As of April 2026, the Nintendo eShop is available in 49 markets: •
Argentina •
Australia •
Austria •
Belgium •
Brazil •
Bulgaria •
Canada •
Chile •
Colombia •
Croatia •
Cyprus •
Czech Republic •
Denmark •
Estonia •
Finland •
France •
Germany •
Greece •
Hong Kong •
Hungary •
Ireland •
Israel * •
Italy •
Japan •
Latvia •
Lithuania •
Luxembourg •
Malaysia •
Malta •
Mexico •
Netherlands •
New Zealand •
Norway •
Peru •
Poland •
Portugal •
Romania •
Singapore •
Slovakia •
Slovenia •
South Africa •
South Korea •
Spain •
Sweden •
Switzerland •
Taiwan •
Thailand •
United Kingdom •
United States '
*' = The official Nintendo eShop in this market is currently limited to only download code support.
Upcoming launch TBA: •
Philippines Former markets Certain markets originally had official access to a variation of the Nintendo eShop at one point, but Nintendo had discontinued the service in those markets for various reasons without a present follow-up, or for long periods of time. Many South American and Caribbean markets originally had access to a limited variant of the Nintendo eShop on both Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, whilst Asian markets such as Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates originally had access to a limited variant of the eShop on Nintendo 3DS only. Many of the markets listed were not followed up with any official access to the eShop on succeeding platforms as of present, even if said platforms were officially available. However, it was confirmed that the Nintendo eShop service would officially re-launch as a full service in Singapore and Malaysia, in addition to Thailand on November 18, 2025, with the release date for the Philippines to be announced at a later date. The Taiwanese market has had a complicated history with Nintendo products in the 2010s. The Nintendo 3DS was officially launched in Taiwan, and one time had access to a Chinese variation of the Nintendo eShop which it shared with Hong Kong. Although the Nintendo Switch was eventually officially launched in Taiwan, Hong Kong had gained official access to the eShop on Nintendo Switch since April 3, 2018, whilst Taiwan has not had the service until September 9, 2025, after the Nintendo Switch 2 launched. The Wii U was never officially released in either Hong Kong or Taiwan. On May 31, 2023, Nintendo was obligated to close the eShop on the Nintendo Switch in Russia after more than a year's hiatus due to reasons beyond their control, likely as a consequence of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Tencent variant of the Nintendo Switch eShop closed in
China on March 31, 2026.
Currency Unlike the
Wii Shop Channel and the
DSi Shop services, which use
Nintendo Points for purchases, the Nintendo eShop lists prices in the appropriate regional currencies (e.g.
United States dollars and
euros). Accounts can be funded using either credit cards or prepaid cards purchased in stores. In China, the Nintendo eShop was opened on December 10, 2019, via Nintendo Switch units distributed by
Tencent. Users can only log in with a
WeChat account, and the account can only be funded via
WeChat Pay. In addition, purchasing downloadable content from other regions is disabled due to the lack of the ability to sign in with a
Nintendo Account and the general region locking of the Nintendo Switch for the Chinese market. Nintendo's mainland Chinese subsidiary
iQue originally launched the
iQue 3DS XL in December 2012 with two digital games pre-installed, but the eShop itself was never launched for the console in China.
Downloading When applications were downloaded on the 3DS they took up space on the system in Nintendo's form of storage called blocks. On Wii U and the Switch, however, this storage type, which was also used on consoles like the Wii, was replaced with the mostly universal Megabyte and Gigabyte memory format.
Multitasking The Nintendo eShop can be accessed at any time via the HOME menu screen, even when a game is already running, on Wii U and Nintendo Switch. Background downloading is also possible via
SpotPass while using any other application on the Wii U or Nintendo 3DS, and while in Sleep Mode on Nintendo Switch. Currently, 10 downloads can be queued at a time. The status of the downloads can be checked on the HOME menu under the "Download Manager". If notifications are activated, a pop-up message will appear in the top right corner of the screen to notify the user that a download is finished.
Ratings The Nintendo eShop supported user reviews of games, applications, and other media on the Wii U and 3DS. After an eShop title had been acquired and used for at least one hour, users could submit a review consisting of a crescent range of one to five "stars", representing the title's quality. Users could also categorize games by age and gender, as suitable for hardcore or casual gamers. The Wii U had
Miiverse integration for user reviews on the Nintendo eShop. The Switch though removed the feature of buyer's reviews, and they haven't come as of January 20th, 2025.
Deluxe Digital Promotion and Nintendo Network Premium On September 13, 2012, during a Japanese
Nintendo Direct presentation, Satoru Iwata introduced a new service called Deluxe Digital Promotion (North America)/Nintendo Network Premium (Europe, Australia, and Japan). It was a loyalty program similar to
PlayStation Plus offered on
PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Gold on
Xbox Live. Consumers who purchased the Wii U Deluxe Pack in North America, or the Wii U Premium Pack in Europe and Japan, would receive a free two-year subscription to this service which lets
Wii U owners receive points for each digital purchase. Members who bought games and apps through the Wii U Nintendo eShop would receive ten percent of the price back in points, which could be exchanged for eShop credit on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS eShop. Points could be exchanged for eShop credit through March 31, 2015. The program was discontinued on April 1, 2015. The service was never fully implemented beyond its promotional period. The
My Nintendo program formerly featured a similar concept for anyone who links their Nintendo Network ID to their Nintendo Account profile, and users could earn Gold Points via any Nintendo eShop purchase. For a period of time, users were able to redeem Gold Points for download codes or discount coupons available on My Nintendo for specific Wii U and Nintendo 3DS titles. Gold Points themselves could still be used to discount any purchases made on the Nintendo Switch. The ability to earn Gold Points have since been discontinued as of March 2025.
Nintendo 3DS and Wii U closures A limited variant of the Nintendo eShop on the Nintendo 3DS family was discontinued on July 31, 2020, for various Latin American and Caribbean markets, Redownloading previously purchased content, updating and free themes will remain available. Merging funds left on a Nintendo Network ID with a Nintendo Account remained active until March 11, 2024. Previously downloaded content on the Nintendo eShop, among others, was unaffected by the suspension of the
Nintendo Network and other Wi-Fi services for the 3DS and Wii U on April 8, 2024. == List of available content ==