We knew it was coming, but that doesn’t make it any less sad: yesterday, three years after the 3DS was officially discontinued, Nintendo shut down its digital storefront. It’s the end of an era. Now that the Switch is a runaway success, it’s unlikely the company will return to quirky dual-screen handhelds anytime soon — which is a shame, because they represent a wonderfully weird era of Nintendo history.
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