Things are slowly getting serious. If you want to secure your credit in the Eshop now, you have to hurry up. Nintendo announced months ago how you can save your remaining money and only gives you a few hours to do it. We reveal what you have to do.
Nintendo closes eshops and creates facts
Every current console, whether Switch, PS5 or Xbox Series X, has its own online store. There you can buy digital games, download updates and patches, purchase additional content or take out subscriptions to online services such as Game Pass, Nintendo Switch Online and PlayStation Plus.
In order to be able to pay in these shops, you load credit into your account. This is done with voucher cards or via PayPal, credit card or other online payments. Usually it is not possible to do this pay out money again allow. If one of these shops closes, the credit is lost forever. In the case of Nintendo, this extraordinary situation is about to happen. What can you do?
Nintendo shuts down eshops to save your credit
Everyone knows the situation: Even though you've been doing something for months has on the screen and have made up your mind to do it, you end up missing the final deadline. Nintendo announced a long time ago that the eshops for the 3DS and Wii U consoles would be closed. Although you can still download games that have already been purchased, they are no transfers whatsoever more is possible. How do you save your credit?
Only up to and including Monday, March 11, 2024, it is possible to use leftover money on the 3DS and Wii U for the Switch. To do this you have to use yours The Nintendo Network ID is sent to the Nintendo Account link. You can do that here. You then transfer your money over to the switch. Away March 12, 2024 This will no longer be possible and the money will be gone.
So it's a good idea to get into the proverbial shoes now and secure your credit with Nintendo with just a few clicks. Hopefully this step will not be necessary for the next generation of consoles. It is assumed that not only will the Switch 2 be compatible with its predecessor, but the Eshop accounts can also continue to be used unchanged.