Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Super Mario Bros. 35 won't be the only games Nintendo delists in 2021. It seems that DSiWare games are vanishing from the eShop without any warning. More than 250 DSiWare games, including Shantae: Risky's Revenge, Mighty Flip Champs, and more have been delisted and are no longer available to buy. While the DSi Shop was previously shut down in 2017, users could still purchase these DSiWare titles on the Nintendo 3DS line of systems. Currently, this appears to be impacting the North American eShop specifically, as the European and Japanese versions still have most of their library intact for now.

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[ZoNtendo]

Have you realized that Nintendo has opted for mobile games?

Literally almost anyone has a smartphone nowadays. It's easier for Nintendo to release "portable" games via Smartphone than spending money creating a new portable console.
Besides, the Switch Lite is literally that, a replacement for the 3ds... Or do you seriously think they removed the docking function just because they can?

they recently said that they were stepping down on mobile gaming due to the success of some of their Switch games & because they did not get as many money as they expected on mobile

Anyway it's good because mobile games are forgettable and won't make history

 

[iVirtualPlays]

FreeShop

 

[GABO1423]

FreeShop

Buddy, it's been a while since FreeShop died. It doesn't work anymore.

 

[chrisrlink]

this is probably fredminer related nothing else too late nintendo too late the 3ds security is like swiss cheese now

 

[isoboy]

Buddy, it's been a while since FreeShop died. It doesn't work anymore.

Buddy, google.

 

[raxadian]

Anyway as I already pointed out, the 3DS was released in 2010. Nothing lasts forever.

 

[tofttwaswas]

Dang really is ashame because i was looking to buy one of the dsi games..... well look like it's time to sail the seven seas.

roms

 

[The Catboy]

Nintendo literally gives its users reasons to pirate their games.

 

[Darksabre72]

Nintendo literally gives its users reasons to pirate their games.

and sadly nintendo haven't tried to give people much alternatives to their other older games

 

[Bladexdsl]

But why? But why?

because the 3ds is DEAD

 

[Kioku]

....and nothing of value was lost.

 

[jt_1258]

again...it has to be asked why...not even a warning? I doubt it's that much of a burden to keep them available...

 

[zoogie]

Two days ago on this very site:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/massive-dsiware-purge-in-us-3ds-eshop.580079/

I guess news isn't real until it's reported from a non-gbatemp source. :/
(and to be clear, the original source of the news is the reddit thread cited in the OP of my thread, and that was 3 days ago, lol)

 

[DJPlace]

don't care for dsi ware. but the other issue is not warning people about it.... that's not cool nintendo not cool

 

[XDel]

Glad someone hacked the DS so we don't loose all we bought, thus reducing it to a temporary rental plan...
Big business doesn't want us to own anything...

 

[jt_1258]

Glad someone hacked the DS so we don't loose all we bought, thus reducing it to a temporary rental plan...
Big business doesn't want us to own anything...

btw, this is following after the way other removed eshop games behave by allowing people who bought the title to still download it. you just simply can't buy them

 

[XDel]

btw, this is following after the way other removed eshop games behave by allowing people who bought the title to still download it. you just simply can't buy them

That is good... For now.

 

[Anxiety_timmy]

ohh this is going to be fun

 

[Hells Malice]

Without this news article no one would have even noticed to cry about it lol

 

[XDel]

Without this news article no one would have even noticed to cry about it lol

I came prepared.