  • @scacknewman
    @scacknewman Рік тому +1

    I think there may have been a heavy discount on Brain Training or it was perhaps given away for free at some point, that's why it's so high up on the charts.

    • @bernie8779
      @bernie8779 Рік тому

      It's what people use to hack the wii, haxchi

    • @scacknewman
      @scacknewman Рік тому

      @@bernie8779 Oh is it? ahah I had no idea, well that also explains it.

  • @black-n-gold
    @black-n-gold Рік тому

    Super jealous about the atlus sale. We got capcom games on super sale in the states, but a bunch of the games I ended up getting were atlus ones

  • @Jme_hde
    @Jme_hde Рік тому

    This just puts me off buying digital-only consoles… least I could still buy physical when the online shops shutdown