Topic: Why is buying anything in the estore so complicated??

I love Nintendo, don't get me wrong. But I'm having a crappy day, I was ghosted this week, it's my birthday, and I'm sick. All I wanted was for one thing to go right.

I switch on my Wii U and decided I wanted to play an old game like new. I wanted to play an old LOZ game, so I go to the download store, find the game... Annnnnd trying to buy it is an absolute nightmare. You can't just purchase in screen, you need to visit a website, need to set up an account and need to link it to the console. Why are there so many UNNECESSARILY COMPLICATED STEPS. https://getappvalley.com/

No other console has ever made me spend so much time and effort trying to figure out how to part with my money. On steam and on PlayStation store I just enter card details and away I go. https://tutuappx.com/

Nintendo just makes me feel like I'll derp up one step and never get the bloody game. https://tweakbox.mobi/

Needless to say I've given up trying to buy it.

Sorry you're having a bad day. I think the reason for this is because of the recent changes to EU data protection laws. You used to be able to buy games directly from the Wii U eShop, but Nintendo would have had to change the system because of the new laws regarding credit card purchases (I don't know the exact details), and since the Wii U is no longer supported they didn't do that, they just made it so you have to go to the website to make purchases on it. I can understand their reasoning but I think it's a shame they didn't go to the effort of updating the eShop.

Guess there's always eShop cards. And if you have a switch and it shares the same wallet as your wiiu/3ds, you can also add funds via the switch and spend them on the other systems.