It is still possible to redownloaded previously purchased 3DS and Wii U games, they haven’t taken that down yet. You just can’t buy anything anymore. They haven’t said how long they’ll keep that up for, their FAQ simply says “for the foreseeable future”, but we know it can’t be forever and ever and ever.
Wii downloads went fully offline in 2019, 13 years after the console’s launch, or 7 years after the console’s successor. I wouldn’t try to extrapolate off a single data point though, Switch servers may potentially last longer based on both a longer console life-cycle and a desire to keep backwards compatibility going.
It is still possible to redownloaded previously purchased 3DS and Wii U games, they haven’t taken that down yet. You just can’t buy anything anymore. They haven’t said how long they’ll keep that up for, their FAQ simply says “for the foreseeable future”, but we know it can’t be forever and ever and ever.
Wii downloads went fully offline in 2019, 13 years after the console’s launch, or 7 years after the console’s successor. I wouldn’t try to extrapolate off a single data point though, Switch servers may potentially last longer based on both a longer console life-cycle and a desire to keep backwards compatibility going.