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  • 0 / August 13th, 2025 / Roberto Diaz

    58 tracks from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker added to Nintendo Music


  • 0 / January 15th, 2025 / Matthew Powers

    Amidst Switch 2 reveal rumors, Nintendo warns us against using unofficial Wii U servers


  • 0 / April 9th, 2024 / Tom Brown

    So long, Wii U and 3DS Nintendo Network connectivity


  • 0 / April 6th, 2024 / Peter Glagowski

    Capcom urges Monster Hunter fans to re-download 3DS and Wii U DLC before it’s too late


  • 0 / February 10th, 2024 / Jason Ganos

    Amiibo Rewind – Player 2 amiibo have entered the game


Recent Articles

  • 70 Super Mario Galaxy 2 tracks added to Nintendo Music

    In preparation for our grand return to Starship Mario, Nintendo Music has added Super Mario Galaxy 2’s soundtrack to the streaming service!  Originally intended to be an updated version of Galaxy with a few more galaxies, titled “Super Mario Galaxy More,” Nintendo realized that the development staff had more and…

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    September 16th, 2025

  • Hollow Knight: Silksong’s next patch focuses on bug fixes and tweaks rather than difficulty balancing

    Team Cherry is nearly ready to release the next patch for Hollow Knight: Silksong, its long-anticipated and hotly debated followup to Hollow Knight, after having just released a patch that tweaked some of the early-game difficulty balancing. This next patch, despite online debate focusing almost entirely on the game’s difficulty,…

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    September 16th, 2025

  • Sega’s latest Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds trailer pokes fun at Mario Kart World

    Sega just released its new Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds commercial, and it seems to take jabs at a familiar racing franchise.  In the 30 second ad, CrossWorlds shows off their vehicle customization, traveling through different worlds, and crossplay multiplayer. Immediately after, they mention “traveling around on an open road,” seemingly taking…

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    September 16th, 2025

September 18th, 2023 0

Electrical engineer YveltalGriffin trims down Wii U to run entirely in the GamePad

Author: Jaxson Tapp
Categories: News, Wii U

It’s not hard these days to find a portable game console, between Nintendo’s own Switch, the SteamDeck (among many others like it), and Sony’s abandoned PS Vita (RIP), gaming on the go has never been easier, but that hasn’t stopped dedicated individuals from exploring other ways to game while out…

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August 7th, 2023 0

Dragon Quest X Online’s Wii U, 3DS versions being discontinued next year

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, 3DS, Wii U

Square Enix’s as-yet unlocalized MMORPG Dragon Quest X has hit a wide range of consoles since it first launched for the Nintendo Wii way back in 2012. Naturally it eventually outlived Nintendo’s 2006 console and now it’s the Wii U and 3DS’s turn. As Gematsu reports, the Wii U and…

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August 2nd, 2023 0

Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon Online Servers are officially back from the dead!

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: News, Wii U

Time to dust off that Wii U! You may remember back in March, Nintendo temporarily suspended network services for Splatoon and Mario Kart 8, due to an “identified vulnerability” in their online play. The vulnerability is likely ENLBufferPwn, which would allow a hacker to take over your console simply by…

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May 24th, 2023 0

Nintendo Japan to stop accepting repairs for Wii U consoles and peripherals

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: News, Wii U

There’s end of life, and then there’s the true nail in a console’s coffin – when the company that made it stops accepting any service for it whatsoever. And that is now the fate of the long gone Wii U, consigned to memory along with every other Nintendo console pre-Switch…

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March 28th, 2023 0

Nintendo extends code redemption period for 3DS and Wii U eShops

Author: Daniel Dell-Cornejo
Categories: News, 3DS, Wii U

Yesterday afternoon, Nintendo’s 3DS and Wii U eShops stopped allowing new purchases or downloads of free items like demos. However, it was announced that users can still redeem codes on both stores following a deadline extension. The feature was originally supposed to end alongside the normal shutdown time of the…

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March 27th, 2023 0

Bid farewell to the Wii U and 3DS eShops with a compilation of soundtracks through the years

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: 3DS, News, Wii U

Good night, sweet prince – the Wii U and 3DS eShops close today at 5 p.m. PT, and as it lies on its deathbed, all we can do is mourn. In lieu of a eulogy, you can have this fan compilation of all the different Nintendo Shop themes from the…

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March 9th, 2023 0

Guide – The Wii U eShop closes soon – here’s everything you need to know (or get)

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: Guides, Wii U

Time comes for all of us, and soon it comes for the neglected Wii U’s eShop – Nintendo is shuttering the service at the end of March, apparently not finding the upkeep cost worth whatever value (monetary, moral, or otherwise) they get from keeping it up. It’s a sad affair…

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March 8th, 2023 0

Guide – Merge your Wii U and 3DS eShop balance with Nintendo Switch

Author: Jaxson Tapp
Categories: 3DS, Guides, Switch, Wii U

With the imminent closure of the Nintendo eShop on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS on March 27th, players are scrambling to get their hands on any games and applications they don’t want to miss out on. If you’re not sure what to get your hands on, make sure you…

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March 7th, 2023 0

In ironic twist of fate, Wii U consoles may brick if left unused

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: Wii U, News

Jokes about Wii Us collecting dust are almost as old as jokes about PlayStation Vitas collecting dust. But this is so fittingly tragic that it might as well have been penned by a Greek poet – apparently, the console can get corrupted if you don’t use it due to memory…

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March 3rd, 2023 0

Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon 1 on Wii U have servers taken down for maintenance indefinitely due to security vulnerability

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: Wii U, News

Devastating news for the small handful of folks still playing online on their Wii U – the servers for both Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon are down, and it’s unclear when they’ll be back up. This “emergency temporary maintenance” is due to a security vulnerability, and an extended duration is…

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February 28th, 2023 0

What Wii U games haven’t been ported to Switch yet?

Author: Amelia Fruzzetti
Categories: Features, Switch, Wii U

The Nintendo Switch is a truly mighty console by now, one of the best-selling pieces of video game hardware ever and home to blockbusters like Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Super Mario Odyssey. But it wasn’t so long ago that accusations from a certain group of people (mostly a subset…

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February 16th, 2023 0

Merging balance for Wii U and 3DS eShops to Nintendo Accounts to end in 2024

Author: Jaxson Tapp
Categories: 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U

The time that 3DS and Wii U owners have been dreading is fast-approaching, as the ability to purchase games on the Nintendo eShop for both systems will be discontinued on March 27th at 5 p.m. PT. This discontinuation means that after March 27th, the only titles you will be able…

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