It seems like the eShop will be going down for a whole day/
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FYI: The Nintendo eShop will be offline for 24 hours of maintenance starting at 7 p.m. PT on 11/1.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 30, 2015
Nintendo Everything wrote:As for the reasoning behind the downtime, Nintendo says that it’s planning a large-scale exchange of servers. It’s also possible that the maintenance will end a bit early, though you should definitely expect it to take awhile!
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