First part of a strong Wii U retrospective (youtu.be)
This is the first part of Scott's ongoing Wii U retrospective series.
experiencer, With the recent shutdown of #NintendoNetwork, the main functionality of many #WiiU games, including #Splatoon1 and #SuperMarioMaker are completely unavailable if you're not modded to use @pretendo.
We need to stop this happening for future generations and right now, there's a petition on the parliament website to get this spoken about after Ubisoft discontinued an online only game.
ZeNfA, The 1st demo for Hot Rod Racer will release next week on Steam!
This demo contains way more than the #WiiU version. 4 Game Modes, More Upgrades, Visual Unlocks, and more!
Two Player Versus coming later on.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2608550/Hot_Rod_Racer/
#IndieDev #GameDev #WishlistWednesday #Arcade
crossing, News / Nintendo Network Shutdown: Online services for the Wii U and 3DS has shut down
The time is up for online services for the #WiiU and #3DS consoles.
It is now April 9th at 1am BST, which means online services for both consoles are no longer available. This means you will be no longer able to splat anymore squids, challenge anyone to a Mario Kart race or even try to show off your bowling skills on official Nintendo servers on the #NintendoWiiU or #Nintendo3DS consoles.
To continue playing online services on both consoles, you will need to mod your consoles. Guides to do that are available on https://wiiu.hacks.guide and https://3ds.hacks.guide. After that, install @pretendo and follow the brilliant guides for installation for Wii U or 3DS. They cover everything you need to know about modding your console and getting Pretendo set up (I've helped add some commits to the Pretendo guide to make it easier to get started).
If you want to know what the shutdown means for either the Splatoon or Animal Crossing franchises, please visit our page at https://experiencersinternational.github.io/labs/fedi/splatoon/onlineclosure.
It's unfortunate that many popular games did not last a decade of online support, but it was good whilst it lasted.
If you have any memories of online from either consoles, I would love to hear it in a reply down below!
#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal_crossing
proper, hopefully pretendo is the answer
experiencer, Goodbye.
crossing, News / Nintendo Network Shutdown: Contribute SpotPass data now!
If you're familiar with the #WiiU and #3DS, you may know that SpotPass is one of the key components of the online services (particularly back when both consoles were still actively supported).
SpotPass will cease to exist once Nintendo Network shuts down and revival services such as @pretendo will need SpotPass data for some online services to function properly. Right now, data for SpotPass can be insufficient in places and in order to make sure it still works properly, they need your dumps.
If you have a unmodded/modded Wii U console or a modded 2DS/3DS console, please visit https://spotpassarchive.github.io/ to learn how to dump your data now. It's quick and easy to do and it won't take long. I did it personally myself last night
#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal_crossing
matt, 21st century “semi-retro” nook coming along. Put up a shelf today which currently has the #WiiU on it along with a #NintendoSwitch dock below. Plan is to get a #PS2, #PS3 and #GameCube to go with it.
Need to do a better job of tidying cables too, but that’s for another day. #ShareYourGames #MstdnGames
A poorly lit shelf with a black Wii U Premium 32GB. A matching black game pad is in its dock in front. There is a matte silver USB adapter poking out of the front of the Wii U with a microSD card inserted for additional storage.
Another poorly lit shot. It shows a hidden shelf behind the TV with enough space for a PS2 slimline, a PS3 super slim and a GameCube (Maybe! Hopefully!) The Wii U from the previous shot is at the far end. There is a Switch dock and Wii U power adapter below, but it’s so dark it’s hard to make out.
crossing, (edited ) News / Nintendo Network: A quick heads up to remind you that there is less than 21 days left now
Just wanted to post a quick heads up to everyone that Nintendo Network will be gone in less than 3 weeks now. As a reminder, online services for the #WiiU and #3DS are shutting down on April 9th at 12am BST.
Don't forget that we still have a few events left in our Matrix space if you want to play some games with others before it is too late!
#AnimalCrossing #ACNL #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal_crossing
crossing, (edited ) Community / Events: List of Nintendo Network shutdown events
Will be posting this on both Crossing Corner and Splatoon Unofficial just to provide information about all the #NintendoNetwork shutdown events we plan to hold and #Wiimmfi 10th anniversary events.
To participate, send me your friend codes before the event (on Discord or Matrix) starts if you're not currently friends with me and let me know whether you're interested in participating in an event. Events may be cancelled if there is no interest a day before the event.
- CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST Thursday 14th March @ 8:30pm GMT: Mario Kart 7
- Friday 15th March @ 8:30pm GMT: Animal Crossing New Leaf
- Thursday 21st March @ 8:30pm GMT: Mario Kart 8
- Friday 22nd March @ 8:30pm GMT: Splatoon Session 1
- Thursday 28th March @ 8:30pm GMT: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
- Thursday 4th April @ 8:30pm BST: Splatoon Session 2
- Monday 8th April @ 7:30pm BST: Splatoon Session 3 (this may be a short one sorry)
- Thursday 2nd May @ 8:30pm BST: Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City
- Friday 3rd May @ 8:30pm BST: Mario Kart Wii CTGP Session 1 (Custom Tracks Fun Room)
- Friday 10th May @ 8:30pm BST: Mario Kart Wii CTGP Session 2 (Wiimmfi Regular Worldwides)
Events: https://matrix.to/#/#splatoonevents:matrix.org
Splatoon and general matchmaking: https://matrix.to/#/#splatooneventdiscussion:matrix.org
Animal Crossing matchmaking: https://matrix.to/#/#animalcrossingmatchmaking:matrix.orgDiscord: https://discord.gg/BgYD6YapUq
#WiiU #3DS #NintendoWiiU #Nintendo3DS #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #AC #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch @animal_crossing
GamesMissed, For #WiiUWednesday, I'm going to talk (again) about Affordable Space Adventures (http://affordablespaceadventures.com/) by @Nifflas and KnapNok Games.
This didn't have a physical release, so I can't show you a disc or a case.
GamesMissed, It's for 1 to 3 players, and it plays fine solo, but is best played with 3. With 3 people, it goes from "This is a good game," to "This is a gaming experience that should be on your list."
And it was a Wii U exclusive, and the eShop is now closed to new purchases.
GamesMissed, The art and style of the game are so perfect it's difficult to convey. Affordable Space Adventures is one of those few games where a person really does need to play it to appreciate it.
Norobiik, It was the failure of #WiiU that led to Iwata going to the lengths that not many #CEOs of large tech companies have done, which is to take a 50% pay cut to avoid mass company #layoffs. At the same time, other top executives reduced their salaries by 20%.
And it’s a decision that people are being reminded of now as the #TechSector continues to suffer widespread layoffs in the first month of 2024
#Nintendo CEO #SatoruIwata's views on layoffs go viral
https://readwrite.com/industry-wide-cuts-lead-to-resurfacing-of-nintendo-ceos-2013-comments/
OutofPrintArchive, I was watching this video yesterday at work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aWJ2eWanSs
And got excited. So I remembered that I had some credit left on my account, so I bought it on Series X.
Got home late at night from work and thought that I would just download it and give it a quick go before putting in Melty Blood.What I didn't expect was that I would be playing it till 1AM. 😅
Now I need an adapter to use my Joystick on my Wii U so I can finally play this version... 👀
s31bz,
Piejacker875, @s31bz I have one but I still want it sorry
martinbasic,
GamesMissed, @martinbasic Is it possible that you first need to switch from the Nintendo Network to the Pretendo Network, following these instructions?
https://pretendo.network/docs/install/wiiu#switching-between-pretendo-network-and-nintendo-network
Unfortunately, I can't be as much help as I'd hoped, since I haven't gotten around to installing @pretendo on my modded Wii U yet. Maybe someone else can pick up the thread here and provide more assistance?
pretendo, @martinbasic
Sorry, just saw this! :bandwidth_brick:
@GamesMissed is right, you should make sure that you're actually connected to our servers, as opposed to Nintendo's, following those instructions.
governa, Resurrecting A Bricked #WiiU With A #RaspberryPi Pico
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/29/resurrecting-a-bricked-wii-u-with-a-raspberry-pi-pico/
experiencer, what save data transfer tool should i use for moving saves from my nintendo network profile to pretendo? all that im seeing is savemii which doesnt look compatible with aroma nor tiramisu
#pretendonetwork #modding #wiiu #wiiumodding #nintendowiiu #nintendonetwork
This is the first part of Scott's ongoing Wii U retrospective series.
aldroid, I've been sitting on Revision's social media account all weekend so didn't feel like posting here, but what a weekend! I feel a thousand times more inspired to make good stuff. Was very happy about getting a birthday-tro from @TinaStormcaller and the @FieldFX peeps, and being part of the world's first #wiiu demo https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=96603. Also it was lovely to see our old dog on the big screen during the @outline invite <3
chikorita157,
oblomov, Italian A proposito dello #stipendio dell'AD #Trenord, vi ricordo che quando la #WiiU non ebbe il successo sperato, il presidente della #Nintendo si tagliò lo stipendio del 50% per 5 mesi.