Nintendo has announced the last nail that will close the coffin of its consoles Wii U and 3DS, at least as far as connectivity is concerned, since the giant has confirmed that both consoles will no longer have access to Nintendo connected services at the beginning of April of this year, so they will officially become disconnected consoles like those of yesteryear.
Wii U and 3DS without online services
Like life itself, the fuse runs out little by little until it is completely consumed, and that is what is happening to Nintendo's oldest consoles. The next to receive the treatment of disconnection It will be the Wii U and 3DS, which will no longer be able to connect to the official servers forever, thus leaving the consoles without multiplayer games, rankings, and sending and receiving data.
As already happened with the eShop closure Last March 2023, there will still be a couple of services that continue to work, such as the Pokémon Bank and the Poké Transporter, these being the only exceptions that we can find. This means that any type of online service related to any game will stop working in April.
When exactly?
Nintendo has confirmed that it will be the April 8 when the blackout occurs in the United States, and most likely this will occur at 1:00 AM on April 9 in Spain.
By then, players will have to decide what to do with their eShop funds, since they will have until March to link the wallet with a Nintendo account and be able to continue taking advantage of that balance on Switch.
Are the consoles going to continue working?
Don't worry, your console will continue to work and run the games without problems, only if you played multiplayer with any of them, you will no longer be able to do so from the scheduled date. The 3DS will continue to be a fantastic portable console, and those with a large collection of games will continue to benefit from them for a lifetime.
And the games purchased on the eShop?
Here Nintendo leaves some insecurity for the future, since it assures that “for the moment”, downloadable data and games purchased in the eShop can continue to be downloaded without problems, so your digital library will continue to be secure.
The problem we face is what period of availability that “for the moment” promises, since that would mean that sooner or later the digital games you purchased will no longer be available. And that's a big problem, right?
Source: Nintendo - Nintendo USA
Via: The Verge