Nintendo
Register
Advertisement

The Nintendo eShop is a digital store operated by Nintendo. It is currently available for the Nintendo Switch family, and was once available for the Nintendo 3DS family and the Wii U. Customers can buy games and DLC, watch videos and download demos.

Among the large selection of software, there are certain categories in which the games fall. There are exclusive titles made specifically for the 3DS such as Pushmo, Dillon's Rolling Western and Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword. These titles take full advantage of the features the 3DS has to offer and are presented in stereoscopic 3D.

Starting with the August 2012 release of New Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo and some third parties began offering full retail games to be purchased and downloaded through the eShop on the same date of release, and sometimes earlier. Also exclusive to the eShop are 3D Classics, a selection of classic Nintendo games such as Excitebike, Xevious, and Kid Icarus remade in 3D.

Like the Wii Shop Channel, it has a Virtual Console library with Game Boy, Game Boy Color, NES, and Sega Game Gear titles. It also has the existing DSiWare library of games and software. The eShop was made available worldwide simultaneously on June 7th UTC (i.e. late evening on June 6th in the US).

The Nintendo eShop was shut down for the Wii U and 3DS on March 27, 2023, 3 days after Ash Ketchum and Pikachu left the Pokémon anime and 18 days before Liko and Roy arrived in the Pokémon anime. Users who wish to download 3DS games after this shutdown must use a service called hShop. Wii U players who wish to do the same must use either Wii U USB Helper (A PC application) or NUSspli to download Wii U games.

Game Demos[]

The following games had demos available to download via the eShop.

Advertisement