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Following the precedent of the [[Nintendo Wii]], the [[3DS]] has its own [[Virtual Console]] feature. This Virtual Console was launched with the 3DS's eShop several months after the 3DS's release on June 6th, 2011 (the 7th in some areas of America as well as Japan and the PAL regions). Like the [[Wii Virtual Console]], the 3DS Virtual Console consistd of a library of classic games that could be bought and downloaded through the eShop to be played on the 3DS, with the selections originally having been updated on a weekly basis.  
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Following the precedent of the [[Nintendo Wii]], the [[3DS]] has its own Virtual Console feature. This Virtual Console was launched with the 3DS's eShop several months after the 3DS's release on June 6th, 2011 (the 7th in some areas of America as well as Japan and the PAL regions). Like the [[Wii Virtual Console]], the 3DS Virtual Console consists of a library of classic games that could be bought and downloaded through the eShop to be played on the 3DS, with the selections originally having been updated on a weekly basis.  
  
 
The Wii Virtual Console had featured Nintendo's main systems up until the [[Nintendo 64]], while the 3DS initially focused instead on games from Nintendo's handheld systems. It specifically covered the [[Game Boy]] and [[Game Boy Color]], and several [[Game Boy Advance]] games were available through a limited promotion. It also covered a third party handheld in the form of Sega's Game Gear. Its scope later expanded to cover several home consoles that had previously been covered by the Wii Virtual Console: the [[NES]] and the [[Super NES]]. The latter was only compatible with the [[New Nintendo DS]] system.
 
The Wii Virtual Console had featured Nintendo's main systems up until the [[Nintendo 64]], while the 3DS initially focused instead on games from Nintendo's handheld systems. It specifically covered the [[Game Boy]] and [[Game Boy Color]], and several [[Game Boy Advance]] games were available through a limited promotion. It also covered a third party handheld in the form of Sega's Game Gear. Its scope later expanded to cover several home consoles that had previously been covered by the Wii Virtual Console: the [[NES]] and the [[Super NES]]. The latter was only compatible with the [[New Nintendo DS]] system.
  
New games were originally added to the 3D eShop every Thursday, or Wednesday in Japan. New games stopped being posted regularly around the end of 2016, and since then there were only occasional additions to the library such as the additions of classic ''[[Portal: Pokémon|Pokémon]]'' series in 2017 and 2018. The 3DS's digital shop was shut down completely in April 2023, at the same time as Wii U's digital shop. With that, all iterations of the Virtual Console have been made inaccessible, with the exception of users being able to re-download games that have already been bought.
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New games were originally added to the 3D eShop every Thursday, or Wednesday in Japan. New games stopped being posted regularly around the end of 2016, and since then there have only been occasional additions to the library.
  
 
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