Microsoft has shut down emulation of classic games on the Xbox Series X/S on April 6th and a small but passionate community of retro enthusiasts, keepers and homebrew developers is in turmoil. They’re urging the console maker to reverse course and make legal copying easy again, even if it means potentially angering rivals like Sony ...
Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life Nintendo is offering refunds to players who don’t want to transfer their Wii U and/or 3DS eShop credit to the Switch, following their closure at the end of March. This has only been announced for Japan so far. OatmealDome shared and translated Notice from Nintendo’s official Japanese Twitter account, ...
We bring you a new and interesting message that is indirectly related to Nintendo. In this case, we are talking about news centered on a rumor about PlayStation and its next portable console. Specifically, many Nintendo fans have been surprised because the concept described in this rumor suggests that the portable Sony console would be ...
Image: Nintendo Life Last week, following the end of the 3DS and Wii U eShop sales, Nintendo announced that it would extend the code redemption period to compensate for certain technical difficulties. The new date has been extended to April 4th, 2023 in Japan, meaning that this extra time to redeem the codes has now ...
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Yesterday, the 3DS and Wii U eShops closed, but the closing did not go completely according to plan. Some players were surprised to find that even if they had a code to download something that had already been purchased, they could no longer do so. Well, Nintendo seems to have answered the matter. The company ...
Image: via Twitter The development team behind the GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin has shared some surprising news – announcing that Dolphin is “coming soon” to Valve’s Steam service in the second quarter of 2023. You can even wishlist a free download now. When Dolphin launches as an Early Access game on the Steam Store, ...
By now, you’re more than likely aware that eShops for Nintendo’s Wii U and 3DS consoles won’t be available for much longer. Nintendo originally announced the closure of 2 eShops last summer, including a closing date of March 27th. Well, the date has arrived and, unfortunately, the shutdown has now officially happened. Although Nintendo didn’t ...
Image: Nintendo Life Today officially marks the end of the 3DS and Wii U eShops. While you will still be able to download existing purchased games, you can no longer purchase or redeem new games from these digital storefronts. Free content, including demos, is also prohibited. Now that digital stores have officially entered the shutdown ...
The Wii U and Nintendo 3DS eShop is about to permanently end its services. Starting March 2023, players will lose the ability to access thousands of games on both platforms, depending on the games they have purchased. There are also many questions about what will happen to the funds and the timelines for spending them. ...
