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Ars Technica | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Wii U, 3DS online servers to shut down in six months

Online player bases are already dwindling for Nintendo's aging hardware.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/10/wii-u-3ds-online-servers-to-shut-down-in-six-months/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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19797c8f | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 At least as a PC gamer they can shut down services for individual games, but not brick the online portion of all my games on the platform!
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Nazo | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 Oh.  I must have misunderstood something?  I thought they shut them down already in the past.

It's worth noting here that there is an open source project in the works to create an alternative free network for the WiiU and 3DS.  It still needs more work and isn't a direct drop in replacement, but it's making good progress.
https://pretendo.network/