14 DAY TRIAL // Video game publisher and hardware maker Nintendo announces that it is closing a number of the core services linked to the Wii home console during June.
The list includes:
Data exchange between Wii Friends Nintendo Channel News Channel Forecast Channel Everybody Votes Channel Mii Contest Channel
The last service is the most important because it means that Mii data exchange is no longer possible in most games and that messages will also be eliminated.
An official statement from Nintendo, quoted by CVG, reads, "We at Nintendo sincerely thank you for your continued patronage of our company’s products. We apologise to those of you currently using these services."
The move means that the company is now more interested in adding more options and features to the new Wii U rather than supporting its older device.