Nintendo shutting down online play on Wii U hit one gaming community particularly hard

The Splatoon 1 community is mourning the possible death of the game after Nintendo announced on Oct. 4 that it will kill the online services for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, which means the online servers will go down permanently in early April 2024.

The reason why Splatoon 1 fans are already lamenting the death of online play on Wii U is because the game’s ninth birthday is coming in May 2024 and they won’t have official servers to play their beloved game on. Some went as far as to say Nintendo should wait until 2025—the year Splatoon 1 would celebrate its 10-year anniversary—to pull the plug. But for now, Pokémon Bank will be the only title on the 3DS/Wii U with online service as of early April 2024.

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