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Sorry if already posted elsewhere, didn't see it.
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/info/se...update.jsp
Quote:Service Discontinuation: Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Service
Effective Date: May 20, 2014
Summary of Changes:
The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service, which provides certain online functionality for many Wii, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo DSi software titles, will be discontinued. This service change does not impact the ability to play these titles offline. For more details, click here
Examples of Discontinued Functionality:
Online play and matchmaking
Leaderboards and tournament data
Sharing of user generated content (ghost data, user created levels)
User exchange of in-game items or characters (Global Trade Station)
Free add-on content or downloads (new levels, in-game items, Mystery Gifts)
Games and Systems Impacted:
Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi games that use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service, will no longer have access to the features listed above. This includes Wii mode on Wii U and Nintendo DS games played on Nintendo 3DS family systems. For a complete list of impacted games, click here.
Notes:
Only online features for games using the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service are impacted. Other online functionality on Wii and Nintendo DS, such as access to the Wii Shop Channel, the Nintendo DSi Shop and video-on-demand services, are not affected at this time. Online play for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games will be unaffected (aside from the Wii mode on Wii U and Nintendo DS games played on Nintendo 3DS family systems).
Doesn't Project M still use WFC? Wonder what they're going to do.
Also how will this affect PokeBank? Or does it use its own connection? I never downloaded it so I never looked into it.
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Yeah I posted it in the 3DS topic, but having its own topic doesn't hurt.
Recap on the affected games by this decision
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Dolphin plays pm on it's own system so only console based wfc is affected. Still, this is a big deal. Nintendo is abandoning the online market?
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Sounds like they're really trying to nudge people to get WiiU for online play. It really sucks though considering there's games still less than 2 years old that use the service.(Pokemon Black 2/White 2) I'd say it's way too soon but not unexpected after most of the online features halted on the Wii.
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I posted about it in the pokemon XY thread, I didn't realize it was for every Nintendo DS/Wii game(only pokemon titles were listed on Serebii) though.. Wow.
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._. but how are we supposed to battle over the net on pogey gaems then?
Edit: Do you think we could mitigate the loss of pokemon games with xlink kai? Xlink kai basically makes adhoc games function like wfc games.
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Zelkova Wrote:._. but how are we supposed to battle over the net on pogey gaems then?
Edit: Do you think we could mitigate the loss of pokemon games with xlink kai? Xlink kai basically makes adhoc games function like wfc games.
Xlink Kai doesn't work for DS to my knowledge, though.
This sounds like they're losing too much money and are trying to reduce costs. They don't care about the Wii or DS anymore because they're trying to move Wii U/3DS's, so they're trying to remove the reason to use a Wii / DS.
Problem is that the Wii U and 3DS flat out emulate the Wii/DS games, so even people who bought the newer consoles with backwards compatibility in mind are getting screwed.
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Polantaris Wrote:Xlink Kai doesn't work for DS to my knowledge, though.
Right now it doesn't, however I would be curious if they could make it work. It seems like a pretty big opportunity and it would probably be a mistake not to jump on it.
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Zelkova Wrote:Right now it doesn't, however I would be curious if they could make it work. It seems like a pretty big opportunity and it would probably be a mistake not to jump on it.
If I remember correctly, the idea was brought up, at least for the 3DS, when it was announced that MH was moving over to the 3DS, and the developers of XLink said something about how the device works with wireless they can't do it or some other nonsense like that.
I think XLink Kai is pretty much dying anyway, as they've lost a lot of support recently (especially in the wireless adapter department). I also haven't seen a major update for it in months last time I checked... It's a shame, but I guess it had to happen eventually.
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Motherfucking Nintendo.
They couldn't have switched to a subscription model?
Well, hopefully someone will make a spoof DNS to replace NWFC's functions.
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OMG NOooooo... No more online Brawl! 
Looks like I'll be shelling out for a WiiU just to play online smash...
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This is exactly why you should never outsource your online support to a third party.
Kind of seems strange news to hear, considering that Nintendo will be releasing DS games on the WiiU VC.
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xparasite9 Wrote:Kind of seems strange news to hear, considering that Nintendo will be releasing DS games on the WiiU VC.
Don't assume they're going to have any multiplayer functions at all. They really half assed all the other virtual consoles this gen, they'll half ass the DS one too.
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VC in general is a massive scam
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Takebacker Wrote:VC in general is a massive scam
Not really.
If they did it right, GBA/DS games would totally be worth £5 (GBA) and probably a bit more for the DS games (The ones worth playing anyway)... on the 3ds. Would beat the price of most of them second hand by a significant amount too.
Couldn't give fewer pineapples about them on Wii U though.
I also don't know anyone who wants the NES games rereleased for the millionth time, so there's that.
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Edit: Nevermind, what I was thinking is ruined by video games that can't update.
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Zelkova Wrote:I wonder if it would even be possible for Nintendo to provide an update for the Wii and DSi (and newer) to utilize the nintendo network rather than WFC.
Unlikely. Given that it appears to have been done on a game by game basis (hence why some DS games can access WPA2 connections on DSi/3DSes, but others can't), it would probably require patching every game separately.
I do expect homebrewers to hack together a solution though, even if it's just faking a Nintendo server like the GTS downloads.
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Lozmaster Wrote:Unlikely. Given that it appears to have been done on a game by game basis (hence why some DS games can access WPA2 connections on DSi/3DSes, but others can't), it would probably require patching every game separately.
I do expect homebrewers to hack together a solution though, even if it's just faking a Nintendo server like the GTS downloads.
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Lozmaster Wrote:I do expect homebrewers to hack together a solution though, even if it's just faking a Nintendo server like the GTS downloads.
This would be nice. Incentive to homebrew has dipped tremendously now that both P:M and brawl minus have hackless set ups. Of course, homebrew'd wiis never really had compatibility with nintendo wfc and still didn't make their own, so maybe they can't.
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