Dedicated superfans have been retaining the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U servers alive long past their expiration date, but those days are now over.
The online servers for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U consoles were shut down back in April, but this didn’t stop enthusiastic fans from trying to stay connected anyway. In fact, it wasn’t until July when the ultimate Wii U participant was disconnected, marking the console’s ‘true’ loss of life.
This left just one Nintendo Network consumer, Fishguy6564, to maintain its legacy going for so long as doable. Through some technical knowhow they’ve managed to maintain a web based foyer for Mario Kart 7 on the 3DS open since April, regardless of having nobody else to play towards.
As of November 4, 210 days after Nintendo shut the servers, the dream has been forcefully ended, and on-line help for the 3DS (as non-existent because it was) isn’t any extra.
Fishguy6564 broke the information on X, sharing a screenshot of their 3DS displaying an error message. ‘It’s over. Rest in peace, Nintendo Network,’ they wrote. Their submit was shared by GaffsNotLaffs, who had been retaining monitor of the 3DS and Wii U’s remaining on-line customers and added, ‘We can all go house now.’
To these intently concerned with retaining the 3DS and Wii U servers alive, it should be surreal for this saga to have lastly wrapped up. Lcd101, who made a reputation for themselves by being the final Splatoon 1 participant on-line, posted: ‘I’m nonetheless sitting right here and processing that this period of our lives is over. We can transfer on now. I’ll always remember it, nor would I commerce it for something.’
While most Nintendo followers may have lengthy since moved onto Switch titles for on-line multiplayer, there stays a religious following who nonetheless need to expertise older titles, like the unique Splatoon and the Wii U/3DS variations of Super Smash Bros., with buddies. As such, one group of followers has put collectively the homebrew Pretendo community in its place, which Nintendo surprisingly has but to take down.
Which video games are solely out there on Nintendo 3DS?
With the 3DS nicely and actually useless, along with its online store, there is a not insignificant number of exclusive games you can’t play anywhere else. Any digital-only titles are now impossible to get hold (at least legally) and second-hand physical copies of certain games may well become rarer and expensive to purchase.
Video games trapped on Nintendo 3DS
There have been rumours of the Switch getting at least one 3DS remaster, to help pad out Nintendo’s release schedule until the Switch 2 arrives.
Another Wii U remaster, Xenoblade Chronicles X, was recently confirmed for a March 2025 launch, so it wouldn’t be surprising if a handful of other older titles are waiting in the wings on Switch.
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