2023-10-04 17:05:02
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On October 4 on Twitter, Nintendo announced that all online features on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS will stop working in April 2024. This applies to both stores and online gaming. This is sad news for players who will no longer be able to get any games on the Wii U Virtual Console, a service that does not yet exist on the Nintendo Switch. On Wii U it was possible to buy and play many games from older generations, even those not released in France! While on the Nintendo Switch, although included in the different subscriptions, it is only possible to play certain games on certain consoles. The closure of online services also undermines the gameplay of Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo! One of the fan favorites.
As of early April 2024, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products.
Find out more: https://t.co/nOyzBImHCE
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 4, 2023
A big loss for Animal Crossing players
Indeed, Animal Crossing: New Leaf players will lose the ability to visit other people’s villages. This is one of the major interests of the game, it motivates you to improve your game in order to compare it to others. Also, many players interact and get to know each other this way, which is one of the riches of the game. the game can no longer be completed 100%. Two of the badges required to complete this objective (“Host” and “Dreamer”) require visitors to come to your world and you to go to theirs. Fortunately, some fans point out that it will still be possible to access this feature via unofficial servers. A way to get around Nintendo’s sad resolution.
Players therefore have every interest in obtaining these badges before April 2024. Thus, this new constraint will affect them minimally. Likewise, all Wii U and Nintendo 3DS owners are strongly invited to download as many games of their choice as possible via the virtual console store. Once April passes, they will still be able to play and download them as they wish. Don’t panic for die-hard Pokémon players, the Pokémon Bank is the only service that will be maintained. As a reminder, this storage feature allows you to transfer Pokémon from versions X/Y and Sun/Moon to Pokémon Home, the equivalent of Pokémon Bank on Switch, to then transfer them to the latest opuses.
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