Subj : 'Better eShop' launches as an improved alternative to the Nintend
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Jan 16 2025 12:15:04

'Better eShop' launches as an improved alternative to the Nintendo Switch 
store with better browsing and discoverability

Date:
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:04:16 +0000

Description:
Nintendo Life launches 'Better eShop', an "improved" alternative to 
Nintendo's online store.

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 Life launches 'Better eShop', an "improved" alternative to Nintendo's online 
store The store features content filters, better discoverability, faster load 
times, and more 'Better eShop' was created following community feedback on 
Nintendo's eShop 

Nintendo Life has officially launched 'Better eShop', an alternative to 
Nintendo's online store with an improved user experience and discoverability. 

' Better eShop ' was created after the website asked its community what they 
would like changed about Nintendo's current eShop, which Switch players have 
previously expressed frustration with due to its layout and overabundance of 
games. 

"The Nintendo Switch eShop launched with the console back in 2017," the About 
page reads. "Since then there have been minimal improvements to the eShop 
interface and the storefront has been flooded with 1000s of new 'games', 
which could often be described as spam. It is now a chore to use with no 
signs of change, aside from Switch 2." 

With 'Better eShop', Nintendo Life has now implemented many features that 
improve upon users' issues, including customizable content filters to sort 
through genres that automatically filter out "spam" games, refined 
discoverability, and added user reviews. 

Load times are also much faster than the eShop's, a dark mode has been added, 
and has been optimized for mobile. There's also an option to purchase Wii and 
Wii U music, as well as the ability to add and remove items to a cart, 
however, "as as a limitation of the actual eShop you will still need to buy 
each game individually." 

Nintendo Life also plans to add wishlist functionality, a way to display 
screenshots on the game page, display all users' reviews in one play, mute 
publishers, and add more regions. For now, it's limited to just the US, UK, 
and the EU. 

According to the About page, 'Better eShop' was built in less than a week, 
and sits on top of the Nintendo Life game database. 

"Data has been collected from various sources and is updated daily," it 
reads. "It's quite possible that Nintendo will start blocking us from 
gathering the data - but until then, we will continue to build and improve 
the Better eShop." You might also like... The best Nintendo Switch games The 
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listings at GameStop seem to provide us with more info on the unannounced 
console



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/gaming-industry/better-eshop-launches-as-an-i
mproved-alternative-to-the-nintendo-switch-store-with-better-browsing-and-disc
overability


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