Nintendo 2DS and New 3DS Repairs Will Cease Soon in Japan

Nintendo announced repairs for the Nintendo 2DS and the New Nintendo 3DS line will soon be no longer available in Japan. Nintendo announced that the time limit for the company to retain spare parts for the handheld consoles had passed. Therefore, it no longer restocks the spare parts and will stop repairing the consoles after it has completely run out of parts.

The models affected by this announcement are the regular Nintendo 2DS [FTR-001], New Nintendo 3DS [KTR-001], and New Nintendo 3DS LL (XL) [RED-001]. The New Nintendo 2DS LL (XL) that came out in 2017 is the only console in the 3DS family that still has a steady supply of spare parts as of this announcement.

Nintendo has been gradually phasing out support for its 3DS consoles, along with the Wii U. The company has shut down the eShop on both platforms in March 2023, and it will also cease most of the console’s online services on April 8, 2024.

But even though Nintendo will soon stop accepting repairs for the New 3DS series and the original 2DS, people who reside around Japan’s Noto peninsula and had their consoles damaged by the earthquake on the 2024 New Year’s Day can still have the units repaired free of charge until July 1, 2024.