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A farewell to Wii U and Nintendo 3DS online services


We’ll miss you.

As someone who never really liked the pressure of playing with complete strangers in games like Halo or Call of Duty, the Wii U allowed me to break through that. It let me jump right into Mario Kart 8 with players from all over the world while raging behind my TV screen as the blue shell ruined my first-place finish. Despite the shutdown, Nintendo says features like StreetPass, Pokémon Bank, and Poké Transporter will remain online.

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