What is going on with the Wii Shop Channel?

Something fishy is going on, but don’t go crazy – yet. Those who try to connect to the Wii Shop Channel will be unable to do so. Currently, the channel says maintenance is being performed. The Wii Update setting isn’t functioning either – attempting to perform a Wii system update will result in an error. It is also worth noting that Japanese DSiWare cannot be reached right now either. So what is Nintendo planning? Typical maintenance, or something bigger?

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