The Louvre New Nintendo 3DS Audio Guide Service Ending

In France, people who visit The Louvre museum can pay to use a New NIntendo 3DS system as an audio guide to the exhibits and attractions. However, there’s now an end date for that service. The official site for it noted the program ends in September 2025. However, an exact cut-off date wasn’t revealed by the staff. As experienced firsthand by Siliconera in December 2013, the New Nintendo 3DS Louvre audio guide begins with a tutorial, than offers an opportunity to go through guided tours through the museum. It will take people through exhibits with 3D photos of the art, in-character guides, curator explanations, and opportunities to go off the set path to learn more about the art and exhibits. To use one of these systems at the Louvre, people would need to pay an additional €6 (~$7) fee. This would grant access to all the guides available on the 3DS model, as well as access to use it for your entire visit. It featured these insights in Chinese, English, French (standard and sign language), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. In addition to the guides, it also functions as a map to help find where you are and where to go in the museum. Part of this could be due to the fact that Nintendo cut off support for the handheld for years. Production ended in Japan in September 2020. The Louvre New Nintendo 3DS audio guide feature will end in September 2025, and it is unknown what will happen to those systems with the tour software on them. The post The Louvre New Nintendo 3DS Audio Guide Service Ending appeared first on Siliconera.

May 5, 2025 - 16:32

The Louvre New Nintendo 3DS Audio Guide Service Ending

In France, people who visit The Louvre museum can pay to use a New NIntendo 3DS system as an audio guide to the exhibits and attractions. However, there’s now an end date for that service. The official site for it noted the program ends in September 2025. However, an exact cut-off date wasn’t revealed by the staff.

As experienced firsthand by Siliconera in December 2013, the New Nintendo 3DS Louvre audio guide begins with a tutorial, than offers an opportunity to go through guided tours through the museum. It will take people through exhibits with 3D photos of the art, in-character guides, curator explanations, and opportunities to go off the set path to learn more about the art and exhibits.

To use one of these systems at the Louvre, people would need to pay an additional €6 (~$7) fee. This would grant access to all the guides available on the 3DS model, as well as access to use it for your entire visit. It featured these insights in Chinese, English, French (standard and sign language), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. In addition to the guides, it also functions as a map to help find where you are and where to go in the museum.

Part of this could be due to the fact that Nintendo cut off support for the handheld for years. Production ended in Japan in September 2020.

The Louvre New Nintendo 3DS audio guide feature will end in September 2025, and it is unknown what will happen to those systems with the tour software on them.

The post The Louvre New Nintendo 3DS Audio Guide Service Ending appeared first on Siliconera.