Nintendo Wi-Fi Ending For DS And Wii

[Ray Trace]

A woe for online gaming. This is why always-online DRM is a pretty bad thing in gaming (but that's a whole different beast altogether)

It looks like they want to get people interested in Mario Kart 8 since it also gets released around the same time.

What does always-online DRM have to do with this?

That's why I said it's a whole different beast so...

Or better yet, Project M. Can Project M be played online? I can't remember.

Pretty sure both people need the hack in order to be seen online. I dunno, it could cause desyncs if the models have bone edits. I haven't dwelved into this mainly because I avoid online in the first place.

 

[LeftyGreenMario]

Aren't hackers trying to find a way to establish private servers for future online services?

But it's not like I care about any of Nintendo's online multiplayer anyway.

 

[MCS]

Wow, this is terrible. Granted, the only Wii games I actually play online on a regular basis are Brawl and Mario Kart Wii, but it'll still be a big loss for me. I take it they'll be removing VR points altogether in MKWii, then? That's really disappointing, since online play was a key reason I've been playing MKWii still, and I was aiming to get my VR up to 9999 when I had the time. Oh well...

The forums should definitely schedule some sort of tournament for both MKWii and Brawl before WFC goes down. That would be a cool way to conclude it, wouldn't it?

 

[freakworld]

It's not like I ever played online Nintendo Games before NNetwork.

What really bummers me is the shutdown of the old Wii Channels (Nintendo Channel, Poll Channel, etc.), but that already happened without a warning a while ago.

 

[User4042]

I am very disappointed

 

[MichiganMarioFan]

This is sad news, but I hope the Internet Channel on the Wii's unaffected.

 

[Lakituthequick]

Read.

Unaffected services

The following services are not affected by the termination, and will continue to be available after May 20th:

• Internet Channel

[..]

 

[freakworld]

Read.

Unaffected services

The following services are not affected by the termination, and will continue to be available after May 20th:

• Internet Channel

[..]

Thank god it is, the wii internet browser rules.

 

[User4042]

Read.

Unaffected services

The following services are not affected by the termination, and will continue to be available after May 20th:

• Internet Channel

[..]

Thank god it is, the wii internet browser rules.

dsi internet browser is better

 

[freakworld]

Read.

Unaffected services

The following services are not affected by the termination, and will continue to be available after May 20th:

• Internet Channel

[..]

Thank god it is, the wii internet browser rules.

dsi internet browser is better

Does it have flash 6? No.

 

[User4042]

Read.

Unaffected services

The following services are not affected by the termination, and will continue to be available after May 20th:

• Internet Channel

[..]

Thank god it is, the wii internet browser rules.

dsi internet browser is better

Does it have flash 6? No.

it supports animated pngs

 

[freakworld]

Read.

Unaffected services

The following services are not affected by the termination, and will continue to be available after May 20th:

• Internet Channel

[..]

Thank god it is, the wii internet browser rules.

dsi internet browser is better

Does it have flash 6? No.

it supports animated pngs

Good point.

 

[ToxBox]

Wii U Browser is way better than Wii Browser

 

[freakworld]

Wii U Browser is way better than Wii Browser

True. No flash though

Would not buy if charged money for it.

 

[Shyghoul]

Read.

Unaffected services

The following services are not affected by the termination, and will continue to be available after May 20th:

• Internet Channel

[..]

Thank god it is, the wii internet browser rules.

*bropaws*

 

[Lakituthequick]

It's not even a surprise at all that the browsers are unaffected. They don't depend on Nintendo servers.

Animated PNG's are supported by Opera-based browsers, which is the case on Wii and DSi, Wii U and 3DS don't. Wii U supports HTML5 video and livestreams of certain types.

 

[User4042]

are you implying firefox is based on opera

 

[freakworld]

are you implying firefox is based on opera

No.

 

[Lakituthequick]

are you implying firefox is based on opera

No.

 

[PeskyPlumbers64]

Honestly, I think I'm the only one who still uses the original DS browser from '07.

 

[Iggy Koopa Jr]

Honestly, I think I'm the only one who still uses the original DS browser from '07.

wait it has a browser?

 

[Lakituthequick]

Honestly, I think I'm the only one who still uses the original DS browser from '07.

wait it has a browser?

 

[Iggy Koopa Jr]

OMG IT DOES!

 

[PeskyPlumbers64]

It's slow as hell, but damn does it bring up some good memories. Like spending 30 minutes waiting for a Youtube video to load before I realized it wasn't compatible.

 

[Giga12]

The Wii U browser is very good. It reminds me of Chrome for some reason.