A month after the launch of the Nintendo Wii in November 2006, the Wii Shop was launched, from where we could buy games and applications for the console. 11 years after its opening and after two generations of Wii consoles, the Japanese company has just announced that it will close the Wii Shop in early 2019, but as of March 26, 2018, points can no longer be added to accounts Y No purchases can be made after January 31, 2019, so Nintendo abandons any kind of support for the Wii and Wii U.
The closing of the store includes WiiWare, console games, downloads from Wii channels and most importantly, the Wii U Transfer tool, with which we could transfer the games that we had previously purchased to the Wii U. Once the store closed , next January 31, there will be no way to recover the games, applications or any other data. All points that have not been spent will be returned to customers through a method that the company has not specified at the moment.
All the games that you have when the Wii Shop closes will continue to be available, but the moment we delete them we can forget about them, because there will be no way to recover them. It is incredible that Nintendo has kept the Wii store open for so long, but it is clear that although many users have it stored in their closets, there are still users who enjoy it. In 2013 it began releasing Nintendo classics for the Wii, something that users who used it daily appreciated but still did not manage to gain a respectable market share that It will allow you to be an alternative to the Xbox or PlayStation.