Nintendo has been winding down repairs for a few of its older {hardware} in Japan over the previous few years and at the moment the corporate’s buyer help on this location has issued an replace concerning the 3DS household of programs.
This contains repairs for “Nintendo 2DS programs” and the New Nintendo 3DS LL (generally known as the XL mannequin right here within the West) – mentioning the way it’s now formally run out of elements essential to restore these programs in Japan. This is the complete up to date discover (through machine translation):
Nintendo: “As we’ve got run out of elements mandatory for repairs, we’ve got stopped accepting repairs for the New Nintendo 3DS LL and Nintendo 2DS programs. Please notice that repairs for the New Nintendo 3DS system have already ended on August 28, 2024. (Up to date March 4, 2025)”
Nintendo introduced final February it might cease repairing the 3DS household of programs in Japan and adopted this up with an replace in August – noting the way it had run out of alternative elements for the New Nintendo 3DS.
Nintendo additionally introduced it had run out of alternative elements for the Wii U in Japan final July, and ended on-line play for each the 3DS and Wii U in the identical yr. Restore companies for these programs have not been out there for a while now in lots of different elements of the world.
If we hear any vital updates, we’ll let you realize.
[source support.nintendo.com, via gonintendo.com]
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