Wii Shop, DSi Shop and third-party video services will remain active.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/36695/nintendo-wi-fi-connection-shutting-down-on-may-20
In-game services that use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection on Wii and DS will be shutting down as of May 20, 2014.
Nintendo has announced through their official Japanese website that after nearly 10 years, the Gamespy-powered online service, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, will be coming to an end. The Wii Shop Channel, DSi Shop Channel, Internet Channels and third party video channels such as Youtube will remain active, but all other online features, such as online multiplayer and unlocking content via connecting to the internet, will no longer be available.
We have yet to learn if Nintendo WFC services will be ceasing in North American and PAL territories as well. UPDATE: Nintendo of America has confirmed that WFC functionality will be ending in North America as well.
Back in my Day you just needed the other person's Phone Number.
is there a list of ds games with dlc somewhere? i want to make sure i do not miss downloading that content before it's gone.
I would love a heads up more than a month? Like six months, maybe a year.Nintendo gave nearly three months, but yeah, six months to a year would have been preferable.
This is especially weird considering Wii U and 3DS are backwards compatible. Nintendo is essentially forcing players to move to newer installments of those series. The kill switch date is kind of strange as well, 10 days before Mario Kart 8 when there are 30+ millions of Mario Kart Wii out there. I suppose many who even played online could have already moved onto Mario Kart 7.
I read a (conspiracy) theory on another site that seemed to possibly bring more light to this.I saw stuff like this too. I guess it's a conspiracy theory but it sounds plausible to me.
I read a (conspiracy) theory on another site that seemed to possibly bring more light to this.
Wii and DS multi-player is powered by GameSpy Tech - which was bought out by Glu Mobile in 2012. The thought is that the contract between the two companies is up and for some reason or another, the two decided not to renew it (Glu is known for raising rates considerably on other companies since they bought GST).
It makes me wonder if there *could* be some kind of back-end update that would allow games to connect to a different server for multi-player/DLC... but developing such a middleman would probably just not be worth the financial commitment for Nintendo.