Earlier this week, Nintendo announced they would be closing the WiiU and 3DS eshops in March 2023, meaning it will be impossible to purchase or download anything from there after the end date.

Although at least one eshop app will still be operational, many other key pieces of downloadable content will become inaccessible following the closure. One such DLC is the Revelation route for the 3DS game Fire Emblem Fates.

For those who may not be aware, Fire Emblem Fates was released in dual “versions” Birthright and Conquest, each with a different story based around which faction the player joined. Revelation was the third route where the player chose neither side, and was only available as a DLC add-on via the eshop.

Since the Revelation route never received an official physical release, the only way to play it legitimately would be through a copy of the Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition, which included all three routes on a single cart. This essentially means that it will be extremely challenging for newcomers to experience the complete version of Fire Emblem Fates after March 2023, as they will no longer be able to download Revelation or any of the game’s other DLCs.

Ideally, Nintendo would elect to re-release a complete version of the game in some form in the future, although no such plans have been mentioned so far. For the time being however, all players can do is to hurry and grab the content off the eshop while they can.

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