{"id":136001,"date":"2026-02-09T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197222"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:45:00","slug":"nintendo-store-app-receives-a-small-but-welcome-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/09\/nintendo-store-app-receives-a-small-but-welcome-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Store App Receives A Small But Welcome Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/30810ac0c06fc\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/30810ac0c06fc\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"30810ac0c06fc\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Nintendo Store App\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/30810ac0c06fc\/nintendo-store-app.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/30810ac0c06fc\/nintendo-store-app.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Nintendo Store App\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Late last year, Nintendo finally brought the former Japan-exclusive &#8216;My Nintendo&#8217; app to the West, under the new name of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/nintendo_store\">Nintendo Store<\/a>. We all used it to take a brief glance at our playtime breakdowns, then consigned it to the pile of other unused apps in our phone&#8217;s storage, thanks to its reliance on funnelling us to the My Nintendo Store website.<\/p>\n<p>The constant channels to your preferred web browser are still prevalent in the app today, but a new update is moving things in the right direction, with in-app product searches now working&#8230; in-app.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/oatmealdome.bsky.social\/post\/3mefi2elba62i\">@Oatmealdome<\/a> on Bluesky, previous versions of the app would kick the user straight to the My Nintendo website whenever they tried to use the app&#8217;s search function. As of today&#8217;s ver. 3.1.0 patch, the app now displays search results itself, but it will still open the game page in a browser if you tap on it. Still no chance of buying anything via the app, then, but hey, it&#8217;s a step in the right direction!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-bsky-post\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/oatmealdome.bsky.social\/post\/3mefi2elba62i @ 2026-02-09T12:46:41+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:tf7tjgkrqwai2kbxpx2dbr6k\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mefi2elba62i\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreidh3wleaptmoi67bd57t6jghuri6svqqvhwlvldulzpiccg6jo7f4\">\n<p>[Nintendo Store] Version 3.1.0 has been released. This update adds the ability to view search results in-app (previously it would open a website in a browser), adds the ability to enlarge screenshots on product pages, and improves performance in the Search and Wish List tabs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:tf7tjgkrqwai2kbxpx2dbr6k?ref_src=embed\">OatmealDome (@oatmealdome.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:tf7tjgkrqwai2kbxpx2dbr6k\/post\/3mefi2elba62i?ref_src=embed\">2026-02-09T03:12:01.1881401Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Aside from the added search functionality, the update also improves display speed in select tabs, adds the option to enlarge product images (<em>groundbreaking<\/em>), and makes a few smaller tweaks, too.<\/p>\n<p>The patch notes were shared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/nintendo-store\/id1495746988\">Apple App Store<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.nintendo.znej&amp;utm_source=emea_Med\">Google Play Store<\/a>, and we have gathered them together for you to check out below:<\/p>\n<h2>Nintendo Store Ver. 3.1.0 (9th Feb 2026)<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u30fb Product search results can now be displayed in-app on the &#8220;Search&#8221; tab.<br \/>\u30fb Performance for the &#8220;Search&#8221; and &#8220;Wish List&#8221; tabs has been improved.<br \/>\u30fb You can now enlarge the product images displayed on the details page for a product.<br \/>\u30fb Various issues are now resolved.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-mobile\/related-articles:193440 @ 1770715187 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Are you still using the Nintendo Store app? 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We all used it to take a brief glance at our playtime breakdowns, then consigned it to the pile of other unused apps in our phone&#8217;s storage, thanks to its reliance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}