The closing of the eStore on Nintendo 3DS and WiiU is sad, but inevitable. However, Nintendo is actively making it very difficult to access their retro titles – despite their value in the gaming industry and culturally as well.

While it may be frustrating not to be able to purchase Nintendo’s famed titles digitally any more, even worse is the loss of games that only existed in digital format.

The Video Game History Foundation, which is working to promote the preservation of retro video games, spoke out about Nintendo in a recent tweet.

Our statement on the closure of Nintendo's legacy digital shops. pic.twitter.com/mG5GzuGH4G

— Video Game History Foundation (@GameHistoryOrg) February 17, 2022

The text reads:

While it is unfortunate that people won’t be able to purchase digital 3DS or Wii U games anymore, we understand the business reality that went into this decision. What we don’t understand is what path Nintendo expects its fans to take, should they wish to play these games in the future. As a paying member of the Entertainment Software Association, Nintendo actively funds lobbying that prevents even libraries from being able to provide legal access to these games. Not providing commercial access is understandable, but preventing institutional work to preserve these titles on top of that is actively destructive to video game history. We encourage ESA members like Nintendo to rethink their position on this issue and work with existing institutions to find a solution.

I think we can all appreciate their addressing of this, and I also sincerely hope that Nintendo will reconsider their treatment of retro titles.

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Club Nintendo

The loyalty programme will cease to exist by September this year

Club Nintendo is a loyalty programme which opened in 2007, which rewarded free gifts to owners of the Nintendo DS, Wii, 3DS and Wii U. As of this September, the programme will be no more! Nintendo have said that they are “working hard to create a new programme”, which we are expecting to launch later on in the year. Aside from Nintendo’s pledge that those who sign up to the new program will receive a free copy of Flipnote Studio 3D for the 3DS, no further details have been aired.

Customers existing on Club Nintendo will have until 30th September 2015 to spend their remaining currency of stars and, after this date, all stars will have been deleted. Any news games arriving from Nintendo will no longer come with reward points, by the end of April this year, and the new Nintendo 3DS will not come with Club Nintendo reward points when it is released on 13th February.

Prizes for being a loyal customer included toys, apparel, wallpapers, ringtones and soundtracks. Nintendo has said that the programme has more than six million members! The company also added that, “There are plenty of unique and exclusive items already available in the Stars Catalogue, and we’ll keep adding more over the coming months, so there’s plenty to spend your Stars on before September 30th 2015.”

You can read the full notice on the official Nintendo website HERE.

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