With less than a month to go before the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U online servers’ shutdown on April 9, the topic has been attracting attention on Japanese game news outlets and social media. What are the games that Japanese players are going to miss? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although you will still be able to revisit 3DS and Wii U games after April 9, online functions will no longer be available. Japanese news site Game Watch recently published an article<\/a> covering key titles that this will impact. The article garnered some shocked responses, suggesting that some players were not aware of the official announcement<\/a> Nintendo made back in October about the service shutdown.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Games from major franchises on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS will be impacted by this, including the first Splatoon game, Super Mario Maker, Super Smash Brothers, Monster Hunter, Animal Crossing New Leaf, Mario Kart 7 and the Pok\u00e9mon series. Of course, many of these games have more up-to-date sequels that can be enjoyed on the Nintendo Switch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n