So, the 3DS eShop is apparently revived!

Greninji88 · Nov 5, 2025

The 3DS eShop seems to be back, with the name 'Brewtendo'. I'm not sure how to install it as of yet, but once installed on your modded 3DS, the eShop and almost all previously available software, themes, and select videos will eventually be available for download, completely for free! I can't find too much information on this project yet, so share anything you know!

Jayro · Nov 5, 2025

You can even load up fake eShop money to feel like a billionaire.

Suguri · Nov 5, 2025

Unfortunately it's a closed beta due to server issues I think ;w; I joined their Discord out of curiosity so that's how I know. Approvals appear to be random.

SylverReZ · Nov 5, 2025

If I was to get my 3DS games from somewhere, it would have to be the one that starts with a 'H' that we can't talk about.

Osakasan · Nov 6, 2025

So i'm going to guess this is the service Pretendo publicly denounced.

I guess they found a way to dowload stuff from Nintendo servers again? In that case, no, thnks, i'd rather keep using the green shop wich is hosted in a completely separate server.

I just got my NNID back into my 3DS, not risking it. I'll use it to download my legally owned content and get the rest from anywhere else.

Greninji88 · Nov 6, 2025

Osakasan said:
I guess they found a way to dowload stuff from Nintendo servers again? In that case, no, thnks, i'd rather keep using the green shop wich is hosted in a completely separate server.

I just got my NNID back into my 3DS, not risking it. I'll use it to download my legally owned content and get the rest from anywhere else.

I thought Pretendo said their not part of this? Or is that their way of getting out of it? I personally think it's a really cool concept, I'd use it if it was released. The other 3DS shops are decent, but I'm one who loves keeping things as original as possible, and this concept seems really unbelievable to me!

Osakasan · Nov 6, 2025

And it's a great sentiment, i actually prefer it too, but when there's an account system involved i'd rather not touch it, and even if this were working under Pretendo, they already said they'll ban anyone using their system for piracy.

I'm aware of the project that exists for Wii and i'm considering installing it on my Wii U's vWi, but not too keen on this one.

TheStonedModder · Nov 6, 2025

Osakasan said:
And it's a great sentiment, i actually prefer it too, but when there's an account system involved i'd rather not touch it, and even if this were working under Pretendo, they already said they'll ban anyone using their system for piracy.

I'm aware of the project that exists for Wii and i'm considering installing it on my Wii U's vWi, but not too keen on this one.

This is the exact issue with pretendo they pretend they are high and mighty and better than the rest

Why ban people over piracy for a system you can’t buy games officially on…also I can tell you for certain there’s a handful of pretendo devs that have nothing but pirated games on their system

techlover112 · Nov 6, 2025

It is official
Brewtendo is now private due to drama with Aftendo (developers of base replacement server)

Greninji88 · Nov 6, 2025

TheStonedModder said:
This is the exact issue with pretendo they pretend they are high and mighty and better than the rest

Why ban people over piracy for a system you can’t buy games officially on…also I can tell you for certain there’s a handful of pretendo devs that have nothing but pirated games on their system

I find it a bit strange as well that their banning people with this... I doubt Nintendo cares about people modding a discontinued system, even if we buy the games they won't even make money. I'm sure Pretendo devs used pirated software or something to figure out how to revive online connection.

Osakasan said:
And it's a great sentiment, i actually prefer it too, but when there's an account system involved i'd rather not touch it, and even if this were working under Pretendo, they already said they'll ban anyone using their system for piracy.

I'm aware of the project that exists for Wii and i'm considering installing it on my Wii U's vWi, but not too keen on this one.

Oooh! Could you share the name for the Wii's revival? When everyone on GBATEMP talks about trying to revive Nintendo shops, they immediately shut them down... I'd like to see how the Wii Shop looked like when it was functional, unfortunately I was born too late to use the shop...

techlover112 · Nov 6, 2025

Greninji said:
I find it a bit strange as well that their banning people with this... I doubt Nintendo cares about people modding a discontinued system, even if we buy the games they won't even make money. I'm sure Pretendo devs used pirated software or something to figure out how to revive online connection.

Oooh! Could you share the name for the Wii's revival? When everyone on GBATEMP talks about trying to revive Nintendo shops, they immediately shut them down... I'd like to see how the Wii Shop looked like when it was functional, unfortunately I was born too late to use the shop...

wiimart.org
Blocked on some routers, just use Tor or proxy

cearp · Nov 6, 2025

Greninji said:
The 3DS eShop seems to be back, with the name 'Brewtendo'. I'm not sure how to install it as of yet, but once installed on your modded 3DS, the eShop and almost all previously available software, themes, and select videos will eventually be available for download, completely for free! I can't find too much information on this project yet, so share anything you know!

this is a really cool idea!

SylverReZ said:
If I was to get my 3DS games from somewhere, it would have to be the one that starts with a 'H' that we can't talk about, not some script kiddie revival that'll otherwise be pressured by Nintendo's legal team.

sure, but the concept is very slick.
if it's opensource so that people can host their own eshop servers, that would be amazing.
(and may already be the case -- I haven't checked

)

techlover112 · Nov 6, 2025

cearp said:
this is a really cool idea!

sure, but the concept is very slick.
if it's opensource so that people can host their own eshop servers, that would be amazing.
(and may already be the case -- I haven't checked )

It is but is based on shopdeck by Aftendo
Their dev didn't like it, trash talked it on Aftendo Discord, and Brewtendo was shut down soon after
If ever looking to revive use Pretendo's eshop repos on Github

Greninji88 · Nov 6, 2025

techlover112 said:
It is but is based on shopdeck by Aftendo
Their dev didn't like it, trash talked it on Aftendo Discord, and Brewtendo was shut down soon after
If ever looking to revive use Pretendo's eshop repos on Github

Pretendo has eShop repos?!? How does that work?

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cearp said:
this is a really cool idea!

sure, but the concept is very slick.
if it's opensource so that people can host their own eshop servers, that would be amazing.
(and may already be the case -- I haven't checked )

If we could do that is be soooo happy! But, unfortunately it's not possible.... YET

Nikilite · Nov 7, 2025

finally
i like hshop but, the eShop has *that* vibe to it that was really cozy

NitroShell · Nov 7, 2025

Greninji said:
The 3DS eShop seems to be back, with the name 'Brewtendo'. I'm not sure how to install it as of yet, but once installed on your modded 3DS, the eShop and almost all previously available software, themes, and select videos will eventually be available for download, completely for free! I can't find too much information on this project yet, so share anything you know!

BTW it allows for pirated games so please do not talk about it or refer to it here.

Post automatically merged: Nov 7, 2025

techlover112 said:
It is but is based on shopdeck by Aftendo
Their dev didn't like it, trash talked it on Aftendo Discord, and Brewtendo was shut down soon after
If ever looking to revive use Pretendo's eshop repos on Github

I think the same happened to the Wii Shop revival by Yoshibyte but then someone remade it.

Osakasan · Nov 7, 2025

Greninji said:
Oooh! Could you share the name for the Wii's revival? When everyone on GBATEMP talks about trying to revive Nintendo shops, they immediately shut them down... I'd like to see how the Wii Shop looked like when it was functional, unfortunately I was born too late to use the shop...

Wiimart, and given how long has been since the WSC closed and how some games are exclusive and trapped there, i'm seriously considering it, if only for the experience.

TheStonedModder said:
This is the exact issue with pretendo they pretend they are high and mighty and better than the rest

Why ban people over piracy for a system you can’t buy games officially on…also I can tell you for certain there’s a handful of pretendo devs that have nothing but pirated games on their system

Developers intent.

I know it's hard to understand for some people (like an Azahar setup tutorial i caught last night where the youtuber outright gave rom download sources, when the Azahar devs are agaisnt piracy) but some if not most devs of mods, emulators and service restoration projects do it out of love for the source, and from the perspective of the user owning the games and platforms in question.

It should't come to no one's surprise that you can import your NAND dump into Dolphin, or your system files into Azahar and Cemu. Hell, i have a full backup of my NNID and eShop account on Cemu, and Artic Base is the whole point of Azahar!

It's not a matter of being high and mighty, but of having principles.

SolidSonicTH · Nov 7, 2025

If there's a way to get stuff from other regions then I'm game. I was collecting Ace Attorney themes when freeShop stopped working and having to use Anenome is not a suitable replacement (since I would need to download ALL of my themes in a format that works with Anenome).

TheStonedModder said:
This is the exact issue with pretendo they pretend they are high and mighty and better than the rest

Why ban people over piracy for a system you can’t buy games officially on…also I can tell you for certain there’s a handful of pretendo devs that have nothing but pirated games on their system

This is the exact sort of bootlicking behavior that I take umbrage with when homebrew communities are explicitly saying they decry piracy not simply to cover their ass if anyone came sniffing around but genuinely because "we do not tolerate that." Whenever I bring this up the response I get from other people is the ass-covering explanation but I know for a fact there exist homebrew devs who are actually hardline about their work only being used for legitimate uses and they consider anyone using their work to do something unauthorized with a system (regardless of its age or market accessibility) to be abhorrent.

I remember having some similar sentiments about Sylverant (the PSO fan server) requiring people to have valid license keys. You can still play on it without a license key but just think how limiting that is if you need ACTUAL license keys from the time to play on a fanmade server where getting as many people to play as possible should be the goal twenty-plus years after the game's heyday.

TheStonedModder · Nov 7, 2025

Osakasan said:
Wiimart, and given how long has been since the WSC closed and how some games are exclusive and trapped there, i'm seriously considering it, if only for the experience.

Developers intent.

I know it's hard to understand for some people (like an Azahar setup tutorial i caught last night where the youtuber outright gave rom download sources, when the Azahar devs are agaisnt piracy) but some if not most devs of mods, emulators and service restoration projects do it out of love for the source, and from the perspective of the user owning the games and platforms in question.

It should't come to no one's surprise that you can import your NAND dump into Dolphin, or your system files into Azahar and Cemu. Hell, i have a full backup of my NNID and eShop account on Cemu, and Artic Base is the whole point of Azahar!

It's not a matter of being high and mighty, but of having principles.

I understand having principles but don’t be a hypocritical about them and ban people from your community (I know it’s not you specifically) when caught

When the lead devs are doing the exact same thing themselves.

Osakasan · Nov 7, 2025

TheStonedModder said:
I understand having principles but don’t be a hypocritical about them and ban people from your community (I know it’s not you specifically) when caught

When the lead devs are doing the exact same thing themselves.

I mean. It's their service, they decide how they want it to be used. Being homebrew doesn't mean having no rules.

Plus their issue isn't piracy, but using Pretendo Network for piracy. They want nothing of that, and i think that deserves some respect.

So, the 3DS eShop is apparently revived!

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