Online gaming for Wii and DS's to be withdrawn in May...

IronGiant

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/info/services-update.jsp

                                                                        Nintendo has announced they will be shutting down WiFi service for the Wii and Nintendo DS as of May 20th:



This change will be a worldwide changeThe discontinued services include online play, matchmaking and leaderboards for many Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi gamesWii mode on the Wii U and DS games played on the 3DS will be affectedThe Wii Shop Channel, the Nintendo DSi Shop and video-on-demand services are currently still going to be availableWii U and 3DS games won’t be affected http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/info/services-update.jsp                                Click to expand...       

details from Nintendo themselves Services Update | Nintendo Support




Apologies if it's been posted already, but this is a worrying development...

Sonic67

More:

Nintendo Wii and DS games can kiss online services good-bye | News | TechRadar

The DS and Wii systems weren't known for their robust online capabilities, but this affects over 400 games total, including many that are still played today.

Some of the impacted games were released relatively recently, too, such as Pokemon Black and White Versions 2, which came out less than two years ago.

nero0410

I still play Pokemon Black 2 and of course Mario Kart Wii online.

Starting to go off Nintendo, this is a damn joke. They could have at least provided a damn update or something.

tris