Serious The last flames of our childhood is going away

TheShield

TheShield

With 3DS and Wii U Online services shutting down in April 8th, 2024, I have realized something... The candles of our childhood are being lighted out. How do y'all guys feel about it? Me? Personallly I feel sad because I loved playing Mario Kart 7 on my 3ds on 2017 and Pokemon X when.. what was it called, Pokelink I forgot what is was called, I used to have an account on there.
Now only PlayStation 3 Online services exist (just a few days ago they dropped an update for PlayStation 3) and Possibly XBOX 360.
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ant4456

ant4456

As someone who grew up on the 3DS and Wii U, the main thing that makes me sad here is Miiverse. I wasn't on social media, and in a world where my console of choice was a failure, Miiverse made even singleplayer games feel vibrant and full of people like me who loved Nintendo.

I hope Miiverse can come back in the future in some way, but also to the past in general: We have to move on
 
Lionyx

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I don't really mind, it needed to happen sooner or later and we're still keeping Pokémon Bank so I can't complain too much. Nearly everything of what I do on my 3DS/Wii U nowadays is offline play, and there are/will be ways to download updates and play online anyway, for whoever needs it.

If anything, I'm more nostalgic about it being free, as compared to modern Nintendo/PlayStation/Xbox online which one needs to pay for, but other than that, the consoles have had a nice life both offline and online as far as I'm concerned.
 
TheShield

TheShield

ant4456 said:
As someone who grew up on the 3DS and Wii U, the main thing that makes me sad here is Miiverse. I wasn't on social media, and in a world where my console of choice was a failure, Miiverse made even singleplayer games feel vibrant and full of people like me who loved Nintendo.

I hope Miiverse can come back in the future in some way, but also to the past in general: We have to move on
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bdt2002

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ant4456 said:
As someone who grew up on the 3DS and Wii U, the main thing that makes me sad here is Miiverse. I wasn't on social media, and in a world where my console of choice was a failure, Miiverse made even singleplayer games feel vibrant and full of people like me who loved Nintendo.

I hope Miiverse can come back in the future in some way, but also to the past in general: We have to move on
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Nah Miiverse was actual brain rot, that needed to go :worrywhirl:


Lionyx said:
I don't really mind, it needed to happen sooner or later and we're still keeping Pokémon Bank so I can't complain too much. Nearly everything of what I do on my 3DS/Wii U nowadays is offline play, and there are/will be ways to download updates and play online anyway, for whoever needs it.

If anything, I'm more nostalgic about it being free, as compared to modern Nintendo/PlayStation/Xbox online which one needs to pay for, but other than that, the consoles have had a nice life both offline and online as far as I'm concerned.
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Coming from someone who didn’t have online multiplayer access until the latter half of 2014 (and even then I only used it for, like, one or two different Wii U games), I won’t miss it because I’ve only gained more of an appreciation for playing games on my own in recent years. Back before I knew the truth about major gaming companies and online gaming etiquette, among other things, it seemed a lot more appealing. Having people wonder when you’re going to be online next just sounds like one extra pointless thing to get stressed about when I have other, far more useful things I’d rather be doing. By comparison, I distinctly remember being happier on average before we had access to the Internet, at least in this context.
 
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