Update for players of Nintendo Badge Arcade

In conjunction with the discontinuation of online services for Nintendo 3DS software, service for all features of Nintendo Badge Arcade will also end. Prior to the end of services in early April 2024, please have a look at the points below.

• After service ends, Nintendo Badge Arcade will display an error screen when launched
  

  If Nintendo Badge Arcade is launched after service ends, an error screen will be displayed and it will not be possible to use the software. As a result, the Practice Catcher will no longer be available.

• It will no longer be possible to place badges in the badge box
  

  Once service ends, badges obtained in Nintendo Badge Arcade will continue to be available for decorating the Nintendo 3DS HOME Menu. However, it will no longer be possible to place badges in the badge box, meaning that users will only have access to a maximum of 100 categories and 1,000 badges that are in the badge box.

  We recommend that users finish placing badges before the end of services for this software.

Please note that badge data for decorating the HOME Menu will be saved as additional data to the SD card. If data is lost due to the SD card malfunctioning or some other reason, it will not be possible to restore badge data after the end of services in early April 2024. Therefore, we also recommend that users back up their SD card in preparation against unlikely events.

• You can prepare multiple SD cards and save different data to each of them.
• You cannot combine data from multiple SD cards into a single one later.

We sincerely thank Nintendo Badge Arcade users for supporting the software for so long and apologise for any inconvenience.