As previously reported, the company plans to close the services on April 8 at 4pm PT / 7pm ET (April 9 at 12am BST).
Nintendo already closed the eShops in exchange for both systems back in March 2023, but players have been able to continue using online services in-game, such as online multiplayer and rankings.
Once this ends next week, however, games will only be playable offline. This will particularly impact games with a heavy emphasis on online play, such as the original Splatoon on Wii U.
Players will still be able to play games offline once online services end, according to Nintendo. It has also that
The closure of the Wii U and 3DS eShops last year effectively made around 1,000 digital-only eShop games disappear for excellent.
It also meant the termination of the final systems to support the Virtual Console service. Now the only retro games provided by Nintendo are the ones available on
Original case and manuals in new condition.