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How many more years of lifespan do you think the Wii Shop has left?
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1 11%  11%  [ 2 ]
2 28%  28%  [ 5 ]
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 Post subject: Why on earth is the Wii Shop Channel still up?
PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:38 am 
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bip-bip-bip-bip-bi-ba-bi-bip! bip-bip-bip-bip-bi-ba-bi-bip!


No, seriously.


Don't get me wrong, I bought a Wii recently and now I'm mowing the lawn to get as many games as I can from it. But really, I keep wondering why the Big N hasn't shut it down yet. The Wii-Fi connection got shut down almost 5 years ago, the DSi shop channel also got shut down in March, and even the Wii U itself has been discontinued, yet this thing is still up? Does anyone have any idea of why?

The music?


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:48 am 
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Not sure, but I'm really glad it's still up! Probably doesn't cost much, and it's a big piece of history.

Definitely the music.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:59 am 
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Well I bet the DSi Shop also costed pennies to run on, yet it got shut down (and was even newer than the Wii Shop, actually). What's the big difference between both shops to get one shut down and the other one not?

 
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:23 am 
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Damn I think I still have 200 points I never spent

 
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 3:44 pm 
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No idea, but I'm glad it still is.

Nintendo should totally add a "Wii Shop Channel Music" option to the Swtich eShop, btw

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:19 pm 
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So many of the games were taken down unfortunately.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:43 pm 
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>Miiverse dies before Wii Shop Channel.
:(

It's probably because there are still millions of people with a Wii out there.

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Pedigree wrote:
>Miiverse dies before Wii Shop Channel.

I didn't even think of that. That's... kinda hilarious.

but I guess you can't draw crude art on the shop channel

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:56 pm 
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Short answer is that the WiiU's Wii Mode uses it
it will probably go down when the WiiU eShop does

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:26 pm 
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Well it'll be really sad to see those Wiiware titles die, you know.

 
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 5:59 pm 
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I'd be surprised if it stays up longer than another year or two, but you never know!

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Yoshin wrote:
Short answer is that the WiiU's Wii Mode uses it
it will probably go down when the WiiU eShop does


This and the fact that most DSi shop titles were moved to 3DS eShop sometime before DSi shop ended, so there wasn't really a need for it anymore, but there's still only one way to get Wii shop downloads

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:46 am 
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I'm glad Wii VC is still around. It was the best VC in its time before Nintendo learned to HOLD ONTO THEIR GAMES TO SELL TINY PLUG N' PLAYS

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:57 am 
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Syaxamaphone wrote:
I'm glad Wii VC is still around. It was the best VC in its time before Nintendo learned to HOLD ONTO THEIR GAMES TO SELL TINY PLUG N' PLAYS

I agree, I think the Wii VC has some great selections so I'm very glad it's still around

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:21 am 
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Syaxamaphone wrote:
Nintendo learned to HOLD ONTO THEIR GAMES TO HOARD TINY PLUG N' PLAYS FOR NO PROFIT

ftfy

EDIT: also the wii vc shop has negative one years of life left

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HylianDev wrote:
Syaxamaphone wrote:
Nintendo learned to HOLD ONTO THEIR GAMES TO HOARD TINY PLUG N' PLAYS FOR NO PROFIT

ftfy

EDIT: also the wii vc shop has negative one years of life left


If you're going to edit my posts, you could at least make an attempt to be correct

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Seems like it is happening soon:

 
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:'(

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It's not happening until 2019.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:38 pm 
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IT CAN'T BE :( ! This thing was one of the reasons I bought the Wii in the first place!

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It's not happening until 2019.


Yeah even though you can only add Wii points until March 2018, making such long lifespan completely useless.

I'm seriously clueless about what games should I buy from it, specially when it comes to WiiWare titles. I wonder what'll happen to those by the way. Not really expecting to see them coming back on Switch.

Would any of you guys mind telling me which are the best VC/Wiiware titles I should buy before it gets shut down?

 
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