People are already working on creating servers whatever they are private just for people to have access to these games in terms of multiplayer. It’s up to us to preserve these games because we know Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft won’t.
please let me get on board on creating them. i'm building a PC ASAP. i've completed xbox ps3 ps4 ps5 wii wii u gamecube 3ds gameboy advance gameboy color collections.
Shutting down the eshops, we can barely tolerate it, but shutting down online servers is beyond ridiculous, it looks like Nintendo is trying to kill the Wii u and the 3ds family
The reason the DS and Wii's online were cut so early wasn't _entirely_ Nintendo's fault. The company that was handling online functionality for those systems, Gamespy, shut down their online multiplayer services. Nintendo moved the most important features to their own infrastructure, but online play was over for the most part. I don't know if this is 100% confirmed, but it's the general consensus. My point is that the DS and Wii's early closures weren't the intention, not supposed to be normal. All that said, not many people were playing online on DS and Wii anyway. The online wasn't fleshed out on those systems, and while there were some big online titles like Animal Crossing, Mario Kart Wii, and especially Pokemon (all of which already had 3DS sequels with far more robust online functionality,) I don't think online was all that popular on DS/Wii. But you know what gets me? A *_ton_* of people still play 3DS and Wii U games online. Smash, Mario Kart 7 and 8, Pokemon, New Leaf, Kid Icarus, and *_especially_* Splatoon. These games still have surprisingly large playerbases. Why shut the servers down when so many people are still playing? Yes, we'll have Pretendo, but not many people will be willing to use that. I definitely don't feel like it's surprising that they lasted this long. If anything, I think it's too early. I know it's inevitable, and if we're truly getting a new console next year then the 3DS and Wii U will be two generations old, but the PS3 and Vita are still going! Heck, Mega Man Powered Up was a PSP game that only recently shut down operations. The 3DS and Wii U really aren't _that_ old, a lot of people still play games on them. At least give us a few more years!
100% agree with everything you said Edit: Plus the fact that the ps3 online is still working which is older than the 3ds and Wii u is crazy (and technically they both sort of in the ps4/Xbox one generation) I think if they wanted to close the stores they could’ve waited a little longer
Hot Take: If anything I actually think this is worse than the eShop closing - at least most games were still available physically. This shutdown is going to strip most games of core functionality regardless of if they are physical, digital or pirated - games like Splatoon will be most affected. You won’t even be able to download levels in Mario Maker either. Even smaller gameplay elements involving things like Spotpass will no longer work in games like Fire Emblem Awakening. Unlike with the DS/Wii this decision is completely arbitrary - at least before it was because GameSpy shut down. The 3DS/Wii U are only one generation old - the same generation as the PS4/Xbox One - and Nintendo are already pulling the plug. Most consoles in circulation aren’t even a decade old they were still selling new 3DS consoles only three years ago! Private servers will likely be a thing but even then not every game will be supported and getting access to said private servers is just another hoop for potential players to jump through - further diminishing player counts. Additionally player made content like Animal Crossing dream towns and Mario Maker levels will likely not be preserved and survive the transition to custom servers meaning this content will likely be gone for good once the official servers go down.
@@plows2940 I duno if youd care much, but pretendo saved every single mario maker level and are gonna put it up on their network when online shuts down
I'm definitely going to be missing the 3DS and the Wii U online servers big time.....😞 However........ At least we got the fan communities/ the modders to help!
64 Bros you're like a celebrity on this channel I wish I was a celebrity but I got in trouble on fandom for griefing a wiki when I was just trying to play around cuz they do that on that wiki
It is worth mentioning that it's only a matter of time before Pokémon bank kicks the bucket too. So it would be a good idea to transfer your Pokémon up to home if you actually play the games on switch. If you don't than make sure you have everything in your desired 3ds Pokémon game.
@@artemisrynter A simple google search would tell you that Pokémon Bank will continue to run after the online shut down (which was yesterday) The eshop has been closed for a good year now
Yeah, when the big companies do nothing to help preserve the games an media that we care about and allow us to access it officially, then turning to piracy and unofficial means will become the norm. As Gaben said "Stopping piracy is not a matter of offering a better price, but offering better service", and bringing this up to Nintendo would make them shutter since they know that they are still providing a lackluster service with minimal replacement. Thanks to the actions that they do to prevent Piracy from happening, they end up creating even more by doing the things they do.
I think the game that will be most affected by the shutdown is Mario maker due to the large amounts of levels the servers have in course world alone. Not being able to play those levels anymore kinda destroys the purpose of Mario maker where you create AND share levels as well
A lot of people say Splatoon will be the game that gets hit hardest by this but if anything, Xenoblade Chronicles X will definitely hit the most considering a lot of rare materials and super powerful abilities are locked behind online features like Raids.
also the playerbase for this game has been pretty sad in recent years, size-wise. i've only gotten to play with about 8 people in the past 2 years, and 3 of those 8 disconnected... at least with splatoon there's a big enough following still on wii u to have consistent success, even if custom servers are the only option.
I think the thing I'm the most worried about with this impending shutdown is all of the downloadable content that's obtainable through SpotPass, and I'm surprised not a lot of people are talking about this. I'm not too worried about SpotPass functionality in games going away, since it seems like Pretendo already has that covered, rather I'm worried about the extra free DLC some developers have made and released through SpotPass like the extra items in Animal Crossing/Tomodachi Life, or nearly every puzzle in the StreetPass plaza, which Nintendo confirmed would stop being sent out come April 2024. When Badge Arcade functionality got stripped away earlier this year Pretendo did confirm that they're working on a replacement server for it, but also stated that any official badges would not be obtainable due to copyright issues involving Nintendo's IP, and I'd imagine the same will be true for some of this free DLC, especially in the case of those StreetPass puzzles as those have tons of assets featuring Nintendo's characters. It also doesn't really help that it's somewhat cryptic to back up/restore this data too, as there's not really any guides anywhere and no central repositories where you can download this soon-to-be lost media, so I really hope more people can band together and preserve this content
It is a big issue with dex completion with the 3ds pokemon games though even if they are fan servers i dobut they will be as active as the official servers. considering only modded 3de's can connect to it. Guess im going to have to hurry up and complete it before the shut down or just have to buy both pokemon y and omega ruby to complete it myself.
@@cosmicsvids Or....... You could do a non-discript set of actions that would suddenly make it so your 3ds has access to 1000's of games not available anymore and nintendo would lose no sales by you doing this. If I would recommend something, which I totally wouldn't, after you do these certain set of actions that rhymes with privacy, H-Shop might be something to look into.
I fell more worried about the 3ds,with the Wiiu at least the majority of the games have a port or sequel on the switch,with the 3ds we have something like Luigi mansion 2 hd but the majority of the games that will suffer the online shutdown are still stuck on 3ds like Kid icarus uprising and Mario kart 7
Something similar is being speculated (or rumored) with Mario Kart Tour due to its 4th Anniversary Tour being the last one with new content, which many found as the big warning bell that rings the game's eventual closure.
I’m not worrying as much, since I rarely touch online games for 3DS and Wii U. I still occasionally go back to using Wiimmfi on MKWii, but it’s sad to see games that heavily utilizes online (Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, etc.) become obsolete.
Pokemon is another big one with out online basically you have to buy all the games of the generation and a second 3ds to complete the dex which makes it way more tedious to 100 % complete and get the shiny charm.
Don't be sad that it's over, be glad that you were the only one with a lobby in Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash. Take pride in that fact you're the undisputed best player at Ultra Smash, the game better than Aces, Super Rush, and especially Battle League! That right there is something to be proud of, my friend! :)
@@Armadio26 I am trolling. But there's one thing you can't get with Aces, but can with Ultra Smash. You can have Scott the Woz and his friends in your living room. Lol
the thing that sucks the most about servers shutting down (for not just the wii U and 3DS, but also online gaming in general) is that it'll inevitably result in achievements and unlockables in some games being unobtainable, unless a custom server arises to fix that issue
See that's what I thought the custom server would be. I keep seeing posts about how it would require CFW, when on the DS all that required were the custom server settings.
welp, it's over, 13 years of multiplayer fun, ended. a minute of silence, please. just visualizing that pressing that little button on the side of your 3ds could connect you with the entire world and play instantly makes this more sad. However, not all hope s lost, because we still have streetpass and the custom online servers, but i know (because im one of them) that there are people who wouldn't take the risk of harming their 3DSs and WiiUs just to play online games again, because, just as he said, there were almost nobody in to play with others, aside from some specific games. So, goodbye players, to everybody i had meeted over the years, i hope you are having your dream life right now. So bye, until i decide to finally hack my 3DS so i can play with you all, beautiful persons once again.
I wish the best for all of that, and I really hope there will be Servers for MK7, just like Custom tracks also for Splatoon, because I play the game again due to nostalgia.
Nintendo: We are shutting down the 3ds Eshop this year. Me: What about Pokémon bank? I'm still collection in the 3ds games and planning to transfer forward. Nintendo: Don't worry those will remain useable for the foreseeable future. Me: Oh Good. Few months pass. Nintendo: Today we are announcing that we are shutting down the 3ds servers. Me: YOU MOTHER #$%*@&!!!
So that means when the april 6th is behind us and the servers are shutdown we will still have the possibility to mod the 3ds and get access to the hshop and other applications? If that is the thing then I think I can relax for the next months or maybe years ; )
Slight misconception: The 3DS/Wii U eShops were not shut down. The truth is actually infinitely more baffling and frustrating. All they did was remove the ability for you to purchase new content there. Only if you have purchased the stuff before the ability to buy it was removed can you download what is on there. All of the games are still on it's servers, they are just hosting them for free, while forcibly gatekeeping them. Why did they do this? I don't know! The accounts you use for those eShops are the same accounts you use for the Switch eShop, so it wouldn't have been a hassle to keep that part of it going. Will the locked up games be around after the servers shut down? Probably not? They didn't say anything about them in the announcement, so who knows. Legitimately the most confusing business decision I have ever witnessed from a company, particularly for one that hates piracy as much as they do.
I think in terms of actual consequences, shutting down the official 3DS servers is worse than the eshop shutting down. On paper the eshop is worse because it means theres no official way to obtain them, but it's still pretty easy to get them in other ways. There will be fan servers for the 3DS so you'll be able to play them online again, but it will drastically reduce the amount of players who are playing online anymore because there will be many people who don't realise you can mod a 3DS to go online, and the amount of players online on 3DS is low already. For reference, I can't find a single match when I try to play Mario Kart DS online. I think if the official servers were still up it would be possible to still find matches.
Yes but at least you can still play with a friend online though my friend doesn't even have a ds and i could play Mario kart ds with him using a ds emulator and me using a real ds and copy of the game. Same with with the wii he was playing with me using dolphin and i was using a real wii. if you can't find some one to play with you can just send them the emulator and the game they don't even need to have a ds or wii.
@@darkgenicsyou'd be surprised, the majority of people still are unaware of it. I'd say way more people use the Wii online fan servers than the DS ones despite it being considerably easier to connect to the DS because you don't even need to mod the DS to use their servers while you do need to mod a Wii to play online now
i dint realize the wiiu games were not played that much probably because all i play on my wiiu is Splatoon and there is still a lot of people active in that game online to this day
I see this more as an inevitability, there reaches a point where the technology in these servers becomes too old to reliably function, combined with a barren player base I can see why Nintendo would close the 3DS/Wii U servers. Plus I believe the Wii and DS servers were partially owned by a 3rd-party company, Gamespot I think, and it was partially their choice to close these servers as well, dont source me on that though. Is it a shame, yes it is, but sometimes nothing is forever. And for those still interested in playing 3DS games online, there are always third-party solutions.
Pokémon bank has been said that it will be shut down but the date hasn't been confirmed unfortunately (now I'm racing to shiny hunt for the starters, fossils and the full odds shiny poipole all in USUM )
update: u can still access games with hshop, but pretendo is most likely done for as nintendo has made an update to specifically get rid of platforms like pretendo, though if you already have it, you'll be fine, if you don't, well, i think you can say goodbye to online play. though, i believe that there'll be a new method to get access to pretendo.
I got Metroid prime Federation Force a few months ago (don’t you dare judge me) but I haven’t played it yet. I got the idea to play the game with my girlfriend online a couple days ago and she said she was going to get the game for her birthday which is in about a month. What do you know as soon as I come up with this idea Nintendo announces this💀. We still have plenty of time to play through the game before the shut down but I still thought it was kind of funny
Some games like Fire Emblem Fates will be massively affected. It has its own servers where every players fort is uploaded, and can be visited by other players. You can challenge their units, get items that you otherwise cant, etc. Its a game that does sort of need to be played with the online functionality to really get the most out of it. When the servers go down, all of this data will be gone. Even with private servers, all of that player data will be lost. You will only be able to access the forts of players on that private server.
How do you use and find the fan servers to play on the 3ds and Wii? I might have to buy a hacked/mod 3ds to play games for the online feature in the future. To anyone that helps, thank you!!!
@Demeech: Forceing to switch to hacking your switch just to access online again is not a solution in my book. Specially for my WiiU, Why would I risk breaking My WiiU to add custom online to it now, and then if I break it, I have to search 2nd hand store, for a WiiU, and pay 200$ for a used one, and probebly does not come with a Game pad, and if it does not come with a game pad for the 2nd screen nothing work on it. And in some case they sell it with the wrong version, and since the 2nd screen game pad is region lock, it will only work with the proper region console.
They could literally program that you can host multiplayer on a local host that would solve the problem of haivng no "multiplayer" option for some games.
I'm not really online gamer but I love playing offline games I haven't purchased a hard drive yet to download my game should I be concerned after they shut down the online server will i still be able to download my games ???
But what's the point of keeping the servers up if nobody plays them? True I'm one of those people that still plays them but there just isn't enough people. I'd be lucky to find a match on Wii U bowling. Even if my console was modded to play online again it's not like I'm ever going to find a match again. So it's pointless.
Man Demeech, your awareness and wisdom was great. I was totally disappointed about hearing this news from Nintendo but now I do feel hopeful. I’m glad to know that people are still big dedicated fans of the 3ds and I’m glad that there are alternatives to this kind of stuff. I hope pretendo is worth using I definitely want to be able to play online.
Nintendo didn’t want to voluntarily close the Wii and DS online servers, it was because they relied on Gamespy, and gamespy shut down so they couldn’t do anything and so the servers were down
If Nintendo really think by shutting down the Wii U and 3DS Online that we gonna submit to their Switch Paying Online, then, they are more dumb than what I though. If they really want people to buy their Switch Online, there will be a lot of work, by start that we still waiting since 6 f*cking years for a new Star Fox and a new Metroid game on the Nintendo Switch with a Online Mode for Vs Mode or Co-op mode and I talk about a new game, not a lazy port from the Nintendo Swich Online for play a old game from previous console on the Switch but it's gonna be very difficult for them since they enjoy be focus on recycled grab money bullsh*t game who are release every years and who are Pokemon, 5 Fire Emblem games and 6 Kirby games since 2017 because they become addict to games who are more popular in Japan and who made them win a lot of money even if they don't have to put a lot of effort in it, that explain about why Fire Emblem Engage was a garbage or those last Pokemon games with a community who doesn't stop complaint about too much negatif thing with those last Pokemon games like ugly graphics and lags.
@@watchf Even if they do that I will never buy for their paying online on the Switch and it's been 7 years that I survive without buy their garbage paying online on the Switch and it don't miss me due to a lack of variety about Nintendo video game serie on the Switch so I don't even know who is the d..bass into the Nintendo enterprise who wanted so much a paying online system on the Switch but it so useless due to a lack of interesting variety game on it but it feel like the Switch have made a step back in time to the GCN and N64 era when those both consoles never get any online mode before the Wii.
If you deleted this game, you can't redownload it anymore on the eShop, and pirating it will get your Switch banned. It means no more Switch Online, no more eShop and no more system updates (so if your microSD card port gets broken, you need to buy physical games to update your Switch).
@@ventilo334 You need a modded switch to play again…You really think people modding their consoles cares about getting banned? Lol no. If they cared, they wouldn’t have done it. What? Are they gonna do it by accident? And that leads into piracy Buddy, the game CANNOT be played without piracy in the first place. You see another option? Doesn’t matter if they have the game or not either. Piracy. It’s still on the internet, and can still (technically) be installed. Remember “It’s always morally correct to pirate Nintendo games.”
@@BriefDark Piracy isn't the problem for me, the problem is that installing a pirating game on a Switch strongly increases the risk to get banned. For example, I modded my Switch, managed to keep it unbanned by blocking telemetry servers and don't want that to change.
@@ventilo334 Welp. Can’t help you there. Get a 2nd switch. Use main account on the unhacked Switch. I dunno. Not my problem. It’s yours. I’m just saying, Mario 35 is perfectly playable.
even games like monster hunter 3u for wii (which mind you died a long time ago) just had fan servers come out for it, we are already at mh 5 going onto 6. Games of the past can easily get fan servers or translations if it wasnt realeased here. So im not worried about games like animal crossing new leaf not being online anymore or games like monster hunter, but live services like you said like mario 35 will be lost to time forever. Hopefully, the switch servers stay up a long time even after the next gen switch title comes out, though at least that might be backwards compatitble. But games like f-zero 99 will prob go down once they run outta tracks and other live service games will just cease to exist.
Personally the only game I have is Mario kart 7 which i don't really play multiplayer very much so this won't affect me but what about all the games that practically rely on multiplayer to function.
The Fans will step up, as they always tend to do. However, It is unfortunate that the fans HAVE to step up to provide internet connectivity for sunsetted consoles. Games Like Super Mario Maker, Smash, and The Black Ops 2 Port for Wii U will have communities that have formed around them destroyed, Especially in the case of the original Mario Maker. If you are not creative or good at making levels, that game will be as good to you as a paperweight next year. It'll be very interesting when Nintendo decides to shut off the Switch's Internet Functions, given how popular the Switch is compared to the Wii U.
are you kidding me? as if they thought taking away the Eshop wasn't enough! they're destroying my childhood, man. i hate nintendo. like just let me visit other towns in animal crossing new leaf... plus i hope to god internet browser will still be around.
Nintendo really handles digital storefront and purchases awful . I primarily play on pc i can play games from the 90s to present day hopefully going forward Nintendo with handle digital purchases better in the future am i asking for to much.
If they make a custom server to play online that uses the NDS on the 3ds & to have no meed to homebrew my 3ds/2ds... I will join in without question. I just dont want yo taint my consols by hacking them. I want to keep them as it is.
The online servers for the wii and ds shutting down wasn't their choice gamespy was bought out and the new owner wanted to milk or get rid of it so they upped the price really high and they had proprietary technology used in the online servers so they couldn't recreate them meaning they had to make a choice shut them down or pay exorbitant prices
This reminds me that I probably shouldn't have sold my Copy of luigi's mansion dark moon, since me and my friends play it all the time online with each other, but i guess ess it doesn't really matter now since they announced a remake for it on the switch
Imma write an essay but what I will say you will have to agree with me: So the Wii U was a greater console than you think. Wii U has 1080p graphics a great design and many games that are now on the switch. for the Wii U is better than the switch because Wii U was actually going to be the successor of the Wii (Wii with better graphics and new tech) the Wii U didn't fail the Wii U succeed what made it fail is Nintendo. you might be wondering why Nintendo? the real reason is because they didn't made the announcements and all the directs that they were doing how they had to be. (For example they called the GamePad a controller) and more... For a console that was made in 2012 it had specs that they were out of this world for that year and by that I mean they were so good. Also if you didn't know by using an SD card you could mod or hack it and put every game you wanted from every previous Nintendo console. Lastly the online servers were still full of people because they knew too that the Wii U was so much better than the switch. Nintendo put so much effort on the Wii U, like the home screen, the gamepad, you could even use the Wii accessories and remotes for the wii u. With that being said I hope that you now understand why the Wii U is better than the switch and even than every console that exists until now( and when I say that I mean by having fun and enjoying every detail) I hope I helped 😊
Heard about it not to long after I woke up when it first announced and let's just say It truly is a terrible time for rain😢 I mean what were they thinking? And add to it that this and the 3DS family are the only on-wait no, the Last two systems that let you play nintendo online For Free Which not a lot of people bring up when thinking about the shutdown So yes this is The Perfect Time to Panic😱 I know there are other ways in mind to keep playing online just like the wii & ds but as with most no one want to risk data loss even if you are confident on how to do so i'm not saying it impossible or can't be done but it depends on the person and whether or not they wanna take that first step.
People are already working on creating servers whatever they are private just for people to have access to these games in terms of multiplayer. It’s up to us to preserve these games because we know Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft won’t.
Mario kart wii had such a historic impact on the internet's view of such things
Will there be ones for home or no?
Same goes for the DS Mario Kart
Honestly not a problem for me i use emulators to play games online that never had it in the first place like old n64 and snes games.
please let me get on board on creating them. i'm building a PC ASAP. i've completed xbox ps3 ps4 ps5 wii wii u gamecube 3ds gameboy advance gameboy color collections.
Also worth mentioning CTGP7 won't be affected because it uses a custom server, so you can play the Mario Kart 7 Nintendo tracks online using that.
Shutting down the eshops, we can barely tolerate it, but shutting down online servers is beyond ridiculous, it looks like Nintendo is trying to kill the Wii u and the 3ds family
Just to encourage people to get the switch
@@gmont28Nintendo needs to know some people (Like Me) don’t Like the Nintendo Switch
@@RaysGamingChannel2003exactly Id rather play on my Wii u and 3ds Ive been playing cod on the Wii u and will be gutted when it shuts down
Nintendo thinks that everyone has enough money to afford a Switch and also that the Switch can replace the 3DS completely 😕
@@Louis-np8mp I rather play the Wii and DS then the Nintendo switch
The reason the DS and Wii's online were cut so early wasn't _entirely_ Nintendo's fault. The company that was handling online functionality for those systems, Gamespy, shut down their online multiplayer services. Nintendo moved the most important features to their own infrastructure, but online play was over for the most part. I don't know if this is 100% confirmed, but it's the general consensus. My point is that the DS and Wii's early closures weren't the intention, not supposed to be normal.
All that said, not many people were playing online on DS and Wii anyway. The online wasn't fleshed out on those systems, and while there were some big online titles like Animal Crossing, Mario Kart Wii, and especially Pokemon (all of which already had 3DS sequels with far more robust online functionality,) I don't think online was all that popular on DS/Wii.
But you know what gets me? A *_ton_* of people still play 3DS and Wii U games online. Smash, Mario Kart 7 and 8, Pokemon, New Leaf, Kid Icarus, and *_especially_* Splatoon. These games still have surprisingly large playerbases. Why shut the servers down when so many people are still playing? Yes, we'll have Pretendo, but not many people will be willing to use that.
I definitely don't feel like it's surprising that they lasted this long. If anything, I think it's too early. I know it's inevitable, and if we're truly getting a new console next year then the 3DS and Wii U will be two generations old, but the PS3 and Vita are still going! Heck, Mega Man Powered Up was a PSP game that only recently shut down operations. The 3DS and Wii U really aren't _that_ old, a lot of people still play games on them. At least give us a few more years!
100% agree with everything you said
Edit: Plus the fact that the ps3 online is still working which is older than the 3ds and Wii u is crazy (and technically they both sort of in the ps4/Xbox one generation) I think if they wanted to close the stores they could’ve waited a little longer
Please tell me Gamespy also supplied Mario Kart Tour's servers, because that game is literal *garbage*
Hot Take: If anything I actually think this is worse than the eShop closing - at least most games were still available physically. This shutdown is going to strip most games of core functionality regardless of if they are physical, digital or pirated - games like Splatoon will be most affected. You won’t even be able to download levels in Mario Maker either. Even smaller gameplay elements involving things like Spotpass will no longer work in games like Fire Emblem Awakening.
Unlike with the DS/Wii this decision is completely arbitrary - at least before it was because GameSpy shut down. The 3DS/Wii U are only one generation old - the same generation as the PS4/Xbox One - and Nintendo are already pulling the plug. Most consoles in circulation aren’t even a decade old they were still selling new 3DS consoles only three years ago!
Private servers will likely be a thing but even then not every game will be supported and getting access to said private servers is just another hoop for potential players to jump through - further diminishing player counts. Additionally player made content like Animal Crossing dream towns and Mario Maker levels will likely not be preserved and survive the transition to custom servers meaning this content will likely be gone for good once the official servers go down.
@@plows2940 I duno if youd care much, but pretendo saved every single mario maker level and are gonna put it up on their network when online shuts down
Can we get a Hallelujah for those who create custom servers
Hallelujah!
Especially Wiimmfi! Hallelujah!
I'm definitely going to be missing the 3DS and the Wii U online servers big time.....😞
However........
At least we got the fan communities/ the modders to help!
These modders are truly just goated
64 Bros you're like a celebrity on this channel I wish I was a celebrity but I got in trouble on fandom for griefing a wiki when I was just trying to play around cuz they do that on that wiki
@@NatetheNintendofan Sheesh for those people...
Do what you want because a pirate is free…YOU ARE A PIRATE YARRR 🗣️🗣️
Fun fact: you can still play SMB 35 online with a fan server. However, it's a bit of a pain to set up...
i'm assuming it requires a modded switch right?
@@RayoMcQueen95990 yes
@@Good_Gamez damn it, my switch is a later version of the 2017 one, so i need external hardware to mod it
Or you can use a switch emulator.
@@cosmicsvidsthose barely work and sacrificing a switch isn'tt worth it
It is worth mentioning that it's only a matter of time before Pokémon bank kicks the bucket too. So it would be a good idea to transfer your Pokémon up to home if you actually play the games on switch. If you don't than make sure you have everything in your desired 3ds Pokémon game.
Pokemon bank will not be affected
@@blushbunni3 Pokemon Bank is not affected for now. If they shut down online play and the eShop, Pokemon Bank will close eventually.
@@artemisrynter A simple google search would tell you that Pokémon Bank will continue to run after the online shut down (which was yesterday)
The eshop has been closed for a good year now
Yeah, when the big companies do nothing to help preserve the games an media that we care about and allow us to access it officially, then turning to piracy and unofficial means will become the norm. As Gaben said "Stopping piracy is not a matter of offering a better price, but offering better service", and bringing this up to Nintendo would make them shutter since they know that they are still providing a lackluster service with minimal replacement. Thanks to the actions that they do to prevent Piracy from happening, they end up creating even more by doing the things they do.
I think the game that will be most affected by the shutdown is Mario maker due to the large amounts of levels the servers have in course world alone. Not being able to play those levels anymore kinda destroys the purpose of Mario maker where you create AND share levels as well
Simple answer is, No. You shouldn't panic. Pretendo network was made just for when this would eventually happen
@@メロネード its only for specific games so far, keep in mind that, unlike wiimfi, pretendo is still a very new thing so it hasn't been perfected yet
Yep
@@メロネードthey are working on pretty much every game with online. On their site you can see their progress
A lot of people say Splatoon will be the game that gets hit hardest by this but if anything, Xenoblade Chronicles X will definitely hit the most considering a lot of rare materials and super powerful abilities are locked behind online features like Raids.
also the playerbase for this game has been pretty sad in recent years, size-wise. i've only gotten to play with about 8 people in the past 2 years, and 3 of those 8 disconnected...
at least with splatoon there's a big enough following still on wii u to have consistent success, even if custom servers are the only option.
CROSSETTE!!!
Beating the Telethia will be nearly impossible without the online stuff 😢
@@JordiumZ Based fellow Crossette enjoyer
@@filipepatriani9218Looks like Nintendo won't even care for that. They'll just leave those suffering.
I think the things that are lost the most are games like Mario Maker, as the servers had tons of levels on there.
I think the thing I'm the most worried about with this impending shutdown is all of the downloadable content that's obtainable through SpotPass, and I'm surprised not a lot of people are talking about this. I'm not too worried about SpotPass functionality in games going away, since it seems like Pretendo already has that covered, rather I'm worried about the extra free DLC some developers have made and released through SpotPass like the extra items in Animal Crossing/Tomodachi Life, or nearly every puzzle in the StreetPass plaza, which Nintendo confirmed would stop being sent out come April 2024.
When Badge Arcade functionality got stripped away earlier this year Pretendo did confirm that they're working on a replacement server for it, but also stated that any official badges would not be obtainable due to copyright issues involving Nintendo's IP, and I'd imagine the same will be true for some of this free DLC, especially in the case of those StreetPass puzzles as those have tons of assets featuring Nintendo's characters.
It also doesn't really help that it's somewhat cryptic to back up/restore this data too, as there's not really any guides anywhere and no central repositories where you can download this soon-to-be lost media, so I really hope more people can band together and preserve this content
It is a big issue with dex completion with the 3ds pokemon games though even if they are fan servers i dobut they will be as active as the official servers. considering only modded 3de's can connect to it. Guess im going to have to hurry up and complete it before the shut down or just have to buy both pokemon y and omega ruby to complete it myself.
@@cosmicsvids Or.......
You could do a non-discript set of actions that would suddenly make it so your 3ds has access to 1000's of games not available anymore and nintendo would lose no sales by you doing this. If I would recommend something, which I totally wouldn't, after you do these certain set of actions that rhymes with privacy, H-Shop might be something to look into.
I fell more worried about the 3ds,with the Wiiu at least the majority of the games have a port or sequel on the switch,with the 3ds we have something like Luigi mansion 2 hd but the majority of the games that will suffer the online shutdown are still stuck on 3ds like Kid icarus uprising and Mario kart 7
I guarantee they’re still gonna try to push out system updates to stop homebrew 💀
yeah it’s not helping nintendo at all
Nah they won’t they don’t care
Something similar is being speculated (or rumored) with Mario Kart Tour due to its 4th Anniversary Tour being the last one with new content, which many found as the big warning bell that rings the game's eventual closure.
I’m not worrying as much, since I rarely touch online games for 3DS and Wii U. I still occasionally go back to using Wiimmfi on MKWii, but it’s sad to see games that heavily utilizes online (Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, etc.) become obsolete.
Pokemon is another big one with out online basically you have to buy all the games of the generation and a second 3ds to complete the dex which makes it way more tedious to 100 % complete and get the shiny charm.
Don't be sad that it's over, be glad that you were the only one with a lobby in Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash. Take pride in that fact you're the undisputed best player at Ultra Smash, the game better than Aces, Super Rush, and especially Battle League! That right there is something to be proud of, my friend! :)
"The game Better than Aces" nah It isn't
I don't know if you're trolling or not but saying that Aces Is worse than ultra smash is wrong in every possible aspect lol
@@Armadio26 I am trolling. But there's one thing you can't get with Aces, but can with Ultra Smash. You can have Scott the Woz and his friends in your living room. Lol
@@ranpan6082 ok ahahah
the thing that sucks the most about servers shutting down (for not just the wii U and 3DS, but also online gaming in general) is that it'll inevitably result in achievements and unlockables in some games being unobtainable, unless a custom server arises to fix that issue
6:54
There is a mario 35 private server
See that's what I thought the custom server would be. I keep seeing posts about how it would require CFW, when on the DS all that required were the custom server settings.
@@Joe_334 the mario 35 custom servers require cfw
i think there's a way to play in on an emulator but i don't know how
My only question is, will the Internet browser be still working ? I planed to get a Wii U so I'm worried about the hack disability
Yes the Webbrowser won’t be effected
I always found stuff stuck online to be a blessing and a curse, particularly with Pokemon and other games like Splatoon or Kid Icarus Uprising
If pokemon bank closes that will be a dark day for pokemon players
Pokémon bank is literally the only server they are keeping up on the entire system
@@watchf That is for now, but they can end in the future too
welp, it's over, 13 years of multiplayer fun, ended. a minute of silence, please. just visualizing that pressing that little button on the side of your 3ds could connect you with the entire world and play instantly makes this more sad. However, not all hope s lost, because we still have streetpass and the custom online servers, but i know (because im one of them) that there are people who wouldn't take the risk of harming their 3DSs and WiiUs just to play online games again, because, just as he said, there were almost nobody in to play with others, aside from some specific games. So, goodbye players, to everybody i had meeted over the years, i hope you are having your dream life right now. So bye, until i decide to finally hack my 3DS so i can play with you all, beautiful persons once again.
So no wonder trade?
Sad. I will miss doing the Pokemon wonder trade..
At least u can still like redownload the games u previously bought. Still works for dsi despite that store shut down.
I wish the best for all of that, and I really hope there will be Servers for MK7, just like Custom tracks also for Splatoon, because I play the game again due to nostalgia.
Nintendo: We are shutting down the 3ds Eshop this year.
Me: What about Pokémon bank? I'm still collection in the 3ds games and planning to transfer forward.
Nintendo: Don't worry those will remain useable for the foreseeable future.
Me: Oh Good.
Few months pass.
Nintendo: Today we are announcing that we are shutting down the 3ds servers.
Me: YOU MOTHER #$%*@&!!!
How many jealous siblings does nintendo have because they keep phasing them out for the next newborn...
Wait till you realize that Pokémon bank is again an exception and is the only app that will have its servers kept up 😂
So that means when the april 6th is behind us and the servers are shutdown we will still have the possibility to mod the 3ds and get access to the hshop and other applications?
If that is the thing then I think I can relax for the next months or maybe years ; )
Slight misconception: The 3DS/Wii U eShops were not shut down. The truth is actually infinitely more baffling and frustrating.
All they did was remove the ability for you to purchase new content there. Only if you have purchased the stuff before the ability to buy it was removed can you download what is on there. All of the games are still on it's servers, they are just hosting them for free, while forcibly gatekeeping them.
Why did they do this? I don't know! The accounts you use for those eShops are the same accounts you use for the Switch eShop, so it wouldn't have been a hassle to keep that part of it going. Will the locked up games be around after the servers shut down? Probably not? They didn't say anything about them in the announcement, so who knows.
Legitimately the most confusing business decision I have ever witnessed from a company, particularly for one that hates piracy as much as they do.
Pretty sure there will be servers up again just not Nintendo official servers
there will be
This sucks.... At least streetpass keeps something alive
Yes
For those who create custom servers I salute you
I think in terms of actual consequences, shutting down the official 3DS servers is worse than the eshop shutting down. On paper the eshop is worse because it means theres no official way to obtain them, but it's still pretty easy to get them in other ways.
There will be fan servers for the 3DS so you'll be able to play them online again, but it will drastically reduce the amount of players who are playing online anymore because there will be many people who don't realise you can mod a 3DS to go online, and the amount of players online on 3DS is low already.
For reference, I can't find a single match when I try to play Mario Kart DS online. I think if the official servers were still up it would be possible to still find matches.
Yes but at least you can still play with a friend online though my friend doesn't even have a ds and i could play Mario kart ds with him using a ds emulator and me using a real ds and copy of the game. Same with with the wii he was playing with me using dolphin and i was using a real wii. if you can't find some one to play with you can just send them the emulator and the game they don't even need to have a ds or wii.
I'm pretty sure most people have homebrew'd their DS to the point they can literally tell anyone about it
@@darkgenicsyou'd be surprised, the majority of people still are unaware of it. I'd say way more people use the Wii online fan servers than the DS ones despite it being considerably easier to connect to the DS because you don't even need to mod the DS to use their servers while you do need to mod a Wii to play online now
No more Pokémon wonder trade? :(
i dint realize the wiiu games were not played that much probably because all i play on my wiiu is Splatoon and there is still a lot of people active in that game online to this day
I see this more as an inevitability, there reaches a point where the technology in these servers becomes too old to reliably function, combined with a barren player base I can see why Nintendo would close the 3DS/Wii U servers. Plus I believe the Wii and DS servers were partially owned by a 3rd-party company, Gamespot I think, and it was partially their choice to close these servers as well, dont source me on that though. Is it a shame, yes it is, but sometimes nothing is forever. And for those still interested in playing 3DS games online, there are always third-party solutions.
You reckon this could lead to a Switch port of Splatoon 1?
Pokémon bank has been said that it will be shut down but the date hasn't been confirmed unfortunately (now I'm racing to shiny hunt for the starters, fossils and the full odds shiny poipole all in USUM )
I'm not mad. 11 and 12 years of free online ain't too bad.
This is truly an end of an era for free online on consoles unless you’re a PC guy.
@@JuwanBuchanan so true
@@JuwanBuchanan I mean PS3 online still exists for the most part at least
Should be a given, never should cost money
I sincerely hope that someone backs up the levels from Super Mario Maker.
and now we are close to 8 aprile ... good bye dear players ...
update: u can still access games with hshop, but pretendo is most likely done for as nintendo has made an update to specifically get rid of platforms like pretendo, though if you already have it, you'll be fine, if you don't, well, i think you can say goodbye to online play. though, i believe that there'll be a new method to get access to pretendo.
What does this mean about Super Mario Maker?
I got Metroid prime Federation Force a few months ago (don’t you dare judge me) but I haven’t played it yet. I got the idea to play the game with my girlfriend online a couple days ago and she said she was going to get the game for her birthday which is in about a month. What do you know as soon as I come up with this idea Nintendo announces this💀. We still have plenty of time to play through the game before the shut down but I still thought it was kind of funny
Some games like Fire Emblem Fates will be massively affected. It has its own servers where every players fort is uploaded, and can be visited by other players. You can challenge their units, get items that you otherwise cant, etc. Its a game that does sort of need to be played with the online functionality to really get the most out of it.
When the servers go down, all of this data will be gone. Even with private servers, all of that player data will be lost. You will only be able to access the forts of players on that private server.
My biggest fear was a missunderstanding that Online Severs Shutting Down meant they were taking the full on internet offline
I WON'T BE ABLE TO PLAY MARIO TENNIS: ULTRA SMASH ONLINE IN APRIL OF NEXT YEAR!!! 😢
How do you use and find the fan servers to play on the 3ds and Wii? I might have to buy a hacked/mod 3ds to play games for the online feature in the future. To anyone that helps, thank you!!!
Just mod a ds instead of buying one it’s not that hard
@Demeech: Forceing to switch to hacking your switch just to access online again is not a solution in my book. Specially for my WiiU, Why would I risk breaking My WiiU to add custom online to it now, and then if I break it, I have to search 2nd hand store, for a WiiU, and pay 200$ for a used one, and probebly does not come with a Game pad, and if it does not come with a game pad for the 2nd screen nothing work on it. And in some case they sell it with the wrong version, and since the 2nd screen game pad is region lock, it will only work with the proper region console.
Since Nintendo's not letting us buy eShop exclusives anymore...
*It's time to sail the seven seas!* 🏴☠️
They could literally program that you can host multiplayer on a local host that would solve the problem of haivng no "multiplayer" option for some games.
Can i still have patches for my games
You shouldn’t worry. YOU SHOULD PAANNNIIIIIIIICCCCC!!!
I'm not really online gamer but I love playing offline games I haven't purchased a hard drive yet to download my game should I be concerned after they shut down the online server will i still be able to download my games ???
But what's the point of keeping the servers up if nobody plays them? True I'm one of those people that still plays them but there just isn't enough people. I'd be lucky to find a match on Wii U bowling. Even if my console was modded to play online again it's not like I'm ever going to find a match again. So it's pointless.
will I be able to download streetpuss content for games like fire emblem awakening, with custom servers?
does the wireless play in pokemon with 2 players with 3ds get shut down?
fair points fair points, but that coin rush footage was just hard to watch man
Man Demeech, your awareness and wisdom was great. I was totally disappointed about hearing this news from Nintendo but now I do feel hopeful. I’m glad to know that people are still big dedicated fans of the 3ds and I’m glad that there are alternatives to this kind of stuff. I hope pretendo is worth using I definitely want to be able to play online.
Does that mean I can't switch my own pokemon from X to Y or Moon to UltraSun anymore?
Pokémon Bank will remain open
@@DemeechBut that may also end at some point
@@carloso5910official I hope an alternative is proposed and made quickly.
Nintendo didn’t want to voluntarily close the Wii and DS online servers, it was because they relied on Gamespy, and gamespy shut down so they couldn’t do anything and so the servers were down
3ds servers are still more populated than call of duty Cold War
If Nintendo really think by shutting down the Wii U and 3DS Online that we gonna submit to their Switch Paying Online, then, they are more dumb than what I though. If they really want people to buy their Switch Online, there will be a lot of work, by start that we still waiting since 6 f*cking years for a new Star Fox and a new Metroid game on the Nintendo Switch with a Online Mode for Vs Mode or Co-op mode and I talk about a new game, not a lazy port from the Nintendo Swich Online for play a old game from previous console on the Switch but it's gonna be very difficult for them since they enjoy be focus on recycled grab money bullsh*t game who are release every years and who are Pokemon, 5 Fire Emblem games and 6 Kirby games since 2017 because they become addict to games who are more popular in Japan and who made them win a lot of money even if they don't have to put a lot of effort in it, that explain about why Fire Emblem Engage was a garbage or those last Pokemon games with a community who doesn't stop complaint about too much negatif thing with those last Pokemon games like ugly graphics and lags.
Or maybe they just don’t want to buy servers for an old console 🤯🤯
@@watchf Even if they do that I will never buy for their paying online on the Switch and it's been 7 years that I survive without buy their garbage paying online on the Switch and it don't miss me due to a lack of variety about Nintendo video game serie on the Switch so I don't even know who is the d..bass into the Nintendo enterprise who wanted so much a paying online system on the Switch but it so useless due to a lack of interesting variety game on it but it feel like the Switch have made a step back in time to the GCN and N64 era when those both consoles never get any online mode before the Wii.
The fans will likely keep many of the games alive.
You can play Mario 35 still. There is a fan server. You need a modded switch, or you need to play on emulator.
If you deleted this game, you can't redownload it anymore on the eShop, and pirating it will get your Switch banned. It means no more Switch Online, no more eShop and no more system updates (so if your microSD card port gets broken, you need to buy physical games to update your Switch).
@@ventilo334 You need a modded switch to play again…You really think people modding their consoles cares about getting banned? Lol no. If they cared, they wouldn’t have done it. What? Are they gonna do it by accident?
And that leads into piracy
Buddy, the game CANNOT be played without piracy in the first place. You see another option? Doesn’t matter if they have the game or not either. Piracy. It’s still on the internet, and can still (technically) be installed.
Remember “It’s always morally correct to pirate Nintendo games.”
@@BriefDark Piracy isn't the problem for me, the problem is that installing a pirating game on a Switch strongly increases the risk to get banned. For example, I modded my Switch, managed to keep it unbanned by blocking telemetry servers and don't want that to change.
@@ventilo334 Welp. Can’t help you there. Get a 2nd switch. Use main account on the unhacked Switch. I dunno. Not my problem. It’s yours. I’m just saying, Mario 35 is perfectly playable.
This is only going to justify and increase android console sales exponentially.
1:13 That is because Nintendo wasn't the ones hosting it; another company was, which went bankrupt and forced Nintendo to shut it down so early.
even games like monster hunter 3u for wii (which mind you died a long time ago) just had fan servers come out for it, we are already at mh 5 going onto 6. Games of the past can easily get fan servers or translations if it wasnt realeased here.
So im not worried about games like animal crossing new leaf not being online anymore or games like monster hunter, but live services like you said like mario 35 will be lost to time forever. Hopefully, the switch servers stay up a long time even after the next gen switch title comes out, though at least that might be backwards compatitble.
But games like f-zero 99 will prob go down once they run outta tracks and other live service games will just cease to exist.
That nsmb2 star coin made me want to punch my screen
Personally the only game I have is Mario kart 7 which i don't really play multiplayer very much so this won't affect me but what about all the games that practically rely on multiplayer to function.
Didn't hear a word you said because I was too busy watching you rack up coins.
Does that mean no one can buy it
How do you mod a 3ds?
I have a 2ds and I am kinda sad that they are doing this to their consoles 😢
The Fans will step up, as they always tend to do. However, It is unfortunate that the fans HAVE to step up to provide internet connectivity for sunsetted consoles. Games Like Super Mario Maker, Smash, and The Black Ops 2 Port for Wii U will have communities that have formed around them destroyed, Especially in the case of the original Mario Maker. If you are not creative or good at making levels, that game will be as good to you as a paperweight next year. It'll be very interesting when Nintendo decides to shut off the Switch's Internet Functions, given how popular the Switch is compared to the Wii U.
are you kidding me? as if they thought taking away the Eshop wasn't enough! they're destroying my childhood, man. i hate nintendo. like just let me visit other towns in animal crossing new leaf...
plus i hope to god internet browser will still be around.
They have been doing this probably since the SNES came, phasing out the NES.
Nintendo really handles digital storefront and purchases awful . I primarily play on pc i can play games from the 90s to present day hopefully going forward Nintendo with handle digital purchases better in the future am i asking for to much.
If they make a custom server to play online that uses the NDS on the 3ds & to have no meed to homebrew my 3ds/2ds...
I will join in without question. I just dont want yo taint my consols by hacking them. I want to keep them as it is.
Dr.mario world DX on switch would be cool
The online servers for the wii and ds shutting down wasn't their choice gamespy was bought out and the new owner wanted to milk or get rid of it so they upped the price really high and they had proprietary technology used in the online servers so they couldn't recreate them meaning they had to make a choice shut them down or pay exorbitant prices
This reminds me that I probably shouldn't have sold my Copy of luigi's mansion dark moon, since me and my friends play it all the time online with each other, but i guess ess it doesn't really matter now since they announced a remake for it on the switch
better things to worry about in this world than old online servers,am I right lol
Its not the online servers im sad about...
Its the spotpass 😭
I will never forget that one notification for Sm4sh where they invited our mii as fighters. Even best was I wasn't even looking for it either.
The online service for Nintendo Switch won’t be the same!
😢😔 i wish a backbutton would appear so we could go back to 2011
it kinda makes me sad
i hope triforce heroes gets fan servers soon, the only zelda game ive played that i havent finished :(
No no NO! WHYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?!
let Nintendo abandon these consoles. It creates a lawless wonderland for the modding community.
This is nothing to me. I never played any 3DS games online anyway.
This is why third party servers are important.
I’m not worried about the Nintendo Network Shutting down on the 3DS
Because pretendo is there to revive it
I like Nintendo's products, I dislike the business.
I was born around the time they were phasing out the NES, for the SNES. Most of the NES games were being remixed, or remade for the SNES.
Imma write an essay but what I will say you will have to agree with me:
So the Wii U was a greater console than you think. Wii U has 1080p graphics a great design and many games that are now on the switch. for the Wii U is better than the switch because Wii U was actually going to be the successor of the Wii (Wii with better graphics and new tech) the Wii U didn't fail the Wii U succeed what made it fail is Nintendo. you might be wondering why Nintendo? the real reason is because they didn't made the announcements and all the directs that they were doing how they had to be. (For example they called the GamePad a controller) and more... For a console that was made in 2012 it had specs that they were out of this world for that year and by that I mean they were so good. Also if you didn't know by using an SD card you could mod or hack it and put every game you wanted from every previous Nintendo console. Lastly the online servers were still full of people because they knew too that the Wii U was so much better than the switch. Nintendo put so much effort on the Wii U, like the home screen, the gamepad, you could even use the Wii accessories and remotes for the wii u. With that being said I hope that you now understand why the Wii U is better than the switch and even than every console that exists until now( and when I say that I mean by having fun and enjoying every detail) I hope I helped 😊
Heard about it not to long after I woke up when it first announced and let's just say
It truly is a terrible time for rain😢
I mean what were they thinking? And add to it that this and the 3DS family are the only on-wait no, the Last two systems that let you play nintendo online For Free Which not a lot of people bring up when thinking about the shutdown
So yes this is The Perfect Time to Panic😱
I know there are other ways in mind to keep playing online just like the wii & ds but as with most no one want to risk data loss even if you are confident on how to do so i'm not saying it impossible or can't be done but it depends on the person and whether or not they wanna take that first step.
Nintendo has officially said the DS will shut down of WiFi too
Brother, your outro is literally my ringtone, I thought someone was calling me lol