For as imaginative and fun as Nintendo's titles can be, the company makes some really boneheaded decisions when it comes to promoting them. Earlier this year, the Big N released the free downloadable game Jump Rope Challenge on the eShop as a timed exclusive. Created as an exercise for Nintendo's designers to get used to new work from home restrictions, people were puzzled why this free game was a time-limited download in the first place. Well, you won't need to worry about the limitation anymore.
In a Tweet this evening, Nintendo confirmed that it will be leaving Jump Rope Challenge on the eShop "until further notice." That doesn't outright deny that the game will eventually be removed in the future, but it seems to be sticking things out for the rest of 2020. If you've yet to grab it, you won't need to worry about doing so before tomorrow.
The decision to make Jump Rope Challenge limited in the first place has never quite been understood. Nintendo did something similar years ago for The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition on the DSi. Released in September 2011 as a free download to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Zelda franchise, the game was removed in February 2012 before getting a small re-release in 2014. It seems Nintendo doesn't want people to play things for free.
We may never see the return of said Zelda title, but at least Jump Rope Challenge isn't being subjected to an arbitrary limit. Now if we can just get Nintendo remove said limitation on the Super Mario 3D All Stars Collection, then everything will be right for the Big N.
Source: Twitter