Nintendo has released an overview trailer for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, breaking down the story, setting, and combat mechanics players can expect. Check it out below.
08.04.2024 - 23:41 / thegamer.com / Nintendo
Online multiplayer on all Wii U and 3DS games has come to an end, as Nintendo shuts down the servers for good. This makes it impossible to use online functionality in games such as Pokemon X & Y, Splatoon, Mario Kart 8, and Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS - at least while using conventional means.
From now on, the only way to access the online features in these games will be to rely on fan-made servers, as we've seen with the original Wii. This means that most players have likely played their final online matches on these consoles, as Nintendo looks to the future with the Switch and its unannounced successor.
Across social media, Nintendo fans are paying their respects to the consoles, with many playing a few games of Splatoon for old-time's sake.
Over on the Nintendo 3D, fans have been saying goodbye to Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Of course, most of its features will be intact after today, but this has been the last day that players are able to visit one another's towns. After this, they'll have to move on to Animal Crossing: New Horizons if they want an online multiplayer experience.
Splatoon is one of the most affected games, as the main appeal was its online play. Now, you're limited to the single-player campaign and the local one-on-one multiplayer.
The servers were only just taken offline, as the shutdown was scheduled for 7PM EST. It comes after the 3DS and Wii U launched in 2011 and 2012 respectively, giving them decent lifecycles of more than a decade. That said, this is still far less support than other companies have provided their consoles, with online servers for PS3 and Xbox 360 still functional, depending on the game.
The Wii U and 3DS have now joined their predecessors, the Wii and DS, which had their online servers shut down in 2014. This leaves the Switch as the only Nintendo console with online play, although this probably won't last much longer, as rumours circulate that the company's next console will be with us next year.
Nintendo has released an overview trailer for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, breaking down the story, setting, and combat mechanics players can expect. Check it out below.
A Minecraft player has created a library dedicated to every Enchantment in the game. The various Minecraft equipment can have lots of different Enchantments applied to them, and this player has an idea to ensure they never run out of power-ups.
Kit and Krysta, ex-Nintendo employees, showed their impressive Nintendo 3DS collection in a video. The duo mentions they had the benefit of being part of the entire lifecycle of the Nintendo 3DS while working at Nintendo, which allowed them to amass a collection of 100+ items.
Amazon is offering the Jackery Explorer 100 31,000mAh Power Bank for $99.99 after you clip the $30 off coupon on the product page. This is the largest capacity power bank we've seen that's TSA carry-on eligible. It also uses superior LiFePO4 battery cells, can charge up to 3 devices simultaneously, and boasts up to 100W charging output via USB Type-C.
Single-player life simulation game Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game will launch digitally for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam this fall, publisher Private Division and developer Weta Workshop announced. It will support English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese language options.
A Nintendo modder has created a tiny version of the Wii that actually works. The miniature build is impressive from a technical standpoint, and for fans who enjoy such projects, the pocket-sized Wii creator has shared how it was built so others can recreate it.
It has been the end of an era for the 3DS and Wii U, but the functionality of the Nintendoconsoles’ games may now be better protected than many initially thought. Considering the widespread repercussions, it is easy to see the recent shutdown of online services tied to the consoles as Nintendo destroying the childhood of many people. However, action has been taken to combat the dire effect that this will have on many beloved games, and save them from their fates.
25 years ago, Nintendo began to promote an action-adventure game called Riqa, but that game quickly disappeared from the public eye and vanished into obscurity. But now, the game is back and playable thanks to one of the original devs at the defunct UK developer Bits Studios.
Nintendo's war against emulators seems far from over, as the Discord servers of two Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator forks were recently removed following a court-ordered injunction.
Earlier this week, the servers supporting online services for all 3DS and Wii U games met their end. Although it's a sad time for anyone who has a place in their heart for the games affected, the community efforts that have followed since are so wholesome that it almost makes the whole thing worth it. Tributes have been flooding in to honor the fallen online modes, and a dedicated subsection of fans are somehow still holding on as the last survivors of the official servers.
While the final days of the Nintendo 3DS might have been a long time coming, that doesn’t take away the sting that comes with the final step of ending a generation of consoles.
Nintendo fans managed to preserve a good portion of game content on the 3DS and Wii U before the servers were shut down. On April 8th, Nintendo shut down the servers for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, removing all online capabilities. However, to ensure that some features wouldn't be lost to history due to the lack of connectivity, a community of fans mobilized to create the SpotPass Archival Project.