3DS YouTube Service Ends In Japan This September

Man, they should keep it up for the one person who still uses it.

This was a thing? Was/is it 3D? I’m half tempted to download it.

Someone somewhere watches each new Digital Foundry video on their 3DS.

Some people refuse to believe that 3ds is dead until Nintendo says it, but everyone else is piling out.

My GF will cry when Netflix cuts support...she has several thousand hours on hers.

I would never use it for my 3DS, but this brings back some old memories with the Wii. Back then it was a cool thing to be able to pull up YouTube on it. My buddy and I would pull up dumb funny videos and watch em ‘just because we could’ on the Wii.

I remember this feeling like one of the worst media apps ever made along with the 3DS Netflix , slower then probably the OG iPhone

Oh man. I used to use the Youtube app on the 3DS so much. Well over 1000 hours watching videos on it before I got my own computer.

A sign that this is the beginning of the end for the console. Once the support dries up don't be surprised when it is suddenly considered an old retro console.

I tried YouTube on the device when it came out, but the 3DS is too low res to enjoy it. For someone picky like me.

If you have the New 3DS or New 2DS just watch it on the web browser instead. It works way better there anyways.

Oh man I haven’t used YouTube on 3DS in awhile. I used it a lot back then when it first released. Goodbye old friend.

@rockodoodle there was a Netflix on the 3ds?!?!

Used to be i depend on 3DS version of Youtube to watch some interesting videos until i got my smartphone. 😅
It's sad to hear 3DS Youtube will be discontinued on September 2019.

It just got a notification via Spotpass saying it will be removed from the eshop in August. I'm in Canada so I'm assuming this is for all North Americans

I still remember when Flipnote Hatena users spammed flipnotes on the front page just to get it on the DSi shop. That didn't happen, however it was hype at the time when it did for the 3ds.

If everything else in your house ran out of battery and your family used all the plug sockets to recharge their stuff and you really really wanted to watch something on YT, it was handy, I guess?

But yeah, barely worked even on a New 3DS.

The 3DS will live forever. Viva la 3DS!!

I have a 3DS friend who was always using youtube, every single time I saw him online.

The app was sloppy and uncomfortable.

Same for the Wii U. Make no mistake I love that console but the YouTube app was half ass at best. I prefere using the Wii U YouTube (second screen) experience via the webbrowser. View your stuff at the big screen and browse through the web with the GamePad.

I hope people saying “Nintendo should kill the 3DS” take whatever strange pleasure they can from this admittedly quite insignificant announcement.

Maybe Nintendo will disable GCN controller support for Smash too, and the “let it die” crown will be in obsolete heaven.

The app is absolute rubbish. It barely functiond and is as useful as an abacus would be to an accountant in this day and age. It doesn't even support 3D.

BUT, the YouTube player within the browser itself functions pretty well and plays content in 3D.

@Maxz People wanting to kill the 3DS simply don't want exclusive games going to the 3DS when they could come to the Switch.

Last I heard, they disabled the app because it had exploit vulnerabilities in it, and they never bothered to fix it and put it back up...but I just use it in the browser instead...like others have said, it works way better.

I use it a lot, it's especially nice for running 2x speed through how-to videos, reviews, unboxings, etc. that take forever to get to the point.

Pre-2019 it worked. Now videos crash without reasoning.

@Tantani yep! I watched the original Fullmetal Alchemist on my 3DS as a freshman in high school during my free time in class. I remember one teacher literally pulled up a chair and asked that I set the 3DS on the desk for him to be able to see better. Good times!

As for YouTube, I still have it on my 3DS, and it will stay there

@Fandabidozi most of us do, but that was a sore spot at Blizcon. I wanted Diablo IV, not Diablo Immortal and the crappy touchscreen only controls it brought with it

@SheldonRandoms they released flipnote studio as a members only download, unfortunately you cant share them online which sucks!

Keeping it going on Wii U, shutting it down on 3DS. So much for how that 3DS carried Nintendo, huh? Their handheld lines have ALWAYS been the majority of their income from way back in the SNES/GB days, the GB did like 3 times what SNES did! The DS even smashed the Wii in profits! Quit acting like Wii U was nothing, 14 million systems isn't something to take lightly, only ONE Sega system was able to do that, and that was Genesis!

Why on earth would I watch YouTube on the 3DS/New 2DS XL when there’s a million other things I can watch it on?

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...body cares.

@Aiodensghost cool story lol

YouTube hasn't worked on my 3DS for a while now, so no biggie. The only video app that does run is Netflix (which only loads about half the time anyway).

welp who cares its ending because youtube wasn't very good on the 3ds in the first place.

Who the h*** cares! It never worked right on my 2DS anyways!

Yup, the same for us in Europe (UK user here) but as most have said already, it doesn't work properly anymore..most likely they've stopped updating its support servers for it - _-; Before i got my smartphone i used to watch YouTube on my 3DS all the time..well, 'watch' is a grandiose term..rather i played music videos for bgm on it while i did the washing up.. 😅

@Vicki_S Hence the decision to end its 3DS support

@Roronoa11 Rhetorical question. It’s a waste of space I quickly deleted to make room for games.

I see no need to have YouTube on my consoles/handhelds when it’s on my phone, TV, and laptop.

@Vicki_S It definitely won't be missed, that's for sure, as you obviously pointed of all the common viewing alternative peripherals that exist. It’s easy to forget that the Nintendo 3DS is over 8 years old now, having launched in 2011. For a frame of reference, iPhone 4 was the latest Apple device at that time. Smartphones were still emerging, and older phones with seemingly immortal battery life were so till around (in Britain anyway) . So when apps like the YouTube app made their way to the 3DS, it was a charming novelty at the time. Unlike other regions' 3DS softwares, YouTube was the only media viewing app (unlike Netflix in the US and Nico Nico in Japan).
There was more sense in keeping Miiverse tbh...😅hahaha

@Roronoa11 RIP Miiverse... it will be missed! And tbh I stopped caring about YouTube on 3DS now... or 3DS in general.