A user has purchased ALL games for Wii U and 3DS before Nintendo closing of the eShop through the consoles prior to Switch, how much did the joke come out for? Let’s see it.
Since this was known, a balance was also made, calculating the permanent loss of more than 1000 games, something for which an organization for the preservation of video games criticized Nintendo.
But the company has gone ahead with its plans and the days of digital purchases in both systems are numbered, not to mention that almost nothing is compatible with either.
That’s why before the fateful day arrives, the popular content creator Jirard ‘The Completionist’ Khalil it has been done with everything that can be buy on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U.
In total, he has acquired 866 games for Wii U y 1,547 titles on 3DSsome consoles that have seen sagas like Professor Layton’s grow since its first installment launched in 2007.
This has equated to 1.2TB of games on Wii U y 267GB in games, DsiWare and 3DS DLCIn total, buying all of this has cost him $22,791 and has taken him almost a year to complete.
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I bought EVERY Nintendo Wii U & 3DS game before the Nintendo eShop closes
As of next March 27 it will no longer be possible buy games in the Wii U and 3DS eShopas the VGC analysis revealed, a thousand games are going to be lost and the Andalucia’s day was the last date to purchase Fire Emblem Fates on Nintendo 3DS.
As to Pokémon in 3DS and Wii U, 75% of the games in the series will no longer be available. But Nintendo claimed that this was only for transactions (including downloads and demos) the service is not going to shut down completely.
“Even after March 27 and beyond, it will be possible to download games and DLC and receive software updates as well as play online on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS family systems,” it said.
The Nintendo Store logo on every Nintendo card is going to be a loss
Khalil has used eShop cards to fund his account so as not to alarm his bank, this means buying 464 of them and adding them one by one to the systems.
But there was a problem as eShop only allows you to store $250 maximum in one account, so they were adding funds and buying games continuously in a process repeated 72 times; “That’s why he’s stupid!” Khalil said jokingly.
Some top Wii U exclusives that will disappear forever are Affordable Space Adventures, Amiibo Tap: Nintendo’s Greatest Bits, Chasing Aurora, Dr Luigi, The Letter, Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo ChallengePokémon Rumble U, Pushmo World (Pullblox World in Europe) y Shut the Box.
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In the case of Nintendo 3DS exclusive games to miss are even more, among them there are even improved 3D reissues of various classics such as the gama 3D Classic de Nintendo con Excitebike, Kid Icarus y Kirby’s Adventure.
Last but not least – the Closure of Wii U and 3DS eShops will also mean the cessation of latest systems compatible with the Virtual Console service.
Once this happens, the only retro games provided by Nintendo will be those available in the various Nintendo Switch Online apps.
Now that you know what it costs buy ALL games on the 3DS and Wii U eShop before it closeswho can afford it?
