![]() By our next recording in April of 2019 the count was down to 454 DSiWare titles. ![]() The wave of delistings was possibly caused by an unexpected hardware or network failure, or an unannounced move to consolidate server resources.Īs of our recording in January of 2017, there were approximately 530 DSiWare titles available for sale in North America. Over the next twelve days the great majority of these titles would come back online without explanation from Nintendo. On or very near this date, approximately 250 DSiWare titles released between 2009 and mid-May of 2011 (with a few exceptions) were delisted across North America and Canada. The majority of DSiWare releases remained available to browse and purchase from a Nintendo 3DS until January 1st, 2021. On September 29th, 2017 Nintendo would announce a similar roadmap leading to the closure of the Wii Shop Channel for the Nintendo Wii. As the DSi Shop was likely operated separately from the Nintendo eShop for 3DS, Wii U, and Switch, it was likely shut down to consolidation resources. The only official comment on the closure came from Nintendo’s support FAQ page which stated that “among other things, allows us to focus our resources on current and upcoming products and services”. All DSiWare games currently available will be transferable from the Nintendo DSi to the Nintendo 3DS family system, with the following exceptions: If you purchased these titles separately via the DSiShop, they will transfer normally during the system transfer process. This includes titles like: Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Brain Age Express: Math, and Photo Clock. Pre-Loaded DSiWare/Applications (games that came on the system) will not be transferred to the Nintendo 3DS family system. At the time of the original announcement in April of 2016, Nintendo’s support FAQ revealed a handful of non-transferable titles: This can be seen in our recording made just a few days after the closure took place. The announcement further stated that the ability to re-download DSiWare titles would end “at some point” but no further information has been revealed as of January 2021.Īfter March 31st, 2017 the DSi Shop contained only the 3DS Transfer Tool to download, information about the closure, and the ability to browse and download previous purchases. The announcement laid out a two-part timeline with the ability to add funds ending on September 30th, 2016 and the ability to make purchases ending on March 31st, 2017. On April 1st, 2016 Nintendo announced plans to close the Nintendo DSi Shop on the Nintendo DSi and DSi XL, colloquially referred to as DSiWare. Nintendo Support announcement Nintendo News announcement Some titles available on other Nintendo platforms, PC, and consoles
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