Nintendo is shutting down online play on 3DS and Wii U in April 2024 | VGC

“In early April 2024, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software,” Nintendo said on its Support website.

“This also includes online co-operative play, internet rankings, and data distribution.”

“if an event occurs that would make it difficult to continue online services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software, we may have to discontinue services earlier than planned.”

As for Pokémon Bank

Pokémon Bank will still retain its online functionality (presumably since it’s still used by players and uses online connectivity as its central mechanic).

Edit: Official Announcement with Q&A: …nintendo.com/…/announcement-of-discontinuation-o…

Varyag,
@Varyag@lemm.ee avatar

This is why I always favor games and gamemodes you can still play offline or locally than online ones.
Still, pour one out for my old, 850h savefile on MH4U, I had so many great times with that game.

AlecSadler,

I have an NES that still works. Looks great on this old CRT TV I had in college.

I’m actually less worried about the NES failing so much as the TV failing and then I’m not sure what I’d do…

kratoz29,

What games do you recommend me to give it a chance before official servers are done?

Aside of Smash and Mario Kart.

JowlesMcGee,
JowlesMcGee avatar

I've heard it's full of hackers, but the original Splatoon had really interesting (good and bad) maps that are worth trying if you've only played the third

kratoz29,

Oh, sorry, I didn’t specify, I meant for 3DS.

JowlesMcGee,
JowlesMcGee avatar

Ah, got ya. The only ones for the 3DS I can think of are fantasy life and Monster Hunter.

Oh, and I guess that Zelda game, Triforce heroes? Not sure if it had online co-op, but if it does it might be worth a try.

Yokozuna,

Ah so I can finally hack into my 3ds without feeling a little guilty. Anyone know some good guides to do this?

any1th3r3,

With a few useful keywords (you’ve got them), the literal first result of any search engine. 3DS hacking / custom firmware installation has been extensively documented and is quite straightforward.

SwagGaribaldi,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/bac56fbc-57b6-4b69-8ce9-740686a987a0.jpeg

rezz,

3ds.hacks.guide

Follow the above guide exactly – then download:

hshop.erista.me

and also use

myrient.erista.me

This will cover 100% of your bases. You’ll be able to play anything and have a great experience. New 2DS XL highly recommended.

Khorgor666,
@Khorgor666@feddit.de avatar

I can confirm everything you posted, works like a charm and the 3ds is still a really nice gaming platform with a deep game library

rezz,

HShop is a revelation.

maddy1149,

i’m so glad the people who say to use random youtube guides didn’t come over to lemmy

nudnyekscentryk,
@nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info avatar

this is the positive technocratic gatekeeping.

riquisimo,

Man, you’d think that if there was only, say, 100 people a day using this service they could just scale the service down. Whatever the number of active users they could just scale the service down, that number isn’t likely to spike again ever (and even if it did no one would be surprised if there were service interruptions on a service that old).

Maybe it’s a security issue? But there are no credit card transactions in online multiplayer? Idk.

TAG,
@TAG@lemmy.world avatar

I assume that there is some fixed resource cost for the servers on top of the per-user cost. For example, they need to maintain a user database of every single single account that ever played online.

Also, systems that are designed to scale up well are often not designed to scale down (for example, the match making queue is sized for 10,000 users. It may be something that is not too hard to fix, but fixing it would involve rewriting code that they are not familiar with (all of the devs probably moved on to other work and likely many are no longer with the company) and is going to introduce all sorts of new scale issues (for example, a server needs 1 GB of free memory to run a vulnerability scan. If you cut its memory allocation by 50%, that might not be the case and you will not know it until the 3rd Tuesday of the month when the scan is scheduled).

It is possible that it costs Nintendo almost the same to run online match making for 10 players as it does for 10,000.

jellyka,

Sometimes most people with the knowledge are gone, the people left need to keep things relatively up to date for security reasons, but the legacy systems aren’t as nice, so it takes time and is generally unfun to do. Sometimes a new law in Europe goes live and you should be able to add a pop-up somewhere, but when you follow the docs on how to update stuff, it doesn’t even work for a myriad of reasons. It’s not like maintaining a software for 12 years really, which a ton of businesses do successfully. When you’re just keeping something alive that works and almost never crashes, you get to a point where doing mandated new updates gets harder and harder. And now with the shops gone, there’s even less of a money incentive to keep the thing going :(

_Lory98_,

Does this include third-party games or is it only for Nintendo hosted servers?

slimerancher,
@slimerancher@lemmy.world avatar

Are you also ending online services for software from publishers other than Nintendo?

With some exceptions, online services will end for all Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Please contact publishers for information about the online services for their software.

zurchpet,
@zurchpet@lemmy.ml avatar

Let’s hope for pretendo.network

variants,

very cool, I learn something new eveyday

768,

I wonder if Monster Hunter: Generations needs specific work or would be included in general 3DS projects.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

Is there an offline monster hunter? It looks like it’s up my alley but I don’t like online games. I’m a cranky ass.

v4ld1z,
@v4ld1z@lemmy.zip avatar

Yea, of course. Most Monster Hunter games are completely self-contained and can be played solo offline or local co-op (also offline). The older games do not adjust their difficulty when attempting guild quests since those are usually intended for co-op play, so the monsters’ health and damage numbers might exceed your current level. But if you’re not interested in those, pretty much every Monster Hunter game - including the 3DS titles like 3/4 Ultimate and Generations - has its own offline story mode and plenty of quests to play through.

If you have a friend to play with, local co-op is heaps of fun. Back when the series was reserved to the PSP, that’s how I got my hundreds of hours clocked in.

If you do end up trying out any of the 3DS Monster Hunter titles and do not have a New 3DS, do get a Circle Pad Pro if you haven’t already. It’s essentially a grip for the 3DS that makes the handheld bulkier and adds a much-needed second joystick for camera movement.

Cheers!

TwilightVulpine,

The jailbreaking community saves the day once again

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