And since Nintendo has stated it has "no plans to offer classic content in other ways," the majority of digital 3DS and Wii U games would effectively become locked to hard drives after the alleged shutdown. I myself didnt even have a smartphone yet, instead carrying around a flip phone with seemingly immortal battery life. However, the server shutdown this report describes would prevent players from accessing any online functionality, from software updates to multiplayer. In other words, you won't be able to buy anything new, but you'll still be able to redownload or update games you've already purchased and/or play them online after March 2023. We only got a one-year notice for the end of the eShops for these platforms, but it's possible the servers themselves will receive more advance notice.įor the time being, the 3DS and Wii U are only facing an eShop closure, not a server shutdown. A report from Nintendo Life (opens in new tab), citing an anonymous former Nintendo of America employee, claims that Nintendo "will give notice in 2023 that the server will be shut down after a time." The report doesn't outline an exact timetable for the final closure, but it doesn't give the servers more than a few years either, which suggests they may be shuttered in 2024 or 2025.
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