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3DS and Wii U online play – and overall online functionality – will soon come to an end. Earlier this week, Nintendo gave fans a final date as April 8 for shutdown timing.

Many Nintendo fans are playing Switch these days, but that doesn’t mean we should forget about 3DS and Wii U. While 3DS was the more popular system, Wii U had its own userbase and plenty of online games.

With the shutdown date looming, what are some of your memories playing online with 3DS and Wii U? Miiverse was taken offline further back, but what’d you think about that service? Let us know in the comments.

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Steel Diver Sub Wars online play shutdown

3DS and Wii U online play will still be supported for a few more months, but not for Steel Diver: Sub Wars.

In a notice posted on its website, Nintendo explained that the game has already gone offline. That feature has actually been unavailable for a number of months now. Nintendo conducted emergency maintenance starting on September 4, 2023, but hasn’t able to get things back up and running. That means online play is finished for Steel Divers: Sub Wars and the game has been discontinued.

Nintendo is continuing to update its maintenance schedule for the week of October 1, 2023, and even more sessions are now planned. Five different periods are currently lined up over the next few days

Here’s the full maintenance schedule for the week of October 1, 2023:

We have Nintendo’s maintenance schedule for the week of September 24, 2023. A couple of additional sessions are now planned for the start of October aside from what we reported on last week.

Here’s the full maintenance schedule for the week of September 24, 2023:

Nintendo has shared its latest maintenance schedule for the week of July 30, 2023. Things aren’t quite as busy as they were last week, but there will still be some downtime for Switch, Wii U, and 3DS.

Here’s the full maintenance schedule for the week of July 30, 2023:

Nintendo has given its maintenance schedule an update for the week of July 23, 2023 is now available. Several different sessions are planned for the next couple of days, with Switch naturally being impacted quite a bit.

The full maintenance schedule for the week of July 23, 2023 is as follows:

Nintendo’s latest maintenance schedule for the week of July 16, 2023 is now available. A bunch of different sessions have been added – probably the most we’ve seen in awhile. Switch will be impacted in various ways throughout the rest of the month, but that extends to 3DS and Wii U a bit as well.

The full maintenance schedule for the week of July 16, 2023 is as follows:

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This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:

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It’s finally happened: the 3DS and Wii U eShops are no more. While this has been a bummer for many of us, in this week’s episode of Nintendo Everything Refresh, we’re looking back on some of our favorite memories from Nintendo’s last-gen systems, reflecting on the games that impacted us the most, and sharing our thoughts on how these amazing systems will be remembered in the future. We’ll also dive into some of the big games announced or released over the past few weeks, including LEGO 2K Drive, Bayonetta Origins, and much more!

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The 3DS and Wii U eShops are no longer allowing purchases or downloads of free items like demos, but it turns out that you can actually still redeem codes on both stores following a deadline extension.

This feature was originally intended to end alongside the normal shutdown time of the stores. However, due to a mistake, Nintendo actually ended things a few hours early. Some users who were looking to redeem some last-minute codes were unable to do so, and were obviously unhappy about the situation.



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