Remember the Wii U, Nintendo’s console that, while innovative, seemed to be just a little bit ahead of its time? (Perhaps it was just a little misunderstood). One of its gems, the sprawling open-world RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X, is now making its way to the Nintendo Switch. Xenoblade Chronicles X:Read More →
It’s the game that will not die: GoldenEye 007. It’s available to play once again on Nintendo Switch and Xbox Game Pass – but what if you don’t have those platforms? First released back in 1997 on the Nintendo 64, the game – featuring the likeness of Pierce Brosnan’s franchise-savingRead More →
But will it move Wii U games to the Nintendo Switch’s Online + Expansion Pack to save Pretendo the bother? If you mist up when thinking about the demise of the Wii U’s online play servers in April 2024, you’re probably aware of Pretendo. In development since before the announcementRead More →
It has been a bad few weeks for Nintendo emulation, but even though Yuzu is no more, other Nintendo emulators are issuing new updates. Primarily, the Nintendo Wii U emulator Cemu has been updated; there is also news of a new version of ES-DE (formerly Emulation Station Desktop Edition), whichRead More →
Wii U and 3DS online services end 8 April 2024. It’s been a long time coming, but we knew it had to happen. As time rolls on, new devices are released, and technology evolves, older systems are retired, sunsetted, or simply disabled. This time around, it is the turn ofRead More →
A server glitch that resulted in temporary closure of Super Mario Maker on Wii U and 3DS in December 2023 has left people wondering: what’s next? We’ve known for a while that online services for Nintendo’s retired platforms would be ending in 2024. But while it seemed that some serversRead More →
Nintendo has announced the end of online support for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Online play and other features that require online communication will end in early April 2024. The announcement applies to Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS XL, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS, WiiRead More →
Online gaming for two of Nintendo’s top Wii U games has now been returned to gamers after an intrusive attacking situation led to forced emergency maintenance by Nintendo five months ago. This catalysed from an exploit called ‘ENLBufferPwn’ which was detected during online gameplay, whereby attackers were given the opportunityRead More →
If there are no Nintendo Wii U parts for repairs, the consoles will eventually die out… Nintendo Japan has officially announced that they will be fading out their Wii U repair support due to console parts running low. Closure of this service is currently dependent on when there are noRead More →
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