Nintendo Shutting Down Online Services for Wii U and 3DS in April 2024

Online play and other online features for Wii U and 3DS will stop working in April 2024.

Players can still redownload purchased games and updates after the shutdown.

Pokémon transfers and StreetPass will still work as they use local wireless.

Online player bases are already small based on recent tests.

This shutdown comes almost 10 years after Nintendo did the same for the Wii and DS.