Nintendo to Discontinue Wi-fi Service for Wii and DS/DSi

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Nintendo's Wi-Fi service will be no more after May 20th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This news was announced in an Australian press release and was later confirmed by a Nintendo representative to be worldwide termination of the service. Although you will no longer be able to race world wide in Mario Kart, or see someone's village who is far away in Animal Crossing, Nintendo will still allow access to both the Wii's Shop Channel and the DSi Shop. So you will still be able to purchase and download digital titles following May 20.

 

Nintendo also released, on their Australian website, a list of Nintendo published games that will no longer have online access enabled.

 

 

 

Wii

Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City

Battalion Wars 2

Boom Street

Endless Ocean

Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep

Mario Kart Wii

Mario Sports Mix

Mario Strikers Charged Football

Pokémon Battle Revolution

Samurai Warriors 3

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

The Last Story

Trauma Center New Blood

 

Wii Ware

 

Dr. Mario & Germ Buster

Excitebike World Challenge

LONPOS

MaBoShi: The Three Shape Arcade

ThruSpace High Velocity 3D Puzzle

WarioWare: Do It Yourself-Showcase

 

Other

 

Wii Speak

 

Nintendo DS/DSi games

 

100 Classic Book Collection

Advance Wars: Dark Conflict

Animal Crossing: Wild World

Clubhouse Games

Custom Robo Arena

Diddy Kong Racing DS

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Mario Kart DS

Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis

Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!

Metroid Prime Hunters

Nintendo presents: Style Boutique

Picross DS

Pokémon Black Version

Pokémon Black Version 2

Pokémon Conquest

Pokémon Diamond

Pokémon HeartGold Version

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time

Pokémon Pearl

Pokémon Platinum Version

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Pokémon SoulSilver Version

Pokémon White Version

Pokémon White Version 2

Professor Layton and Pandora's Box

Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Professor Layton and the Last Specter

Professor Layton and the Lost Future

Star Fox Command

Tenchu: Dark Secret

TETRIS DS

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

WarioWare: Do It Yourself

 

 

Nintendo DSiWare games

 

Metal Torrent

Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!

Sujin Taisen: Number Battle

 

 

 

Also note that 3DS and Wii U games will be unaffected by this.

 

So was it time for Nintendo to close the door on the Wii and DS's Wi-fi services? Will this encourage you to now buy a Wii U or a 3DS? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

 

 

 

 

SOURCE: IGN

 

 

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[Delpen9]

This is just a ploy to get people and families with Wiis(mostly) to buy a Wii U. I doubt it would really help. The Wii U had been out for 8 months(possibly inaccurate but you get the jest) but both the PS4 and the XB1 cumulatively out-sold it in a week.