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\nAfter months of downtime, the Wii Shop Channel and the DSi Shop are back available to access. <\/p>\n

\nBoth digital stores were quietly made inaccessible back in March. When asked about their status at the time, Nintendo subsequently told Eurogamer the stores were “undergoing maintenance”<\/a>, and no date was given for their return. <\/p>\n

\nIndeed, some fans had begun wondering if the stores would ever return at all. <\/p>\n

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