Nintendo WiFi Connection ending May 20 (Games are affected, stores are not)

BTP

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Edit 2: List of "Affected Games" for all systems can be found here. It's a pretty big list.

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Straight from Japan: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2014/0227.html

...and Australia. http://www.nintendo.com.au/termination-of-nintendo-wi-fi-connection

I imagine it's only a matter of time before the rest of the world confirms it in different regions.

It'll be quicker to stay what is NOT affected, so here's the real meat of the message.

Australia wrote:

Unaffected services

The following services are not affected by the termination, and will continue to be available after May 20th:

Internet Channel
Nintendo DS Browser
Nintendo DSi Browser
Nintendo DSi Shop
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Pay & Play
Wii Shop Channel
YouTube

Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games will not be affected but it will not be possible to use online features of Wii software played in Wii Mode on Wii U, and of Nintendo DS games played on Nintendo 3DS family systems.

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Edit: And now, America.

America wrote:

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service for Nintendo DS and Wii to end in May

2014-02-26

As of May 20, 2014, certain online functionality offered through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will no longer be accessible. The discontinued services include online play, matchmaking and leaderboards for many Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi games. For a comprehensive list of games and services that are affected, please check http://support.nintendo.com/servicesupdate. Users can still play the games in offline mode, which continues to offer a rich game-play experience.

Online play for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games will be unaffected (aside from the Wii mode on Wii U and Nintendo DS games on Nintendo 3DS family systems). Other online functionality, such as access to the Wii Shop Channel, the Nintendo DSi Shop and video-on-demand services, are also not affected at this time.

We at Nintendo sincerely thank our fans for their continued support of our company’s legacy systems. Your enthusiasm for games made for these systems speaks to their longevity, and the passion of Nintendo fans.

List of affected Nintendo software titles

Note: Game functionality that does not require an Internet connection will remain unchanged.

Nintendo DS
100 Classic Books
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Clubhouse Games
Custom Robo Arena
Diddy Kong Racing DS
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Fossil Fighters: Champions
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Mario Kart DS
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem
Metroid Prime Hunters
Personal Trainer: Walking
Picross 3D
Picross DS
Planet Puzzle League
Pokémon Black Version
Pokémon Black Version 2
Pokémon Diamond Version
Pokémon HeartGold Version
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Pokémon Pearl Version
Pokémon Platinum Version
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Pokémon SoulSilver Version
Pokémon White Version
Pokémon White Version 2
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Professor Layton and the Last Specter
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Star Fox Command
Style Savvy
Tenchu: Dark Secret
Tetris DS
WarioWare DIY

Nintendo DSiWare
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
Metal Torrent
Number Battle

Wii
Animal Crossing: City Life
Battalion Wars 2
Endless Ocean
Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep
Excitebots: Trick Racing
Fortune Street
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Sports Mix
Mario Strikers Charged
Pokémon Battle Revolution
Samurai Warriors 3
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Wii Music*

WiiWare
Dr. Mario Online RX
Excitebike: World Rally
LONPOS
Maboshi's Arcade
My Pokémon Ranch
ThruSpace
WarioWare DIY

Other
Wii Speak**
Wii Speak Channel**

(*) Services that require Internet communication ended on June 28, 2013.
(**) As Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is required to use this title, it is no longer functional

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End of an era, that's for sure.

Hey everyone, remember this thread?

What games will you be playing during NWC's last moments?

Menasor

Why did I think that this already happened a year ago?

Stormwatcher

What happen to ya, nintendo
yo ass used to be beautiful

tuxkamen

ASDFKLJASKLFJA NINTENDOOOOOoo wrote:

JUMP ULTIMATE STARS

I hate you. I hate you to death.

agoaj

It looks like Monster Hunter Tri is NOT on the list.

This makes me want to play some Goldeneye

LBD_Nytetrayn

Very sad. But if you want to purchase DLC for a game like Mega Man 10 or 100 Classic Books, can you still get it? Or does that not count, since it's not technically in the shops?

I guess what I'm saying is: Is it now or never for DLC (what little there is), and if it is, does anyone know which games have it?

agoaj

LBD_Nytetrayn wrote: »

Very sad. But if you want to purchase DLC for a game like Mega Man 10 or 100 Classic Books, can you still get it? Or does that not count, since it's not technically in the shops?

I guess what I'm saying is: Is it now or never for DLC (what little there is), and if it is, does anyone know which games have it?

I think DLC is covered under Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Pay & Play which isn't ending.

lionheart_m

I didn't think about MM9 or 10...dammit I really should pick that DLC.

BronzeKoopa

Dragon Quest IX's free DLC "downloads" won't be available after the shutdown. Mega Man 9 & 10 is weird, it's listed in that huge list of games affected but I don't get why you won't be able to purchase the DLC if the shops are still staying up.

Also Monster Hunter Tri on Wii has been offline for a while now right around when the Wii U version released. I think Capcom themselves handles online for Monster Hunter.

lionheart_m

Man, that list makes me a bit sad. The Wii really did have a solid library. There's TONS of games there that I haven't played yet.

Dark Raven X

So after this goes down, you won't be able to trade in Pokemon games via the internets?

I mean, granted, I could never get it to work anyway, but...

Sterica

Technically you can transfer pokemon up to Gen 5 games and transfer them to Gen 6 games and trade them online that way.

Sterica

Stormwatcher wrote: »

What happen to ya, nintendo
yo ass used to be beautiful

This year the Wii turns eight and the DS turns ten. It's not like they were going to keep them up forever, and other companies regularly shut down their online infrastructure for aging hardware/software too.

The only difference here is that the Wii is shutting down much earlier than its contemporaries, but that's because the Wii had shitty online that might as well have no users when compared to the 360 and PS3.

LBD_Nytetrayn

agoaj wrote: »

LBD_Nytetrayn wrote: »

Very sad. But if you want to purchase DLC for a game like Mega Man 10 or 100 Classic Books, can you still get it? Or does that not count, since it's not technically in the shops?

I guess what I'm saying is: Is it now or never for DLC (what little there is), and if it is, does anyone know which games have it?

I think DLC is covered under Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Pay & Play which isn't ending.

Yeah, gave them a call, they say that stuff will continue on for now.

BTP

This is a reminder that this is the last weekend you'll be able to smack someone across the world with a koopa shell or a banana peel while driving on a rainbow in space is glorious 2D SD, among the many other things you were able to do online with a Wii and DS.

(And if anyone ever bought a WiiWare game called "Overturn", or still plays CoD:WaW, I'd love to swap friend codes to have a chance to try that out while I can.)

agoaj

Sadly my Wii is across the country or I would do a game night.

Bartholamue

BronzeKoopa wrote: »

Dragon Quest IX's free DLC "downloads" won't be available after the shutdown. Mega Man 9 & 10 is weird, it's listed in that huge list of games affected but I don't get why you won't be able to purchase the DLC if the shops are still staying up.

From what I understand, the extra quests are technically in the game, but the only reason you would have to connect is to receive an unlock code-like thing from Nintendo. Something you can get from Action Replay (if you want to go that route after the shutdown)

agoaj

RIP.
Did anyone get in any last minute matches of their favorite games?

BTP

I was able to do a little bit of CoD:WaW, battle mode on Mario Kart (since I didn't play that part of it much), and a couple of really stupid matches of Brawl.

And I mean STUPID.

Stupid as in me not being in on the joke that if one person attacks another, it becomes an all-vs.-attacker match.

At least there was no lag.......at first. Eventually, it just chugged and everyone moved about as quickly as a Pokemon match in terms of command input -> movement. I wonder if that was also somehow intentional by those I played against, because despite the handicap and mounting losses, I still wasn't giving up.