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Granted, there's a first time for everything (especially when looking at the DS emulation, but that's getting into wish-listing territory), but. Unfortunately non-Nintendo hardware is incredibly in-consistent, but as far as Nintendo's previous hardware is concerned, the emulators have always come out before the previous service's discontinuation. March 2023 (upcoming): 3DS & Wii U eShops shutdown September 2021: N64 & Sega Genesis games (Switch Online) September 2019: SNES games (Switch Online) September 2018: Nintendo Switch Online launch, with NES games

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If we take a look at this list of years I've compiled (mind you, this is FAR from the full list), you'll be able to see how Nintendo releases their newest emulation service before the shutting down of the previous service on every piece of hardware going as far back as the GameCube's Game Boy Player.Ģ001: GameCube launch (had issues with the overall Virtual Console system)Ģ003: 'Game Boy Player' launch for GB, GBC, and GBA cartridges (GameCube)Ģ011: 3DS launch (I couldn't find data for when most of its Virtual Console ports 'started')Ģ013 is where things start to get extremely specific, so try and stay with me here. Yeah, producers closing down their stores can be bad for game preservation, I couldn't agree more: but things could be worse. That's because (at least for the 3DS, the Wii U's failure made the 'online storefront 10-year policy' a little complicated) such a closure actually still fits in with Nintendo's previous cycle that I wish a lot more people gave Nintendo credit for.

There's something I want to bring up on this thread, even if this information may or may not be better suited elsewhere.

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On a positive note, I am happy to see that Bank usage will continue AND it will be free to use eventually! Personally, I have barely used Bank since the release of S/S (I don't have the Premium version for Home either) but this is great since it means that transferring Pokémon to future generations will still be possible even after the e-shop has closed. But I still have a year left to make up my mind about it, so that's good. But if I end up getting Crystal, when am I going to find the time to actually play through it? I already have so many other things planned for this year. Yes, emulators exist and playing it that way is completely free but technically illegal, though I think it gives a much better 'feeling' to play games on a real console. Especially one that isn't going to die one day because of the battery failing. I have thought about buying Crystal from the e-shop since the battery for my Crystal cart is dead, and it would be nice to have a functioning copy of my favorite Johto game.

As for other games I don't have that are digital-only. I finally got around to buying the Dream Radar last year, just need to play through it as well. I don't even have a Wii U so no problems there. Other than that, I feel mostly done with 3DS, I have pretty much moved on to Switch at this point. I have barely used either of my 3DS since the release of S/S, but I have some plans to return to them eventually, later this year at the earliest. This was bound to happen at some point, but it is still a bit sad to see.

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