{"id":794762,"date":"2025-12-03T22:17:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/psa-3ds-and-wii-u-online-play-shuts-down-next-week?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-12-03T22:17:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:17:53","slug":"psa-3ds-and-wii-u-online-play-shuts-down-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/psa-3ds-and-wii-u-online-play-shuts-down-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: 3DS and Wii U online play shuts down next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/psa-3ds-and-wii-u-online-play-shuts-down-next-week.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>This is just a quick reminder that Nintendo 3DS and Wii U online services will be discontinued next Monday, <strong>8th April<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>To borrow from Europe, it&#8217;s the final countdown, so, if there is anything you want to do or get in order on your Wii U or 3DS before then, now is the time to do it.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-confirms-date-3ds-and-wii-u-online-play-shuts-down\">previously announced by Nintendo<\/a>, the upcoming shutdown will include online features such as cooperative play, internet rankings, and data distribution. The only exceptions to this termination of online services (at least, for the time being) are Pok&eacute;mon Bank and Pok&eacute; Transporter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/psa-3ds-and-wii-u-online-play-shuts-down-next-week?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/psa-3ds-and-wii-u-online-play-shuts-down-next-week?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is just a quick reminder that Nintendo 3DS and Wii U online services will be discontinued next Monday, 8th April. To borrow from Europe, it&#8217;s the final countdown, so, if there is anything you want to do or get in order on your Wii U or 3DS before then, now is the time to do it. As previously announced by Nintendo, the upcoming shutdown will include online features such as cooperative play, internet rankings, and data distribution. The only exceptions to this termination of online services (at least, for the time being) are Pok&eacute;mon Bank and Pok&eacute; Transporter. 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