Virtual Console
Line of downloadable video games for several Nintendo platforms
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2025 | Nintendo plans to retain the Nintendo Classics service (formerly Virtual Console) for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 console release. |
March 27 2023 | Nintendo officially discontinued the Virtual Console service on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, marking the end of digital game purchases for these platforms, though previously purchased titles remain playable. |
January 30 2019 | Nintendo discontinued the Virtual Console service on the Wii, closing the Wii Shop Channel and ending digital game purchases for the platform. |
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