That service was shut down on the original Wii in 2019, and Nintendo has said it won't be coming back for the Switch. The coming shutdown is notable as the final endpoint for Nintendo's Virtual Console, which since 2006 has let players purchase and download individual ROMs for a variety of older systems to run on new hardware. In an FAQ posted alongside the announcement, Nintendo said this decision was "part of the natural lifecycle for any product line as it becomes less used by consumers over time." The company has also set up a "My Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Memories" subsite to let players look back fondly on their play time statistics on each system. While new purchases will be cut off, Nintendo writes that players will be able to redownload previous purchases on these platforms "for the foreseeable future." Online services and software updates will still be supported as well, but free demos and "free-to-start" games will no longer be downloadable on either platform. A shared balance with a Nintendo Account wallet (as used on the Switch) will also work on the older platforms up through the March 2023 shutdown. But customers will have to add funds to their shop accounts well before that full shutdown-by May 23 for credit card funding and August 29 for redeeming physical eShop cards. Players will have until "late March 2023" to purchase any of the hundreds of games available on those eShops. Nintendo has announced plans to sunset the sale of downloadable games and paid DLC on the Wii U and 3DS platforms early next year. The Wii U eShop as it looked just after launch in 2013.
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