Flipnote Gallery: World service was discontinued in Japan on April 2, 2018, while ticket sales ended on October 2, 2017.

The software offers users the option to create 3D Flipnotes by drawing different parts of the animation on up to 3 layers.

New to Flipnote Studio 3D are tools that draw shapes, fill enclosed areas (paint bucket), and insert text.

The application features a limited color palette, including black, white, red, blue, green, and yellow.

The service allowed users to share Flipnotes with up to 20 people in their 3DS Friends List via temporary galleries.

On November 1, 2013, Nintendo ended the Flipnote Gallery: Friends service in Japan, due to concerns that users, including minors, could exchange Friend Codes on internet forums and use them to send inappropriate content.

Later, the Flipnote Gallery: Friends feature was removed completely from the application via an update.

[3] Other than this mention, there was no further news on the eventual release of the application until a Nintendo Direct Mini broadcast in March 2013.

Simultaneously, Nintendo globally disabled SpotPass features for their messaging app Swapnote/Nintendo Letter Box for similar reasons.

[16] In 2015, North American members of Club Nintendo, which was due to close later in the year, were able to download Flipnote Studio 3D free between February and June.

On March 31, 2016, Flipnote Studio 3D became available again for North America and for the first time in Europe, Australia, as well as Mexico and Brazil, via the My Nintendo loyalty program.

On December 1, 2016, Flipnote Studio 3D became available again for the Americas alongside the release of the My Nintendo website revamp and the introduction of child accounts in all regions.

Unlike previous offers, the app was available indefinitely without an expiration date, although it required members to spend 200 Platinum Points to redeem it.

[18] On April 2, 2018, the remaining online service, Flipnote Gallery: World, ceased operations.

A Nintendo World Report editorial stated that the now-removed Flipnote Gallery: Friends feature was not very well put together.

Despite the current lack of SpotPass features, the editorial expressed that Flipnote Studio 3D is still a lot of fun, and Nintendo should still release the then-delayed application in the West.

[19] The stripped-down international version of Flipnote Studio 3D was received with mixed reactions.