Update All 3DS Pokémon Games Immediately (Even If You Don't Own Them)
With the Nintendo eShop shutting down on the 3DS in 2023, players should be updating all of their Pokémon Games on the portable console out of precaution. Although the Nintendo 3DS launched over a decade ago in 2011, for many players the console is still the only way to play classic Pokémon titles such as 1999's Gold and Silver, or Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen from 2004. Pokémon Generation 6 and 7 are still too new to get remakes anytime soon, so the 3DS will be the only console to play them on for possibly years unless the Nintendo Switch shop starts adding classic titles to its digital storefront.
In February, Pokémon fans around the world were surprised when Nintendo announced that it would be closing down the 3DS eShop sometime after March 2023. The announcement had many fans scrambling to purchase every single Pokémon title available on the handheld console. Players were particularly motivated to buy older generation titles so that they would still be able to move their Pokémon from the classic titles over to the cloud service Pokémon Home which was launched in 2020 alongside Generation 8's Pokémon Sword and Shield.
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Despite many of the games released years ago, thePokémon series saw a major explosion in sales after the announcement of Nintendo's 3DS eShop closure. In March, Pokémon Crystal even topped the charts as the top-selling game on the Nintendo digital shop. With 2023 on the horizon though, a new worry popped up among the Pokémon community, as players started to worry about what will happen to games that feature updates. According to a post on the Pokémon Reddit forum, players can avoid any future problems by downloading updates for
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