Nintendo Wii Shop Channel closing in 2019.

[spac316]

http://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2017/September/Important-information-about-the-closure-of-the-Wii-Shop-Channel-1285994.html
This is for the original Wii from 2006. We'll have one more year till closing. So if you have anything you want from it, get'em now. Highly recommend Contra Rebirth, Castlevania Rebirth and Gradius Rebirth.

[desocietas]

http://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2017/September/Important-information-about-the-closure-of-the-Wii-Shop-Channel-1285994.html
This is for the original Wii from 2006. We'll have one more year till closing. So if you have anything you want from it, get'em now. Highly recommend Contra Rebirth, Castlevania Rebirth and Gradius Rebirth. (Since I doubt they'll make any more appearances, unless Konami pulls their head out of their ass!)

Man, I think all I can think of that I'd like is My Life as a King... Hopefully they'll announce compatibility with the Switch or something for games like that.

[azure]

End of an era. Also shows how fleeting the digital marketplace for games really is.

[badATchaos]

about time

[burningdoom]

Note that the entire service will shut down in 2019, HOWEVER you will no longer be able to transfer funds to your account by March 2018, basically shutting it down even earlier.

[baileykun]

>_< Shoot, I still need more DLC packs for Harvest Moon: my little shop. Guess I'm gonna beg for Nintendo cards for Christmas.

[98dgreen]

Suprised it lasted that long

[ignition365]

Luckily hacking/modding a Wii is really simple and as far as I'm aware, all of the Wiiware titles are not hard to find.

[kashell]

Suprised it lasted that long

I legit thought it was already closed. @.@

[shadowzero]

I totally agree with Contra Rebirth, Castlevania Rebirth and Gradius Rebirth.  If you need to xfer stuff from your Wii to the WiiU you'll need to do it while the shop is open.

[davifus]

any other titles to pick up before the death of the wii shop?

[ignition365]

Suggested games... but again I'll state that modding a wii is free and wiiware titles are easily found and installed

Castlevania Rebirth
Contra Rebirth
Fluidity
My Life as a Darklord
My Life as a King
Gradius Rebirth

Other Exclusives worth noting but maybe not worth buying

Harvest Moon: My Little Shop
Mr. Driller W
My Pokemon Ranch
Pokemon Rumble
Star Soldier R

Titles worth noting, but not worth buying because they are available elsewhere

Lost Winds
Lost Winds 2
MDK2

[burningdoom]

I REALLY hope Nintendo plans on bringing over the Virtual Console stuff. That is the best part of Wii Shop.

[badATchaos]

and when they do bring it back I hope they release them faster. At this point one would hope they have their emulation down packed.

[Warmsignal]

It's all a plot to ween people off of Wii U so that they'll buy a Switch. They're also shutting down Miiverse next month.