Nintendo has launched an official Nintendo Store app for mobile devices, letting users browse and buy games, accessories, and other merchandise from their phones. The app, which had previously been limited to Japan, is now available in most major regions — though it has yet to roll out in Australia and New Zealand.
This release expands Nintendo’s roster of companion apps — alongside Nintendo Music, Nintendo Switch Parental Controls, the Nintendo Switch app, and Nintendo Today — and finally brings official store access to mobile. Until now, none of those earlier apps (including the Switch app itself) granted direct entry to the eShop.
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Beyond purchases, the app offers several convenience features: sale alerts for titles on a user’s Wish List, My Nintendo point redemption, and check-ins at official Nintendo stores and events to collect related rewards — though details about those reward mechanics remain sparse.
Perhaps the most surprising addition is a comprehensive play-activity viewer. Where the Switch’s built-in summaries offered only rough estimates, the new app exposes individual play sessions for a far more granular look at time spent with each game. Linking a Nintendo Network ID also surfaces legacy play history from the Wii U and 3DS, but that older data is limited (logged only through February 2020 and without per-session detail). Still, the feature provides a nostalgic, day-by-day glimpse into years of gameplay.
Source: Polygon
