The Nintendo 3DS and Wii U digital store, and the services associated with it, will close the July 31, 2020 in 42 passes of Latin America and the Caribbean, as announced by the Japanese company through its support page. Players may not update software, download purchased games or redeem codes after that date. Brazil and Mexico they will not be affected by the measure.
The Nintendo eShop of those territories offered "basic functions" how to redeem codes. Users of those passes may not "redeem a download code, download new software, or update software." From Nintendo they motivate the players "to carry out these actions before the closing date" of the eShop.
The company does not give a specific reason for closure. "We constantly re-evaluate our business and make decisions based on a variety of factors," read the Questions and Answers article they have posted.
Nor do they explain why eShop in Mexico and Brazil will not be affected. In Mexico, players have a complete Nintendo eShop available on both Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. In Brazil, the Wii U digital store only operates in a limited way, that is, to redeem codes and update software.
All passes affected by the closure of the eShop on 3DS and Wii U
The affected passes are as follows: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Granada, Guadalupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucca, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, United States Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela.
On January 31, 2019 Nintendo closed the Wii Shop Channel around the world. Since then, players have been unable to purchase Wii Ware or Virtual Console games, or transfer content from the console to Wii U.
