The Wii shop isn't dead - you can't purchase new games, but you are still able to download games you've already bought.
Whilst the Wii U's days are undoubtedly numbered, eShop titles are still selling tens of thousands, so I would have thought it's worth keeping. There's some lovely games for the system even if the platform wasn't a great success.
(Currently 200 hours into Breath of the Wild, Yoshi's Wooly World is stunning, and really need to try Wind Waker)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
