These are contradictions.Access isn't going away. Even the original Wii shop is still running. You just can't purchase stuff anymore.
Is Ace Attorney vs. Layton there? That thing goes crazy expensive for the physical version.Anything we should buy before it all goes?
Not in perpetuity. Just until the EMP from solar activity hits.How is that unacceptable? Does he really think Steam will operate in perpetuity? This is always the case with everything digital, it's like requesting Windows XP to be supported.
What a sad excuse. They should not shut this down at all.They're giving everybody over 12 months of a head's up. That's plenty of time for everyone looking to buy new software on those systems to get what they're going to get, then it's all physical, baby.
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Does he really think Steam will operate in perpetuity?
Not really, they're giving people until August 28th. So basically, if you don't have funds on your account after August 28th 2022, you'll only be able to use download codes but what does that even apply to? lol. Maybe some indie developers will just give out download codes for free cause any exclusives are gonna be lost to time.They're giving everybody over 12 months of a head's up. That's plenty of time for everyone looking to buy new software on those systems to get what they're going to get, then it's all physical, baby.
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This is why I'm a physical proponent. This is going to happen as corporations move on from legacy systems. That said, I embarssingly have an Xbox Series S and a shit-ton of Xbox 360 digital games.Not really, they're giving people until August 29th. So basically, if you don't have funds on your account after August 29 2022, you'll only be able to use download codes but what does that even apply to? lol. Maybe some indie developers will just give out download codes for free cause any exclusives are gonna be lost to time.
- On May 23rd, 2022, you won’t be able to use a credit card to add funds to your eShop accounts on Wii U or 3DS devices.
- On August 29th, 2022, you won’t be able to use eShop gift cards to add funds to your accounts on those devices, either.
- If you have any download codes, you won’t be able to redeem those after late March 2023.
- You won’t be able to use money in your Nintendo Wallet account (assuming you’ve linked that Nintendo Switch account with the older Nintendo Network ID account) to buy Wii U and 3DS content after late March 2023.
I was pretty shocked to learn there are games you can only get on a subscription service on Switch. Really scummy.Nintendo purposely ended Virtual Console so that your purchases do not transfer over. They locked everything behind a sub to Switch Online, where you can’t buy/download any of the games, just rentals.
Games media have a hard time giving Xbox a W on anything, despite their many pro-consumer moves, Xbox BC truly becomes untouchable at this point. “Buy once, yours forever” is something Phil Spencer said and should be the default. If some Nintendo zealots didn’t fawn over everything they do, and games media put more criticism on Nintendo, perhaps anti-consumer things like this would stop.
WiiUUSBHelper, thank me later.
Yet they don't have Nintendo games (emulation doesn't count)... I'll get third-parties on PC too tho, mostly for performance since current Nintendo seems good enough regarding purchases preservationThis is one reason that I watch Nintendo Directs with the Steam client open, so that I can add the vast majority of third-party announcements to my wishlist from a company that actually values its customers' prior purchases.
Last time I kept up to date on the Wii U eShop, they basically stopped putting bigger releases on sale anymore.
Has that changed?
Any big Wii U retail titles that don't have a Switch equivalent?
It's scrubbed from the American website. All the Euro sites still have it. If NoA isn't butchering localization of games, they're bound to be shitting up something else it seems.Noticed just now that the Wii U eShop isn't even on the Nintendo website anymore. Or at least I can't find it.
Didnt the 3DS come out before the Wii U?Wii U I can kind of understand , but way Too soon for the 3DS in my opinion.
Off the top of my head there's Star Fox and NES Remix. Unless you also want to count the Zelda ports.Last time I kept up to date on the Wii U eShop, they basically stopped putting bigger releases on sale anymore.
Has that changed?
Any big Wii U retail titles that don't have a Switch equivalent?
Biggest are Xenoblade Chronicles X, Wind Waker HD, Twilight Princess HD, Yoshi's Wooly World. I'd even say Mario 3D World cause the speed and movement were altered in the Switch release, it's also like $20 on Wii U, same with WW HD, both are really cheap.Last time I kept up to date on the Wii U eShop, they basically stopped putting bigger releases on sale anymore.
Has that changed?
Any big Wii U retail titles that don't have a Switch equivalent?
wrong, it's an archive to download games for free if you have the key, which everyone does. If Nintendo doesn't want to sell the games to you, steal that shit. I'm all for Nintendo being successfull and while I game mostly on PC, Nintendo is the console that gets most of my console money. But when they do stuff like this, fuck them.USB Helper downloads directly from Nintendo servers, it's not a hosted service, they just used to use the same key for every game in the Wii U generation so Nintendo barely even tried to block such a thing.
When eShop is gone for good, services like USB Helper that rely on it for downloads also wouldn't work, unless they download everything now and pay the costs of hosting it.
wrong, it's an archive to download games for free if you have the key, which everyone does. If Nintendo doesn't want to sell the games to you, steal that shit. I'm all for Nintendo being successfull and while I game mostly on PC, Nintendo is the console that gets most of my console money. But when they do stuff like this, fuck them.
"Backup and download from eShop servers on Windows and Android" common knowledge to most who use it, why so boldly be wrong instead of checking. Won't link it for piracy rules but that's no secret. Same discussions:
What is Wii U USB Helper Downloading Exactly?
It may sound like a weird question. If I had a wii U I would have tested it out, but I'm waiting till the 26th to obtain mine. Anyway so Wii U USB Helper works fine as long as I keep my eye on it everytime it passes off a partially downloaded game as complete. However, the program takes literal...gbatemp.net
lol that's the official function just like "emulation doesn't mean piracy" the games when you have the key sites, are not from the eshop.
I would explain it to you but that means I would have to break the rules and and you just want to be right instead of learning something. WiiUHelper wiil work after the eshop is closed just like every other site out there exists for any other archive of games. There are at least 100 backups already. btw Nintendo is the one not letting people buy stuff and making their consoles a brick.How would stealing games directly from the Nintendo servers be better? You're making no sense in order to keep being wrong instead of just checking how it works, when it downloads it literally connects to eShop servers. Title key sites host the TITLE KEY, not the game download, it's in the name and literally what I told you.
I would explain it to you but that means I would have to break the rules and and you just want to be right instead of learning something. WiiUHelper wiil work after the eshop is closed just like every other site out there exists for any other archive of games. There are at least 100 backups already. btw Nintendo is the one not letting people buy stuff and making their consoles a brick.
as this moment right now, people are not using Nintendo servers.I don't need it explained, I'm literally talking about the project page, the github repo, and how the whole project works from the developers mouth.
Title key sites are a list of licence keys basically. You can download the whole thing in a tiny text document. This obviously isn't the game.
When you plug a title key site into Wii U USB Helper, it sends the one you requested to the Nintendo eShop server, and initiates the download as if it was to a Wii U. That's how it works.
Could it be modified later for downloaded repos, sure, but as of right now, you could literally go and see what IP addresses you connect to when it starts a download and it's from Nintendo. Instead of just saying "wrong" when you're wrong, find out how it works.
Noticed just now that the Wii U eShop isn't even on the Nintendo website anymore. Or at least I can't find it.
Always wondered what is going on with that dog in the GIF. Any chance of a source video?![]()
how nintendo fans will react to the eshop closing down on the last fucking day
Good lord. That thing is basically a Dark Souls boss.![]()
how nintendo fans will react to the eshop closing down on the last fucking day
What is a CFW?
Custom Firmware.What is a CFW?
I have a couple hundred hours into Pocket Card Jockey. If I ever lose the ability to play it, I would hope it would come out on Switch.