On April 1st of 2016 Nintendo announced plans to shut down the DSi Shop on the Nintendo DSi and DSi XL, collectively referred to as DSiWare. The announcement revealed a two-part timeline: the ability to add funds would end on September 30th, 2016 and the ability to make purchases would end on March 31st, 2017. The announcement further stated that the ability to re-download DSiWare titles would end “at some point” but no further information has been revealed.
As a precaution I recorded a tour of the DSi Shop at the end of January 2017 to capture its appearance and function before the March 31st deadline. As Nintendo has not revealed any further information I am operating under the assumption that after March 31st the DSi Shop may be completely inaccessible. Now that we’re down to the last few days before the deadline I wanted to share this three-part tour of the DSi Shop as it appears today.
Part 3 is probably the most interesting as I scroll through all of the titles available before the deadline. Though many games have already been removed this should help confirm future delistings and titles that are not brought over to the Nintendo eShop on the 3DS. These titles will eventually have their own pages on the site as well as the DSi Shop platform itself, similar to the PlayStation Mobile page.
Check out the playlist above to see the DSi Shop in action and look for a follow-up after March 31st as we see what remains.