Nintendo Closes 3DS and Wii U eShops at the end of the month. He feels premature and stupid, but that’s the world we live in. Nintendo’s 3D handheld will forever live in the shadow of its more popular predecessor, but damn if the 3DS didn’t have a ton of great and special games. Now is your last chance to buy them.

Between the dual screen and 3D technology, I doubt many 3ds games will it ever be ported to future Nintendo consoles, let alone appear in new iterations of Virtual Console or Switch Online libraries. It’s also a shame, considering that while not quite as spectacular as the original DS, the 3DS (and 2DS) still had a plethora of games, many of which were and still are exclusive to the platform. Entire generations of pokemon are about to go extinct.

When will the 3DS eShop close?

The lights go out on March 27. That will be just over a decade since the Wii U came out and less than four years since the 3DS received its last physical retail release, 2019. person Q2. Not to worry though, Nintendo claims that even after this month, players will still be able to re-download content they already own “for the foreseeable future.” (Well, worry a little.)

Why is Nintendo closing the eShop? “This is part of the natural life cycle of any product line, as consumers use them less over time,” the company said. wrote on their support website. This didn’t go down entirely well with fans last February, when the eShop shutdown was originally announced. Nintendo made matters even worse by initially implying that gamers should be more than satisfied with the just over 100 classic games available through its Nintendo Switch Online subscription service. The players were not, and the company promptly removed that appendage.

These are some of the 3DS games you should buy

While the eShop stopped accepting credit card payments and even eShop gift cards last year, you can still add funds to your 3DS account by linking your Nintendo Network ID wallet and Nintendo Account wallets on the Nintendo website and then sharing funds between them. From there, simply go to the store page for the game you want, either on the Nintendo website or on your 3DS, and hit buy. There are a lot of things you could get, and I’ve divided them into three groups.

This first groupIt consists of the best 3DS blockbusters. They do have physical releases, but they will no doubt also be painfully expensive and harder to track in the future. Many are taken from my cityList of the best 3DS games. Something like seventh dragonare personal favorites that are already impossible to find:

• super mario 3d land – $20
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – $20
• fire emblem awakening – $40
• Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon – $20
• Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy – $40
• bravely default – $40
• 7th Dragon III Code: VFD – $30
• Rhythm Heaven Megamix – $30
• pokemon x & AND – $40
• pokemon sun & Moon – $40

this secondd group presents unique 3DS digital games, some big, some small, that you simply can’t buy anywhere else. You can find even more games like this in our list of the best eShop digital exclusives. I still can’t believe Nintendo is condemning the original. boxboy to the phantom zone trilogy

• pushmo – $7
• crashmo – $9
• BoxBoy! – $5
• BoxBoxBoy! – $5
• Goodbye BoxBoy! – $5
• crimson shroud – $8
• Dillon’s Rolling Western – $10
• I have protectors – $12
• harmoknight – $15

Finally, this third and last group contains games that are currently on sale at a very low price. Sega and Atlus did this last year shortly after Nintendo announced the closure of the eShop, but hasn’t announced anything this month. It’s a shame more publishers aren’t joining the current clearance sale. For now it’s mostly Capcom:

• monster hunter 4 ultimate – $3
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies – $3
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice – $3
• Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse – $10
• beyblade evolution – $4
• SteamWorld Dig – $2
• SteamWorld 2 Excavation – $4
• SteamWorld Heist – $3
• Shovel Knight: Hidden Treasure – $4.50

3DS owners are already clamoring for more publishers to lower eShop prices and give the handheld a proper digital send-off. We’ll keep you posted if we find out any other games are on sale before the eShop doors finally close.