On April 8th, 2024, the online services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U were shutdown. This affects online play across all games, and SpotPass, used in apps like Swapdoodle; this renders online-required games unplayable, most notably Nintendo Badge Arcade.
As of the date I'm writing this not aaall online features are unaccessible, Friends List seem to be working, Pokémon Bank is still running, usable for free and compatible with Pokémon Home, and you can download updates and games from the eShop (only if you bought them before the eShop shutdown from March 27th, 2023...), but there's no guarantee those will last much longer.
anyways
Pretendo Network is a replacement for Nintendo Network that not only aims to restore online play, but also other abandoned features such as Miiverse and the Wara Wara Plaza.
Setting up Pretendo is pretty easy, there's a guide on its website for both Wii U, 3DS and their respective emulators, and you don't even need modding on Wii U for it to work (with some limitations), but you might as well do it since it's so easy (Wii U modding guide - 3DS modding guide)
Currently Pretendo is in a beta state and active development so it's not really a fully realized replacement yet, but a couple of popular games are supported well enough at the moment, like Mario Kart 7, Splatoon and Super Mario Maker (personally i care more about pokemon gen 6 and mh4u and idk if those will be supported aaaa oh well).
Since this is technically a whole different server, some things don't carry over from you Nintendo Network ID to your Pretendo Network ID, like your badges(you should backup your badges before using Pretendo on 3DS) or your Friends List... so I gotta fill it up again! my new 3DS Friend Code is 3878-6726-5312 and my PNID is dibudani (for Wii U), add me right now !!
"Why is the little wifi guy so happy?"
idk. why was toad happy when Club Nintendo was discontinued?
From December 2021.
Tried to mimick the artstyle of a couple of 3DS characters I like.
The 3DS was released a bit more than a decade ago and the nostalgia is getting bigger and bigger, evidenced by the fact that this is my most popular tweet lol
Drawn in commemoration of the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U's eShop closure in March 27th, 2023.
For multiple months and weeks in a row Pokémon Crystal was dominating the top charts of the 3DS eShop, that's why I chose that icon to be present here.
Some time ago I made a thread on Twitter about stuff I've made on the Nintendo 3DS since 2014, things from Miiverse, Flipnote Studio 3D, Swapnote, etc...
It's nice to remember such good times, but to be honest most of it doesn't look any good nowadays lol
That said, currently there's a revival project for Miiverse called "rverse"; it's still in development therefore lacks a bunch of features, but you can still post art and look at art...
So, of course, I've been using it. Here's what I've drawn so far! (From July 2022 to June 2023)
You can get rverse on any softmodded 3DS.
yknow, it's actually really easy to mod your 3ds...........
no, all consoles have been infected with a virus called roboenza that makes them go out of control and turn violent against humanity
( Yes, we'll still be able to play 3DS offline. Only online services will be affected after April 8. Source: Nintendo's support website (en-americas-support.nintendo.com) )