What do you think? Let us know in the comments below. A workaround to downloading the app is by using a VPN on your PC/smartphone to access this page and start the download. While some users living in North America and Europe have reported issues, others have managed to download just fine.

From there you can download free games, such as Fortnite and Paladins. Perhaps the same might be happening in Japan, except with the NES app. You can create a Nintendo account for free. We speculate Nintendo wants to prevent users from gaining access to additional Famicom games. It seems that not everybody is affected by this region block. An error message stating that the Nintendo eShop is only available for users living in Japan will appear when trying to download the app.ĭownloaded it via VPN and webshop (thanks for the tip locking certain countries just because is not okay… /B7nDXGIWUT

We have received a piece of news about the Nintendo Switch Online Famicom app that’s available to all Nintendo Switch Online members in Japan.Īccording to reports, the Famicom app could not be downloaded on the Japanese eShop by users living in certain countries outside Japan.

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