[sageamagoo]

https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/info/ … update.jsp

 

Well, it looks like Nintendo’s axing online support, so no more DLC, leaderboards, or online multiplayer for us Wii users.

 

Time to invest in an Xbox.

[Oddbrother]

Better get your Pokémon transferred quickly.

[Gigakoops]

I think it’s a bit soon for them to be doing this, personally. Yes, it sucks, and it’s inevitable, but wait another year or so at least, especially given the fact that the Wii U isn’t printing as much money as expected.

[TrojanNemo]

Sucks to hear guys. But frankly, who still plays this game online? Not me ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_cheeky.001.gif” />

[StackOverflow0x]

It’s all about the leaderboards, man. Plus, the possible potential customs online had since it’s not like they could ban you or anything.

But really, how much longer until the other consoles nite the dust? 1, 2 years?

[blackheartstar]

I’m primarily a PS3 player with Xbox for customs but this still makes me sad. I’m sorry Wiiers ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_frown.gif” />

[AddyMills]

Better get your Pokémon transferred quickly.

 

Aren’t all ways of transferring Pokémon to other games all based on ad hoc networking? Like, to transfer from Diamond/Pearl to Black(2)/White(2), you would only need 2 DS’s next to each other, it doesn’t talk to any server for this as far as I’m aware.

 

And to transfer from Black(2)/White(2) to X/Y all you need is the poke transfer, which is for 3DS and unaffected.

 

Unless you’re talking about event Pokémon, but, again, as far as I’m aware, there aren’t any active events for the older games anymore.

 

Although I guess no more trading with strangers online in the older games will suck.

[Bryan2Blazed]

I was recently given a wii and was already pissed about the friend code thing being discontinued when I got it. This is ridiculous. A trillion dollar company wont keep their golden console online. I loath nintendo. They have no idea what the hell they are doing. I don’t think they ever did. Nintendo has always been right time, right place lucky. They didn’t get so lucky putting 2009 hardware in the Wii U and I couldn’t be more happy. The term “The chickens have come home to roost” applies perfectly here. Nintendo’s unwillingness and arrogance in the past to adapt to an online infrastructure has brought them where they are today. You guys have no idea how many yards I cut with a push mower when I was 8 and 9 to go buy $60 dollar NES games that were complete trash. We didn’t have internet to look up if a game was good (not broken)or worth buying (fun)and nintendo took complete advantage of this fact. So seeing them suffer sure does put a smile on my face. ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_biggrin.gif” /> Do they actually think completely turning off the wii online is going to make people go buy a Wii U? Yes, yes they do. Because they are nintendo, and they are stupid.

[galexio]

I was recently given a wii and was already pissed about the friend code thing being discontinued when I got it.

Bad Luck Bryan2Blazed.

Given a Wii; Nintendo announces online functionality discontinuation as soon as he gets it

[raynebc]

You guys have no idea how many yards I cut with a push mower when I was 8 and 9 to go buy $60 dollar NES games that were complete trash. We didn’t have internet to look up if a game was good (not broken)or worth buying (fun)and nintendo took complete advantage of this fact.

As painful as being burned by a game purchase is, there WAS a rental games market back in the NES era. Spending a couple dollars to rent a game once or twice to make sure it’s actually good would have been a good way to vet a video game purchase.

[Anonymous]

But really, how much longer until the other consoles nite the dust? 1, 2 years?

 

Microsoft already confirmed support for the Xbox 360 will last for quite sometime. (I think until 2016, at least. Could be more base on the sales and such). Idk about PS3.

 

Though, if Microsoft is smart… They would keep Xbox Live running for the 360, since it looks like they aren’t bothering to update some of the most ONLINE-played Xbox games onto the Xbox One. Plus the DLCs are still selling so ye’h…

[espher]

I was recently given a wii and was already pissed about the friend code thing being discontinued when I got it. This is ridiculous.

 

Let’s pretend that every other company didn’t shut down online infrastructure for their consoles and titles ‘too early’, when there was still an active player base for the titles in question.

 

Nintendo is shutting it down because the consoles using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (DS and Wii) are both about eight years old, the infrastructure wasn’t even great to begin with, and the title that is (ostensibly) the most played online came out six years ago. Shutting it off isn’t going to incentivize people to buy the new consoles anymore than the existing library (best in gen) or Mario Kart 8/Super Smash Bros WiiU were going to anyway. The original Xbox Live was shut down eight years after it launched, and Halo 2 only had online support for (wait for it) six years. If Microsoft keeps support for XBL for the 360 for another three years (and why wouldn’t they since if they have over 30 million people paying them money for it — they’re not exactly running this for free or at a loss), it’ll have been around for 10-11 years.

 

Ideally Nintendo would have kept it up and running since their new console is backwards compatible (including for online play and the store), but it’s not like they’re deviating dramatically from the relatively juvenile console online space (aside from limited forays with the Dreamcast, GameCube, and PS2 modems/adapters, online console gaming really only became a thing starting with the original Xbox Live) — and, let’s be honest, a) they’re not exactly killing off a ton of games and I would bet on homebrew giving us a solution if people really care (e.g. for things like Project M).

 

As for the rest of your post, Nintendo dropped the ball by not coming up with a new name and trying to bank on the Wii and by not exactly doing anything to justify the tablet (which is a fantastic addition to the system for off-TV play and in the seven cases where it was used uniquely by a game or for asynchronous multiplayer). The fact that people are bitching about the hardware in it being subpar and “2009” and fellating Sony and Microsoft for releasing wicked awesome 2010 hardware that gave us the first console generation where consoles are outperformed by mid-tier PCs at launch tells me that most people don’t know fuck all about hardware. Many of these same people think that Nintendo doesn’t release new IP or is “kiddie” while they’re furiously masturbating over incrementally updated FIFA, Madden, and CoD releases with fantastic new subscription and “season pass” concepts that cause people to pay for features that used to be gratis.

 

As for a lack of ability to go online and look at a game before you bought it — I would argue the pre-release marketing (rarely a negative preview by an outlet even if their review takes a dump on the title), review embargoes, and use of pre-order incentives makes you far more likely to pick up a lemon than, say, renting a game from a local store and/or skimming through the variety of console gaming magazines at your local supermarket (seriously, in that era non-PC stuff wasn’t plastic-sealed with demo discs). ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_cheeky.001.gif”>

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