yep they only got rid of the friends gallery.

Flipnote Gallery: Friends, an online service intended to allow users to share flipnotes with friends on your friends list has been cancelled. Only this. Flipnote Studio 3D is likely still going to be released sometime, and when it does, Flipnote Gallery: World will still be availible. This is an inconvenience to many of you, I know... but at least Flipnote is not cancelled for good. Those of you who relied on using the friends gallery may be upset, but at least you will still be able to use the application and consider using Flipnote Gallery: World. Unfortunately there is still nothing we can do. I promise to you this is not a lie. If you do not believe me, look up "Swapnote announcement" and click on the first result. Also, the Flipnote Studio 3D page on Facebook has a link to a translated page regarding the shutdown of Flipnote Gallery: Friends ONLY. Thank you very much for your time.

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Yes... But you have to pay money to use the world gallery, and not many people are going to go for that. Besides, now we have no way of contacting our friends. (Except our status messages, but we get what... 12 letters?) I know that most of my friends don't have Colors, and they certainly aren't going to pay money for the world gallery. I think Nintendo should've put a little more thought into this matter because all they've done so far is tick alot of people off.

I dont care if I cant use Freinds. I need FN3D to practice animating

I've practically given up on Flipnote threeD. It's not coming out this year. And I highly doubt it will come out at all because of all this "cancelling" crap. It's not fair at all. I don't have any hope anymore. We thought we could stop Hatena frim being terminated. Nope. We thought we would get Flipnote threeD ln August *st. Nope. And now Swapnote and FNthreeD are practically ruined. I'm finding a better animation software. I'm not waiting anymore for this crap. Maybe if I get enough money, I'll buy a Japanese theeeDS to play Flipnote threeD on.
I just know it's not coming out; they've been taking WAY too long in the first place. And now more trouble is starting since things have been disabled. I guess buying a threeDS was almost pointless, eh? I bought it for FNthreeD and this is what I get? I spend two hundred dollars on boredom and disappointment? I'm probably going to sue the makers of Flipnote. They should bring the original Flipnote Studio back to us. It is HIGHLY unfair that Japan gets theirs first and we don't. Great, more crap to deal with in life. (It won't let me put the number three in anything so I had to spell it out. I HAVE NO MORE FREEDOM ANYMORE UGH.)

flipnote IS going to be released! I know that the delay AND removal of the friends gallery (kinda) points to the app not being released, BUT, it.s in FUTURE RELEASES IN THE eSHOP!!!!

@mr.sickboy i bought a 3ds for the same reason :/

Well, I sure hope it does come out... this is absolutely unfair. I am so bored and I'm tired of them delaying and terminating everything! Where is our freedom? And most importantly, where is the FUN in Flipnote and Swapnote anymore? I tell you; there is no reason to be THIS late. It's been OVER 3 months since the release date of Flipnote 3D. What will it be now; 3 years? I will most certainly sue Hatena if they keep this crap going. Why does Japan get the software first? And we do not? Why do they get to play Flipnote while we all sit and wait patiently for months for something that isn't our fault? I know Flipnote was ended earlier for Japan users, so they get theirs first. But why can't they put Flipnote on hold for all users to make it fair? I suppose I'm asking for too much, but do you at least understand what I mean?

Well...mabye their taking down things for making money for the development of Flipnote Studio 3D.I mean,the 2DS was kinda a fail,but it safer for kids under 6.So mabye ppl are just looking at this the wrong way.Just mabye....

.o. wow....i dont get on anything but pokemon for a week and stuff goes down <XD

Me personly:
I THINK I FLIPNOTES EVER COMES OUT WE SHOULD ALL BOYCOTE IT. SO NONE OF US PAY! THEN THEY WILL GO BANKRUPT AND WE CAN ALL LAUGH IN THEIR FACES!

...i just cant wait..and its better to play for forgot it.

Flipnote and Swapnote are different. If some idiot used p0rn in Swapnote than what reason does that give Nintendo to shut down the friends gallery and delay FN3D for several months?