Wii U: Last News

Super Mario Maker before Nintendo shuts down the servers.Super Mario Maker was released in 2015 for the Wii U and allowed fans to upload player-made levels to an online hub, as long as they could actually be completed. In 2020, Nintendo confirmed it would be winding down support for the game, with the online hub closing on April 8.The group known as ‘The 0%ers’ started their task of completing every level of Super Mario Maker in 2017, with more than 40,000 fan-created stages to beat.Now with just over a month to go, ‘The 0%ers’ have 347 levels to go and have launched a dedicated website to track their progress.

Pikmin 4 is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch, and will release sometime in 2023.The game was announced during today’s (September 13) Nintendo Direct Stream, alongside a brief trailer. While the trailer really doesn’t give anything much away, series creator Shigeru Miyamoto said that the game would allow fans to experience it from “a new perspective.” The trailer, interestingly, already offers a new perspective on the Pikmin – showing them at ground-level for the first time.“Nintendo Switch has made controlling the game simpler, meaning you can concentrate on the core essence of Pikmin gameplay,” said Miyamoto.

Nintendo has provided an update on the upcoming Wii U and 3DS purchase closures, with Fire Emblem Fates to go off-sale earlier than store sales themselves.After announcing the two consoles would see their online stores slowly wind down until early 2023, Nintendo has today (July 19) provided an update on the eShop closures, including some news about 3DS title Fire Emblem Fates.According to the July 2022 update page, eShop sales of Fire Emblem Fates will end on February 28, 2023, one month before purchases will no longer be available on 3DS on March 27, 2023.Nintendo also clarified that the downloadable content for Fire Emblem Fates, including story paths only accessible after the player has completed Chapter Six in the game, will still be available on the 3DS eShop until March 27, 2023.The rest of the post confirms what Nintendo already made clear earlier in the year, that after March 2023 players will no longer be able to make purchases on the Wii U and 3DS eShops, with some content like game demos and free content disappearing too. That said, already purchased games and DLC will be available for download after the store purchases closures.When the closures were first announced, Nintendo addressed the removal of another way to purchase classic games on its platforms, after being asked asked about them in a now-deleted question and answer segment:“Across our Nintendo Switch Online membership plans, over 130 classic games are currently available in growing libraries for various legacy systems.

PlatinumGames has said it would be interested in porting Star Fox Zero to the Nintendo Switch if Nintendo wanted to.Released on the Wii U in 2016, Star Fox Zero received some mixed reviews, primarily down to how the game used both the gamepad and the TV screen at the same time during gameplay.