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Nintendo Ending Wi-Fi Connection Worldwide on May 20th
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balladofwindfishes
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This doesn't affect moving Pokemon from 4th to 5th gen, right? I still need to move my Diamond and SoulSilver dudes up to X, wanted to know if I can keep pushing it off, or if I have to do it right now.
Nintendo says you have to check the publishers' official webpages (to contact them) for 3rd-party games.
Those servers were closed on April 30, last year.
They won't, and I'm not sure they can. Besides, it's the actual servers that are shut down here, so it got nothing to do with Wifi settings.
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Oh, and Nintendo Video will die on March 31st in Europe too.
Burning Justice
the superior princess
4th-to-5th gen transfer doesn't require you to be online, so nope.
So now I find out that The Last Story had online multiplayer. And co-op to boot. Dammit. I shouldn't have left it in my backlog for so long.
I need to research this too.
I need to research this too.
Well that answers that.
Starwolf_UK
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Edit: DS mode in 3DS uses same MAC address.
Japan has it far worse with a limit of 100 (well 100 user ones too) but more to choose from.
According to this list (which I assume is for the European release given how few tracks there are) there are 106 tracks. So 3 copies are needed (guess the EU NAND is smaller). I don't know if it is accurate or not though...
Japan has it far worse with a limit of 100 (well 100 user ones too) but more to choose from.
Project M should be aware of this. Has anyone asked if they are looking into making a private server.
balladofwindfishes
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The Black -> X transfer doesn't require WiFi?
No. It connects via the Nintendo Network as it is 3DS software.
Dr. Buni
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It really isn't. Nothing in Generation 5 come close to Generation 6.
Chuckpebble
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Ah, thanks.
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Got that one too and haven't played it for 1 second yetIs it highscore boards or actual multiplayer?
Maybe people should capture network traffic of those games, so that reverse engineering would be possible.
Yeah, Sin & Punishment 2 is just a leader board. Still a great game without it.
I've been pining for some sort of custom server software ever since Tri shut down. Basically half of the game becomes inaccessible. I don't care about the multiplayer, I just want to solo the harder monsters still.
Same here. Oh well. :/
Burning Justice
the superior princess
That's 5th-to-6th gen. 5th-to-6th gen does require online, but as Poke Transporter is a 3DS app, it uses Nintendo Network rather than Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, so it isn't affected by this.
Well, will the next gen pokemon be a remake of an older title so those of us that skipped the previous gens have a chance of getting those pokemon? (poke transporter doesnt work if you don't have the pokemon :/)
I'm still kind of annoyed that i'll never have some event pokemon and they don't seem like they will redo the events.
I'm still kind of annoyed that i'll never have some event pokemon and they don't seem like they will redo the events.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Expect for content, and in BW2's case, difficulty.
Starwolf_UK
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Most likely but you act like you had to use Wi-Fi to get some. You do know Wi-Fi connection does not help you get any Pokemon you can't get through normal gameplay and multiple versions of games. I guess Pokemon ranger manaphy mission is an exception (but that was discontinued years ago).
As for event Pokemon. They rarely (possibly never) used Wi-Fi mystery gift for these and the games consider the Pokedex complete without any that need you to go to an event (so you only 705 out of the released 718 to complete the XY Pokedex, I managed it without using the Poke transporter, its about making good trade offers).
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
So what will be the situation with DS games on Wii U? They'll have online play right?
Starwolf_UK
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They'll probably edit the ROMs to dummy out the option. Much like the print command in SMB DX (I'm sure on actual hardware it sends you to an error message, in the VC release you press A on the selection and nothing happens).
But to be honest given it will be years before they come out (a screenshot proves as much as announcing GBA 2 years ago) they might have some virtual nintendo network server instead).
Burning Justice
the superior princess
Oh man, this is terrible news. I've put more than 300 hours into Goldeneye's online, my first online FPS experience. Heck, I still play it at least twice a week.
I also played Mario Kart DS and Wii to death. MK DS online with only 4 players, snaking, cheaters and not being able to choose all circuits may sound really limited and basic today, but it was such a blast back in the day...
Guess I know what games I'll be playing in the next months, I don't care about my growing backlog, this games are a very important part of my youth and as such they deserve a proper farewell
I also played Mario Kart DS and Wii to death. MK DS online with only 4 players, snaking, cheaters and not being able to choose all circuits may sound really limited and basic today, but it was such a blast back in the day...
Guess I know what games I'll be playing in the next months, I don't care about my growing backlog, this games are a very important part of my youth and as such they deserve a proper farewell
GayForMaster
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Realistically... Who cares? This isn't really bad news. Nobody plays online wii/ds, and if they do then that's truly sad. DS is plagued with hackers online, and Wii's online is just horrible. Tatsunoko/Brawl are subject to tons of lag/delay.
Whatever. The last thing I wanted to try was Last Story's online mode after I beat Xenoblade, and I have plenty of time before May 20th to try that.
Whatever. The last thing I wanted to try was Last Story's online mode after I beat Xenoblade, and I have plenty of time before May 20th to try that.
Burning Justice
the superior princess
Yes.
Crazyorloco
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Yes (beaten by a pokemon called burning justice)
And Nice to know Netflix is not affected.
What's the gamespy connection in all this? They're not using them for Wii U/3DS right?
RPGCrazied
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Lame, you won't be able to play Super Smash Bro's online now? I mainly use my Wii now for Netflix, I hope you can still use their service.
Buy him a Wii U with Mario Kart 8 and he will be pretty happy 10 days after losing Mario Kart Wii.
No one was ever able to play Smash Bros. Brawl online.
RPGCrazied
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The Wii version? Uh, yes you could. I did it quite a few times when it was released on the Wii.
I don't think you understood the sarcasm, but what he meant was that it was never good (compared to local) to play online.
KojiKnight
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Nintendo doesn't get a free pass on this as I've called out other developers for the same thing...
These servers do not cost much to run... there are companies that still run their centralized server games for 15+ years (See Diablo 1, Starcraft 1, etc) there really is almost no reason not to... They still need servers, those servers can handle the minimal traffic still being used by these legacy games while still being used for newer games.
These servers do not cost much to run... there are companies that still run their centralized server games for 15+ years (See Diablo 1, Starcraft 1, etc) there really is almost no reason not to... They still need servers, those servers can handle the minimal traffic still being used by these legacy games while still being used for newer games.
Ludicrous Speed
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But it does cost something and Nintendo is hurting right now. Gotta cut the expenses you can afford to. Guess this is one of those. I'm surprised there haven't been massive layoffs at Nintendo
DoYouEvenLift?
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QFT. Biggest disappointment on Wii for me. I was so pumped at the thought of playing Brawl online, and it NEVER worked for me. I'd check back every few weeks to see if it got better some how, but it consistently got worse.
With dolphin a mod that puts online quests into offline mode could be easier and perhaps even already done.
Was there friend play? I could give you my FC and we could race.
EDIT: Why in the name of Christ are they killing NV now?
A Co-Op mode where you can fight the bosses or a deathmatch mode. You can unlock exclusive weapons and dyes (basically effects).
I never did try it out so maybe I should. Will need to get used to the controls again (though they were pretty simple).
EDIT: Though I suppose worst comes to the worst you could cheat.
Starwolf_UK
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When was the last time there was new content for it? Outside of movie trailers and the misadventures of link? I'm putting the singer on at least a year if not 2.
I guess they also feel there is a market for buying these (you can buy Shaun the Sheep at least).
I wonder how much of this is due to gamespy. Maybe the contract reached its expiry.
Still the only criticism I have is why can't they migrate the processes to the current set up and then switch off the old server as running costs of the server must be the main cost by now. But it may well be licensed code that they are not allowed to do that with.
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