This seemed like relevant enough stand alone news to post outside of the BDSP or Arceus news threads.
Starting in March 2023, the 3DS & Wii U eShops will no longer allow for the purchase of any titles (and strictly speaking after this year you wont be able to add to your wallet unless you've linked with the Nintendo Online account used for the Switch) or purchase DLC. Note that you will still be able to redownload the titles if you've already purchased them (digitally), but yo ucannot buy anything new.
For Pokemon in particular (to be clear, this is eShop wide, not just Pokemon's titles) this means the following titles will no longer be purchasable, only redownloading them:
Pokemon Bank in particular is very notable because this does not just apply to downloading it, but buying new passes. In fact it's even mentioned by name in the FAQ.
Pokemon Bank didn't have a free plan in place, which means that once your final pass runs out, you won't be able to access any pokemon in there (I think, I suppose its possible you can pull them out for free just not in? Someone whose let the pass lapse could better describe this) and won't be able to transfer pokemon from/between/to the VC titles, gens 6,7 & to Home.
e: Apparently TPC has put out a statement saying that Bank will become free to use starting March 2023
This means that while you cannot "purchase" Pokemon Bank after March 2023, you will be able to continue using it (you can also redownload it if you delete it). That's still an issue but significantly less of one. I highly suggest grabbing Bank now if you haven't already, even if you don't plan on doing more gen 6/7 stuff any time soon.
Starting in March 2023, the 3DS & Wii U eShops will no longer allow for the purchase of any titles (and strictly speaking after this year you wont be able to add to your wallet unless you've linked with the Nintendo Online account used for the Switch) or purchase DLC. Note that you will still be able to redownload the titles if you've already purchased them (digitally), but yo ucannot buy anything new.
For Pokemon in particular (to be clear, this is eShop wide, not just Pokemon's titles) this means the following titles will no longer be purchasable, only redownloading them:
- Digital Versions of Gen 6 & 7 titles
- The Virtual Console Releases of Gen 1, Gen 2 and Puzzle League Challenge on 3DS as well as any of the various spin offs released on Wii U's GBA & DS VC.
- The assorted spin off titles for both systems including Pokemon Rumble Blast, Pokemon Shuffle, Battle Trozei, Picross, Detective Pikachu, Pokken, etc
- Pokemon Bank
Pokemon Bank didn't have a free plan in place, which means that once your final pass runs out, you won't be able to access any pokemon in there (I think, I suppose its possible you can pull them out for free just not in? Someone whose let the pass lapse could better describe this) and won't be able to transfer pokemon from/between/to the VC titles, gens 6,7 & to Home.
e: Apparently TPC has put out a statement saying that Bank will become free to use starting March 2023
This means that while you cannot "purchase" Pokemon Bank after March 2023, you will be able to continue using it (you can also redownload it if you delete it). That's still an issue but significantly less of one. I highly suggest grabbing Bank now if you haven't already, even if you don't plan on doing more gen 6/7 stuff any time soon.
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