[News] Wii Shop Channel will closing down on 2019

[Drayton]

In 2019, the Wii Shop Channel and its iconic music will come to an end.

A statement from Nintendo says that Wii owners will be able to purchase content from the Wii Shop Channel until Jan. 30, 2019. At some point after, Nintendo will close "all services related to the Wii Shop Channel, including redownloading purchased WiiWare, Virtual Console titles, and Wii Channel, as well as Wii System Transfer Tool, which transfers data from Wii to the Wii U system."

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I'm not a Wii fan, but you folks out there owning such system, what's your opinion.

 

[colours]

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Let us weep.

 

[Graine]

Let us weep.

This needs a 10hrs loop

 

[BlazingCobaltX]

I thought it already was out of function. Still sad tho.

 

[Alfieri]

And this is why I'm against buying digital games. At some point the digital store will disappear. Physical games will last far longer (if taken care of properly).

 

[machomuu]

And this is why I'm against buying digital games. At some point the digital store will disappear. Physical games will last far longer (if taken care of properly).

Well, the store will disappear, but the games won't. They're hopefully preserved as wads and will exist for...well, decades upon decades. And people will still be able to play them, through Dolphin, Wii, Wii U, or whatever other methods may come in the future.

This isn't to say Digital > Physical, but I don't really think that in a case such as this longevity's that much of an issue, especially since backwards compatibility basically hit a wall for these titles after the Wii U, anyway.

 

[Alfieri]

Well, the store will disappear, but the games won't. They're hopefully preserved as wads and will exist for...well, decades upon decades. And people will still be able to play them, through Dolphin, Wii, Wii U, or whatever other methods may come in the future.

This isn't to say Digital > Physical, but I don't really think that in a case such as this longevity's that much of an issue, especially since backwards compatibility basically hit a wall for these titles after the Wii U, anyway.

I was referring to this:
"including redownloading purchased WiiWare, Virtual Console titles, and Wii Channel"

Kinda like how it's rare to hang on to that PT demo because it's technically gone forever. If the store shuts down, you can't redownload the game you spent money on if your system ever dies and you get a replacement or whatever.

 

[El Héroe Oscuro]

I was referring to this:
"including redownloading purchased WiiWare, Virtual Console titles, and Wii Channel"

Kinda like how it's rare to hang on to that PT demo because it's technically gone forever. If the store shuts down, you can't redownload the game you spent money on if your system ever dies and you get a replacement or whatever.

All purchases would be linked to your account, right? I can't remember the last time I've played my Wii, but did it ever have any external memory similar to the GameCube memory cartridges? So say if my console did die, I could just transfer my games over via external memory?

 

[Yukari]

This needs a 10hrs loop

Ask and you shall recieve.