Nintendo 3DS: Difference between revisions
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*User Freedom: Due to efforts of the modding community, custom firmware can be installed on every retail version of Nintendo 3DS Family of consoles. With the use of custom firmware, many home brew apps can be used to restore the lost functionality of the online services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=3DS Hacks Guide |url=https://3ds.hacks.guide/ |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=3ds.hacks.guide}}</ref> | *User Freedom: Due to efforts of the modding community, custom firmware can be installed on every retail version of Nintendo 3DS Family of consoles. With the use of custom firmware, many home brew apps can be used to restore the lost functionality of the online services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=3DS Hacks Guide |url=https://3ds.hacks.guide/ |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=3ds.hacks.guide}}</ref> | ||
*Many games that used Online Services are still playable but players will not be able to 100% complete the game. For example: | **Many games that used Online Services are still playable but players will not be able to 100% complete the game. For example: Animal Crossing New Leaf will lose Dream Towns and some exclusive items on the island gift shop. | ||
*User Privacy: Console is discontinued. Many games require a connection to the, now discontinued, servers, but are supported by 3rd party services like Pretendo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pretendo Network |url=https://pretendo.network/ |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=}}</ref> | *User Privacy: Console is discontinued. Many games require a connection to the, now discontinued, servers, but are supported by 3rd party services like Pretendo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pretendo Network |url=https://pretendo.network/ |access-date=May 10, 2025 |website=}}</ref> | ||
*Business model: Focused on games that can either be purchased physically or digitally, some special editions made. | *Business model: Focused on games that can either be purchased physically or digitally, some special editions made. | ||
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This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | ||
=== | ===Closure of eShop and other online services (April 2024)=== | ||
<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 April 2024 |title=Announcement of Discontinuation of Online Services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software |url=https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/63227/~/announcement-of-discontinuation-of-online-services-for-nintendo-3ds-and-wii-u}}</ref> | {{Main|Storefront shutdown#Wii U/3DS eShops (2012–2023)}} | ||
On April 8, 2024 Nintendo shut down the [[Wii U]] and 3DS eShops.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=Apr 2023 |title=Notice of End of Purchases in Nintendo eShop for Wii U and Nintendo 3DUpdate April 2023 |url=https://www.nintendo.com/au/support/articles/wii-u-and-nintendo-3ds-eshop-discontinuation/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=Nintendo Support}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nintendo |date=8 April 2024 |title=Announcement of Discontinuation of Online Services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software |url=https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/63227/~/announcement-of-discontinuation-of-online-services-for-nintendo-3ds-and-wii-u |access-date=May 14, 2025 |website=Nintendo Support}}</ref> 2 years prior, consumers could no-longer load funds onto an account to make purchases, and purchases in general were discontinued in March of 2023.<ref name=":0" /> With the closure of the eShops, roughly 2,000 games became unavailable for download. This includes roughly 450 digital only Wii U games, 600 digital only 3DS games, 100 Wii U games that are also available physically, as well as 300 3DS games that are also available physically and 530 virtual console games. Some of these games include Mario Kart 7, Super Mario Maker, Pokémon, Picross 3D, and more.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Mar 2023 |title=These are the 1,000 digital-only 3DS and Wii U games disappearing next week |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/analysis-digital-only-wii-u-3ds-games/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=www.videogameschronicle.com}}</ref> As of now, over 1,000 digitally exclusive games can no longer be purchased and are not available on another console. It should be noted that of the 530 virtual console games, about 230 of them are available on Nintendo Switch Online service, exclusively underneath a subscription. | |||
Currently, the only services that remain accessible for consumers are the Pokémon Bank,{{Citation needed}} specifically its Poké Transporter, which allows users to one-way transfer Pokémon caught in previous generations to more modern releases. This service however, requires paying for a subscription to be capable of using Pokémon Home.{{Citation needed}} | |||
===Faulty New Nintendo 2DS XL models=== | ===Faulty New Nintendo 2DS XL models=== | ||