Mendon Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Nintendo announced that they are shutting down online services for the Wii in June. Gone will be weather, news, Everybody Votes, Nintendo Channel and the "Create Mii" (I can't remember the actual name...LOL) channel. Only thing left will be the Wii Shop channel to sell a few digital games. http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-shutting-down-wii-online-services-in-june-251414.phtml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter The only real surprise to me is that the Wii online services lasted this long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Will WiFi play still be available? It will be a sad day when the WiFi service for Mario Kart goes down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 It makes sense since the Wii-U is now in full swing, but it's still a portent of things to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendon Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 Will WiFi play still be available? It will be a sad day when the WiFi service for Mario Kart goes down. Not sure as the article I linked to only mentioned that "data exchange in certain games" will be eliminated. I have no idea if this data exchange means online gaming like Mario Kart or Call of Duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I still play mariokart too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 "Cool! Stuff on my console that doesn't work!" - Future Me when I plug my console back in to relive some Wii gaming goodness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akator Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Nintendo announced that they are shutting down online services for the Wii in June. Boo. Hiss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoau2002 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I wonder if netflix on the wii will continue to be updated. That and the homebrew channel are the only things I use my wii for anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I guess I better try to get a few more Excitebots sessions in ASAP; anyone in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Man I'm really gonna miss the weather channel. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 So it appears the stuff that Nintendo will shut down is minor. But it makes me wonder if the Virtual Console and WiiWare will ever suffer the same fate. Right now it's not a problem because all VC and WiiWare games can be migrated to the Wii U, but will the day ever come where such games as Mega Man 9 or La-Mulana will fall into permanent oblivion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I'm happy living in the past. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I liked the Nintendo Channel occasionally. But that's it really. As long as they don't disable Netflix, I'm good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I liked the Nintendo Channel occasionally. But that's it really. As long as they don't disable Netflix, I'm good. I was thinking of subbing to Netflix too. I'll hold off until we get some clearer answers. The Wii is the only device we own that will do Netflix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I am surprised they are being shut down completely. I guess that means they probably weren't really being used all that much in recent times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2600 Forever Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 According to Kotaku, this affects Japan only. http://kotaku.com/in-japan-some-of-the-wiis-network-services-are-going-472611203 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I wonder if netflix on the wii will continue to be updated.Yeah, we've been using the Wii as a Netflix player in the living room for a while now and it's been fantastic. Sounds like that's not affected by these changes. *whew* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 (edited) When Wii consoles and related products continue to be available and sold, this seems too soon. But at least it doesn't look like anything anyone actually uses to any significant degree will be affected here. Kind of sad that the Nintendo Channel is going though. Even though I don't think the statistics were perfectly accurate (Some games I've played have never appeared), I thought it was neat that it tracked time played. And I did watch the occasional video. The other stuff I think I tried once when the console was first hooked up. Isn't the Everybody Votes Channel the same thing as the Mii Contest Channel where you submitted a Mii for contest with people voting on winners? The article makes it sound like they are two different channels. And what's the "Today's Accomplishment" message board? According to Kotaku, this affects Japan only. http://kotaku.com/in-japan-some-of-the-wiis-network-services-are-going-472611203 That's not what it says as of now. "Nintendo did point out that in Japan, other services like the Wii Shop Channel and the automatic "Today's Accomplishments" services on the Wii Message Board will continue. Nintendo's Japanese headquarters did not say how this would impact regions outside the country." Edited April 12, 2013 by Atariboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Regarding Netflix, I doubt it would be affected anyway. I doubt it even touches Nintendo's servers once you've got the app. Same goes for YouTube (which was recently updated, surprisingly!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 It was actually just recently added. It wasn't there at all six months ago but was put up the same time the Wii U saw its YouTube app be released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlysublime Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 this is very EA-esque. I'd understand if the Wii was discontinued. But it's still being sold and we're not just talking leftover inventory but actively manufactured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 According to Kotaku, this affects Japan only. http://kotaku.com/in...going-472611203 Good, those Japanese destroy me at MarioKart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 It explains why these channels were absent on the Wii U's Wii mode at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amstari Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Isn't the Everybody Votes Channel the same thing as the Mii Contest Channel where you submitted a Mii for contest with people voting on winners? The article makes it sound like they are two different channels. The Everybody Voters Channel was a different channel. It would have questions and you could vote and at the end of the week it worked out the total votes. You could also predict what you though would get the highest votes. It was interesting but once I needed space and moved it to the SD card I never used it anymore. I played a game of Mario Kart on the original Nintendo DS over the internet last night. I didn't expect it to still work because the game was released in 2005 and the 3DS has it's own Mario Kart game. I think this is a good sign that online play to the Wii will keep working if they are supporting the DS still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Started my system just now. I'm assuming the Mii Contest Channel is what's called the Check Mii Out channel in North America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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