Louvre Museum New Nintendo 3DS XL Console Audio Guide To Be Discontinued

The Louvre Museum in Paris, France will be discontinuing its New Nintendo 3DS XL audio guides.

For several years the Louvre has been using specially dedicated New Nintendo 3DS XL consoles to give visitors an audio guided tour of the famous museum. According to the museum’s official website however, it seems that the program will be discontinued in September 2025, to be replaced by a new system.

The New Nintendo 3DS console audio guides will go out of operation in September 2025, to be replaced by a new system.

Presumably, this is due to Nintendo slowly phasing out the Nintendo 3DS line in general, having stopped supporting repairs for the console in a few countries. The consoles used by the Louvre would have broken down sooner or later, necessitating a change if they could no longer be sent in for repairs.

At the time of this writing, it is not known what will become of the unique special edition consoles that were being used for this purpose. It seems likely they might become highly sought after collector’s items, depending on how the Louvre chooses to dispose of them.

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