Over the past few days, the Wii Store Channel has been experiencing some major issues. At the moment, it seems impossible to access the digital store.
On startup, you will likely be presented with an almost blank screen. Sit around long enough and you may also encounter an error code. Unfortunately, there is nothing else to do but manually return to the main menu.
The situation is likely to be seen by many as unimportant. After all, we’re a few console generations that have bypassed the Wii at this point. Nintendo has since released the Wii U and the Switch – the latter being Nintendo’s current focus (and the focus of many gamers).
The Wii Store Channel technically closed in 2019, but those who have already purchased content can still access their previous purchases. Due to the current situation, this is not possible at the moment. Nintendo has indicated that previous downloads will stop “at some point” Also, although there is no announcement regarding a specific date.
As for the current status of the Wii Store Channel, it’s unclear what’s going on. It is entirely possible that he will be back in a few days. but looking nintendo maintenance pageThere’s nothing about any issues or when it will be up and running again. We will monitor the situation in the future.
Nintendo just announced last month that it will be ending Wii U and 3DS eShop purchases in March 2023. We have more information on that. here.
Thanks Jacques for the advice.