Last week, Nintendo officially announced that it would close the eShop store for Wii U and 3DS in late March 2023, when players will no longer be able to purchase digital versions of the game, and will not be able to download free content, including game demos, and purchase services such as theme stores will be stopped. However, games already owned by users can still be re-downloaded, and updates and online play are not affected.
Recently, on the Reddit forum, many players said that in order to save as much as possible before eshop shuts down the 3DS and Wii U digital version of the game, they began to buy the game like crazy. In addition to the game, there are also 3DS players who say that they downloaded most of the 3DS software updates in order to be fully prepared for the service shutdown (in fact, the software can be updated normally).
Nintendo seems to be insisting on shutting down the eShop store for wii U and 3DS, so players can only act quickly in case they need it.