The Louvre Museum has confirmed that it will replace its New Nintendo 3DS audio guides with “a new system” later this year.
“The New Nintendo 3DS console audio guides will go out of operation in September 2025, to be replaced by a new system,” a message on the Louvre Museum website reads.
The national art museum in Paris, France, teamed up with Nintendo back in December 2011 to replace their traditional audio guides with Nintendo 3DS handhelds.
Nintendo’s development team had worked on the audio guide, which uses 3D images and animation with an interactive map to show exactly where within the museum you are. With more than 700 recorded commentaries about the art within the museum from its curators and lecturers, visitors could choose between two themed tours that last approximately 45 minutes.
The “Masterpieces” tour takes you through the museum’s most famous pieces such as the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Whereas the “Egypt for all the Family” tour sprinkles humour and brings to life the Egyptian people and the area around the River Nile, the work of the peasants and craftsmen and the power of the pharaohs.
The New Nintendo 3DS audio guide was also designed for disabled visitors, with those who were hearing impaired having access to a video guided tour in French sign language that focused on the Louvre’s major works.
