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There’s been no shortage of Wii U and 3DS maintenance as of late. In a few hours, Nintendo will keep things going with more downtime for its two platforms. Wii U and 3DS online play, rankings, and other network services will be affected.

The first period is actually only for Wii U. Maintenance will begin at the following times:

– 4:50 PM PT (Tuesday) – 6:30 PM PT (Tuesday)
– 7:50 PM ET (Tuesday) – 9:30 PM ET (Tuesday)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (Wednesday) – 2:30 AM in the UK (Wednesday)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (Wednesday) – 3:30 AM in Europe (Wednesday)

More Wii U and 3DS maintenance will begin a couple of hours later:

– 8 PM PT (Tuesday) – 1 AM PT (Wednesday)
– 11 PM ET (Tuesday) – 4 AM ET (Wednesday)
– 4 AM in the UK (Wednesday) – 9 AM in the UK (Wednesday)
– 5 AM in Europe (Wednesday) – 10 AM in Europe (Wednesday)

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More online Wii U maintenance is set for early next week (online play, rankings, etc.). This will be taking place on Tuesday for folks in North America, and just as Wednesday begins in Europe.

Here’s the schedule:

– 4:50 PM PT (Tuesday) – 6:30 PM PT (Tuesday)
– 7:50 PM ET (Tuesday) – 9:30 PM ET (Tuesday)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (Wednesday) – 2:30 AM in the UK (Wednesday)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (Wednesday) – 3:30 AM in Europe (Wednesday)

This isn’t the only maintenance happening next week. The Wii U and 3DS eShops, Wii Shopping Channel, and DSi Shop will be down on Monday.

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The Wii U and 3DS eShops, Wii Shopping Channel, and DSi Shop will be unavailable for a few hours early next week. Nintendo has maintenance penciled in for Monday.

Here’s when the maintenance is set for:

– 12 PM PT – 4 PM PT
– 3 PM ET – 7 PM ET
– 8 PM in the UK – 12 AM in the UK
– 9 PM in Europe – 1 AM in Europe

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Maintenance for a few Nintendo games will be taking place later today. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS as well as Xenoblade Chronicles X will be affected.

Smash Bros. is up first, and will be experiencing maintenance at the following times:

– 4:50 PM PT (Wednesday) – 6:30 PM PT (Wednesday)
– 7:50 PM ET (Wednesday) – 9:30 PM ET(Wednesday)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (Thursday) – 2:30 AM in the UK (Thursday)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (Thursday) – 3:30 AM in Europe (Thursday)

And the schedule for Xenoblade Chronicles X:

– 5:50 PM PT (Wednesday) – 7:30 PM PT (Wednesday)
– 8:50 PM ET (Wednesday) – 10:30 PM ET(Wednesday)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (Thursday) – 3:30 AM in the UK (Thursday)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (Thursday) – 4:30 AM in Europe (Thursday)

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Update: More Wii U/3DS maintenance announced. Add this one to the list:

– 5:30 PM PT (Thursday) – 7:00 PM PT (Thursday)
– 8:30 PM ET (Thursday) – 10 PM ET (Thursday)
– 1:30 AM in the UK (Friday) – 3 AM in the UK (Friday)
– 2:30 AM in Europe (Friday) – 4 AM in Europe (Friday)


Wii U and 3DS have been undergoing significant maintenance this week. This has impacted the likes of online play, rankings, and more. Two more periods of maintenance have now been scheduled.

The first period, affecting both Wii U and 3DS, will take place at the following times:

– 10 PM PT (Wednesday) – 1 AM PT (Thursday)
– 1 AM ET (Thursday) – 4 AM ET (Thursday)
– 6 AM in the UK (Thursday) – 9 AM in the UK (Thursday)
– 7 AM in Europe (Thursday) – 10 AM in Europe (Thursday)

The second period will only impact 3DS and is set for these times:

– 9 PM PT (Thursday) – 10:30 PM PT (Thursday)
– 12 AM ET (Friday) – 1:30 AM ET (Friday)
– 5 AM in the UK (Friday) – 6:30 AM in the UK (Friday)
– 6 AM in Europe (Friday) – 7:30 AM in Europe (Friday)

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Splatoon’s servers will be undergoing routine maintenance from approximately 7 PM to 9 PM EST. The announcement also notes that this will not contain software updates.

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Update (1/29): Two more maintenance periods have been added to the schedule, including one for 3DS. Here’s the latest:

Wii U/3DS maintenance (online play, rankings, etc.)

– 1 PM PT (Monday) – 6 PM PT (Monday)
– 4 PM ET (Monday) – 9 PM ET (Monday)
– 9 PM in the UK (Monday) – 2 AM in the UK (Tuesday)
– 10 PM in Europe (Monday) – 3 AM in Europe (Tuesday)

Wii U maintenance (online play, rankings, etc.)

– 9 PM PT (Monday) – 10:30 PM PT (Monday)
– 12 AM ET (Tuesday) – 1:30 AM ET (Tuesday)
– 5 AM in the UK (Tuesday) – 6:30 AM in the UK (Tuesday)
– 6 AM in Europe (Tuesday) – 7:30 AM in Europe (Tuesday)


Original (1/28): Online 3DS maintenance happened a couple of days ago. Next week, it’ll be Wii U’s turn. Nintendo has maintenance scheduled for its console that will affect certain network services such as online play and rankings.

It’ll be taking place during the following times:

– 4:50 PM PT (Tuesday) – 6:30 PM PT (Tuesday)
– 7:50 PM ET (Tuesday) – 9:30 PM ET (Tuesday)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (Wednesday) – 2:30 AM in the UK (Wednesday)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (Wednesday) – 3:30 AM in Europe (Wednesday)

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Nintendo just announced that Super Mario Maker’s maintenance is complete. You can read the statement, made on Twitter, below.

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Nintendo just announced they have started some serious maintenance work on Super Mario Maker. The updates are going to be focused on fixing glitches in the create mode and the maintenance is planned to last until Thursday evening (Friday morning in Europe and Japan). All online services for the game will be impacted by this maintenance. Below is Nintendo’s tweet about the maintenance (all Japanese).

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Nintendo has added more maintenance to its schedule for today. In addition to Minecraft: Wii U Edition, the 3DS itself will be down for around two hours later today. This will affect certain network services such as online play and rankings.

Here’s when the maintenance is taking place:

– 5:50 PM PT – 7:30 PM PT
– 8:50 PM ET – 10:30 PM ET
– 1:50 AM in the UK – 3:30 AM in the UK
– 2:50 AM in Europe – 4:30 AM in Europe

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