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Post by reddwarf on Sept 30, 2017 20:15:21 GMT
For anyone who actually cares it takes away over two hundred games with it when it shuts. All hail digital downloads
Nintendo will shut down the Wii Shop channel on January 30th, 2019, marking the end of an era for the service that first came online for Wii consoles in December 2006. The shutdown will happen gradually: users will still be able to add Wii Points until March 26th, 2018, and still be able to use those points to purchase content until the shop fully goes offline in January 2019.
Additionally, at some point — Nintendo hasn’t put an exact date on it yet — you also won’t be able to re-download previously purchased Wii and Virtual Console games or the Wii System Transfer Tool to move files to the Wii U. Nintendo recommends that if you have games you want to download or content you want to move to a Wii U, do it while you still can.
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Post by Ron on Sept 30, 2017 20:50:21 GMT
one thing is to shutdown the shop, but not making people able to download their purchased stuff is very wrong. if i get a switch, buying anything digital from nintendo is not gonna happen again that is for sure.
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Post by reddwarf on Sept 30, 2017 21:04:32 GMT
It's a shame as I would say the Wii Shop is one of Nintendo's big success stories especially Virtual Console where you could play many games across many systems/generations.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2017 18:42:50 GMT
I prefer to buy my games installed in a plastic-cassette, with that said I have also bought a couple of games in the 3ds-shop.
Does this shut-down affect the 3DS´s game-shop too ?
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Post by Ron on Oct 2, 2017 10:39:23 GMT
I prefer to buy my games installed in a plastic-cassette, with that said I have also bought a couple of games in the 3ds-shop. Does this shut-down affect the 3DS´s game-shop too ? no, only the old wii eshop digital purchases.. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2017 17:52:10 GMT
Okay, that´s a relief.
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Post by reddwarf on Oct 3, 2017 17:20:59 GMT
Digitally bought games are never really safe. All you are buying is a license to play the game. And it does not help when an amazing game you need to play is digital only. The big N could at least keep a server up so that people who bought digital games from them could re-download them if they desired.
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Post by Joe on Oct 5, 2017 1:51:24 GMT
Does this shut-down affect the 3DS´s game-shop too ? Probably DSi Ware, if that's still up |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2017 17:21:09 GMT
Does this shut-down affect the 3DS´s game-shop too ? Probably DSi Ware, if that's still up Just checked, DSi Ware is still up on 3DS. And everything else too. |
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Post by DigDougXD on Oct 11, 2017 18:43:59 GMT
This really sucks.
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Post by reddwarf on Oct 12, 2017 15:30:27 GMT
Yeah, might suck more for any late comers to Wii U looking to transfer their VC games from a battered old Wii to a new Wii U.
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Post by DigDougXD on Oct 12, 2017 15:34:25 GMT
I need to look out my Wiiu and try and find a wii mote as i have about £20's worth of points on the wii shopping channel. its crap i cant transfer them to the eShop.
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