With the closure of the 3DS eShop, Nintendo closes the book on an era of inspired experimentation.
Nintendo isn’t struggling by any definition of the word. Sure, you can find an op-ed or two about how the Switch is underpowered in 2023 or what have you, but the sales figures suggest the general public doesn’t mind that so much, and even more importantly, the software releasing for the last-gen console is selling, too.
, some of Nintendo’s experimental spirit of the past is gone. That’s not to say they aren’t trying anything new or ambitious—this is the console that kicked off with, after all—but that the focus is entirely on the Big Stuff these days, and the experimental spirit that powered their digital forays on the Wii and DSi are missing from the modern catalog.
Often, WiiWare featured smaller games with an intriguing concept, ones that either would have died at retail because of the price range a physical game requires, or never been approved for a shot at a store shelf in the first place. On the Wii, however, they were priced between $5 and $15, and part of the idea was to create an avenue for smaller developers to get a chance to shine—Gaijin Games got their start there with the Bit.
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