You’d think after Nintendo shut down the Nintendo Network servers for the 3DS and Wii U in April, even the most die-hard of players would move on. Yet here we are, over a month later, and there’s reportedly three people who are somehow still connected to the Nintendo Network, and it only recently used to be four.
This is according toTwitter user Gaffs, who runs a Nintendo Network After Hours Discord and has been documenting the aftermath of the servers being shutdown. One of the players, Lcd101, we already reported on last month as they’ve been sharingdaily updates on whatSplatoon 1looks likenow that its online features don’t work. The other two are Fishguy6564 inMario Kart 7and SlitherySheep inSuper Mario Maker.
.@xc_omoroidhas disconnected from Xenoblade Chronicles X. Marking the end of Xenoblade on the Nintendo Network.Three known players remain on the Nintendo Network.pic.twitter.com/uzgAsLU99G
A fourth player,xc_omoroid on Twitter, used to part of this exclusive crowd, having stayed connected to the servers for RPGXenoblade Chronicles X. Although it’s primarily a single-player game,Xenoblade Chronicles Xdid boast online functionality, allowing players to share their custom characters so others could use them in their party. Thankfully, the game is still functional even without the servers, but xc_omoroid decided to see how long they could stay online following the shutdown.
They were finally booted from the game on May 21, which they consider a “miracle” sinceXenoblade Chronicles X‘s netcode apparently wasn’t very good; they even describe it as the worst of any Wii U game. Ina follow-up post, they said they also managed to beat all the online exclusive content, assuring they’ll forever have a truly complete save file. Honestly, this reminds me how I never got round to playingXenoblade Chronicles Xmyself and, even though the servers are gone, I’m half tempted to dig out my old copy.
I have to imagine the remaining three players won’t stay connected to their respective games for much longer. Then again, I would’ve thought that one week after the servers shut down and yet they’ve lasted for over a month. At this rate, they could make it well into June. Whatever the case, they will be booted eventually, and then it will truly be an end of an era.
