New 3DS And Wii U Users Can No Longer Go Online In Games

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Earlier this year, Nintendo announced it would be ending "online play and other functionality" that uses online communication for both 3DS and Wii U as of "early April" 2024.


Now, in an update, it's been discovered that new users can no longer go online in any games on 3DS or Wii U. This information comes from a lengthy blog post on Pretendo, which mentions how this change took place "some time in late December 2023".


If you try to play online with a Nintendo account from here on out, it will reportedly result in 'Error code 106-0303' on Wii U and 'Error Code 006-0303' on 3DS. This is due to new accounts "no longer being synchronized" with servers.


Super Mario Maker players have also been encountering 'Error Code 106-0502' in "early December", but existing users are still able to connect to the game's servers it seems. You can get a more detailed rundown about this on Pretendo.
 
There's servers for the DS Pokemon games so if someone wants to host for specific games it's definitely possible.

Kinda sad the PS3 is still going strong that outdates both of these by at least 5 years. Nintendo pulled the plug WAAAAAAAY too fast compared to the Wii.
 
Can you still download the extra stuff in the monster hunter games? When they were shutting down the 3ds store it looks like that stuff was on Capcom's own servers.
 
Can you still download the extra stuff in the monster hunter games? When they were shutting down the 3ds store it looks like that stuff was on Capcom's own servers.

If you look into modifying your 3ds not only can you download DLC & Updates for games you can download any game ever released for the platform from the 3ds natively basically the E-shop but everything is free.. look in H-shop.
 
The Wii U sold 13M systems. Total. This is a massive who gives a shit story.
Only 1-2 millions active user on PS3 for now (based on recent leak) and when Sony announce they down PS Store (not online game, just PS Store), they've got massive backlash they force to go back.

3DS selling also a lot, but for some reason, people don't care much when Nintendo stop eShop/Online
 
It seems that Nintendo is always pulling the plug early for their old systems, whether it's online play, eShop or just general support.
 
Only 1-2 millions active user on PS3 for now (based on recent leak) and when Sony announce they down PS Store (not online game, just PS Store), they've got massive backlash they force to go back.

3DS selling also a lot, but for some reason, people don't care much when Nintendo stop eShop/Online
The PS3 sold 83M systems.

Again, the Wii U sold 13M
 
Only 1-2 millions active user on PS3 for now (based on recent leak) and when Sony announce they down PS Store (not online game, just PS Store), they've got massive backlash they force to go back.

3DS selling also a lot, but for some reason, people don't care much when Nintendo stop eShop/Online
There wasn't a story about you wouldn't be able to download the games you bought ? I thought it was because of this that people were upset, now because they won't be able to play FIFA 07 online anymore.
 
When did PS3/Vita and 3DS/WiiU release and which ones are still online for everyone with no upcoming closure date?

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You can still download and play on PS3/Vita. Get the best Squaresoft games for PS1 and enjoy them on the Vita or PS3. I still ply my Vita more than I do my 3DS. My 3DS has Dragon Quest VII and VIII. There are quite a few really great games on 3DS. Nintendo kicked the shins of the people who bought digitally.
 
It is curious the contrast of this type of news depending on the brand, if it is Sony trying to close the PS3 store everything is indignation, if it is Nintendo...well it seems that there is not that much of a problem...
 
It is curious the contrast of this type of news depending on the brand, if it is Sony trying to close the PS3 store everything is indignation, if it is Nintendo...well it seems that there is not that much of a problem...
It is a problem but the difference is Sony listens to their fanbase but Nintendo knows their drone fanbase will fold easily.
 
I don't understand why there can't be one little server blade to handle these things.
I picture an old concrete building, foundation leaning over into a partially flooded lake in the middle of nowhere with racks of old computers doing old things.
 
Such a shame to decommission these services. They can probably host these without much investment. I think the major challenges are with Credit Card systems being out of date making it costly to get those up to standards.
 
So lame. Crazy to think that Nintendo could do no wrong when I was a kid but I now struggle to think of a gaming company that I dislike more than Nintendo.
 
It is curious the contrast of this type of news depending on the brand, if it is Sony trying to close the PS3 store everything is indignation, if it is Nintendo...well it seems that there is not that much of a problem...
Because Nintendo fanboys are the same people making YT comments praising Nintendo for taking legal action on fan games/emulation.
 
To be fair, both systems are more than a decade old. And were both commercially discontinued years ago. Wii U was discontinued in *2015*.

Go get a private server set up or something

The active users playing online games on either system was probably routinely in the single digits at this point. Why would anyone expect Nintendo to just permanently fund servers that no one is using?

No one does that. Lol
 
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Such a shame to decommission these services. They can probably host these without much investment. I think the major challenges are with Credit Card systems being out of date making it costly to get those up to standards.
credit card systems aren't an issue because they've already killed the stores making it so you can't purchase anything
 

They announced its planned discontinuation in Dec 2015. Whatever 🤷‍♂️

It didn't sell hardly units in 2016 because they'd moved onto the classic Minis starting holiday 2015, since the Wii U was such an unmitigated disaster.
 
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They announced its planned discontinuation in Dec 2015. Whatever 🤷‍♂️

It didn't sell hardly units in 2016 because they'd moved onto the classic Minis starting holiday 2015, since the Wii U was such an unmitigated disaster.
Oh, well. I was going to share this.
It was still 2017.
 
To be fair, both systems are more than a decade old. And were both commercially discontinued years ago. Wii U was discontinued in *2015*.

Go get a private server set up or something

The active users playing online games on either system was probably routinely in the single digits at this point. Why would anyone expect Nintendo to just permanently fund servers that no one is using?

No one does that. Lol

I play Mario Kart on my 3DS often online… there's still a large user base. You don't know what you're talking about.
 
I feel like Nintendo really knows me, giving me tonnes of options, ways to customise and personalised suggestions.

It's important to me that the companies I support take sustainability seriously, and Nintendo does.
 
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