News Summary

• It looks like Nintendo has already begun to restrict the Wii U and 3DS’s ability to play online, according to multiple users and media outlets like Nintendo Life..
• So, now, you can’t buy new games or go online with your old games..
• This may not impact every player just yet, so head online with your console to give it a shot..
• The company’s silly-yet-engaging Miiverse social network, which operated on both consoles, was shut down in 2017, though there’s a post archive.This is sad, but it happens..
• If you’ve been planning on spending the tail-end of your holiday break revisiting the original Splatoon for Wii U or Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, you could be out of luck..
• This started just before Christmas Eve, which is a real Bowser move.We knew this was coming, but Nintendo originally said the shutdown wouldn’t happen until early April..