Nintendo eShop

The Nintendo eShop logo as of 2017

The **Nintendo eShop** is an online distribution service. It was first launched for the Nintendo 3DS on June 6, 2011, the WiiU on November 18, 2012 and the Nintendo Switch on March 3, 2017.

So far, only one title from the Kamiwaza Wanda video-game series was released on the Nintendo eShop.

## Service details

The Nintendo eShop stores records of all downloads and purchases and allows users to redownload previously purchased software at no extra charge, providing that the software is still available on the eShop itself.

Unlike the Wii Shop Channel (closed 2019) and the DSi Shop (closed 2017), the Nintendo eShop lists prices in the appropriate regional currencies such as Japanese yen, American dollars and British pounds.

The Nintendo 3DS is the first console the have the Nintendo eShop launed on. 3DS users who upgrade from the Nintendo DSi systems can transfer their DSi Shop purchases over to the Nintendo 3DS, with some limited exceptions such as Flipnote Studio.

The Nintendo eShop was also launched for the WiiU on November 18, 2012 and then the Nintendo Switch on March 3, 2017.

The Nintendo eShop released many download-only titles, including 3D classics, Vitual Console titles, retail and eShop game demos and add-on content and sofeware updates for both downloadable and retail titles.

### Video services

The Nintendo eShop offers a wide range of several video streaming applications, which correspond to the third party streaming services. Some of the applications from the service are available for downloading on the Nintendo 3DS and are preinstalled on the North American WiiU consoles.

Nintendo Video, a video-on-demand service, was downloadable on the Nintendo 3DS' Nintendo eShop from July 13, 2011 in Japan and Europe and then July 21, 2011 in North America. Nintendo Video later ended its service and was discontinued on June 29, 2015. The Nintendo eShop offered most of the videos for streaming on demand, with a total of 164 videos available, in the following month of July 2015.

The 4 video services integrated within Nintendo TVii (Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and TiVO) were available to download from the Nintendo eShop on both Japanese and North American WiiU consoles from December 2012 but were discontinued, along with Nintendo TVii itself, for North America on August 11, 2015 and for Japan on November 7, 2017. Nintendo TVii were set to be launched on both European and Austrailian WiiU consoles as well but that launch was cancelled.

Other streaming services downloadable from the Nintendo eShop are:

* LoveFilm (discountinued)
* Youtube
* Niconico (Japan only)
* Crunchyroll (North America and Europe only)
* Twitch

### Discontinuation for WiiU and 3DS

On February 15, 2022, it was announced that the Nintendo eShop will discontinue for the WiiU and the 3DS in March 27, 2023 with the ability to add credit cards ceasing by May 23, 2022, followed by the inability to add funds by August 29, 2022. Only redownloading and updating will remain available.

## Kamiwaza Wanda related media

The Nintendo eShop might also include some media related to the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise.

On October 27, 2016, the first Kamiwaza Wanda video-game title, Kamiwaza Wanda: Kirakira Ichibangai Kikiippatsu, was released as a download version on the Nintendo eShop, as well as a physical release, for the Japanese Nintendo 3DS consoles. Those who buy the download version of that Kamiwaza Wanda video-game from the Nintendo eShop will get a special Kamiwaza Wanda theme for their 3DS home menu as a free gift.

However, in late October 2017, the download version of Kamiwaza Wanda: Kirakira Ichibangai Kikiippatsu was removed from the Nintendo eShop.

Due to the discontinuation of the eShop for the 3DS and WiiU in March 27, 2023, further Kamaiwaza Wanda related media are yet to be released on the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo Switch consoles.

## Trivia

* This is the first online distribution service to release Kamiwaza Wanda related media.
* This online service is manufactured by the gaming company Nintendo.