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3DS and Wii U online services are shutting down in April 2024 - Dragonstrike - 10-04-2023
Welp, after the closure of the eshops, it was inevitable I suppose. F in the chat for official support for Gen 6 and 7 GTS and Wonder Trade. And a bunch of other games that still saw a lot of online activity due to the online features being integral to the experience (like Monster Hunter 3U; 4U; and Generations, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Super Smash Bros 4, Mario Kart 7...)
Source: https://x.com/nintendoamerica/status/1709418623566020975?s=46&t=jYyfz_ealYFdzorAZ0qTZw
According to Serebii, Pokemon Bank will still be supported past the initial shutdown, but it's inevitably going to die eventually as well. Guess I need to figure out if there's anything I want to transfer up to Home from the pre-Home games soon.
I'm sure dedicated fans are going to try and preserve as many of these online features as they can (just like with the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection of old), but this still sucks.
RE: 3DS and Wii U online services are shutting down in April 2024 - PhantomUnderYourDesk - 10-05-2023
Big sad. o(TヘTo)
Thank heaven Pokemon Bank will still be supported - for now, that is, as I've basically got all my Pokemon from cartidge games stored there. Like, yes I admit that I haven't touched my 3DS ever since I've gotten a better PC that can run any emulator + Steam games smoothly, but it still feels somewhat bad to know that it's going down soonish. There's some bitterweet not-so-old nostalgia attached to it.