Goodbye Nintendo Wifi

Nintendo have announced the end of online servers for Wii and DS

Nintendo have recently announced that it will be shutting down its Wii and DS online servers. The service known by hardcore Nintendo fans as Nintendo Wi-fi connection , will be getting shut down on the 20th of May.

Many of the games available for the DS and the Wii rely upon these servers for their multilayer gaming, which after the 20th of May will not be possible. It is estimated that over 60 games worldwide will be affected.

Iconic Wii games such as Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Kart will lose multiplayer, matchmaking and leaderboard support as when they go offline permanently. As for DS games, Metroid Prime Hunters, Mario Kart and a large majority of Pokemon games will also be affected.

At the moment the UK has not been added to the list of countries affected, however it is looking like a worldwide shutdown of Nintendo's wifi service will happen.

As well as shutting down their wifi service, Nintendo has announced that they will be shutting down the video services for the 3DS on the 31st March. However they have confirmed that the Wii shop channel and the DSi shop will continue to function along side the Wii's internet channel and YouTube app.

Nintendo have announced that the Wii U Tvii feature will be coming to Europe soon.