On April 8, a momentous event occurred for the video game industry, as Nintendo finally shut down the consoles’ online servers. 3DS and Wii U, which has brought grief to users who still use the devices to play with everyone However, all is not lost, as a fan of the company is looking for a way to be present in this online interaction, at least not by methods considered official.
The project has been named my goalAnd try to somehow continue to enjoy the game with friends and strangers in the titles from the first users Mario Maker even popular splatoon, which was still very active until a few days ago. These games are not new in the industry, since We These treatments were also done to keep people playing Mario Kart Wii and more Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Here is the statement they released:
Pretendo is a free and open source replacement for the Nintendo Network that was created with the goal of creating custom online servers for the Wii U and 3DS consoles. Our goal is to preserve the online capabilities of those consoles, so players can continue to play their favorite Wii U and 3DS games to their full potential.
It has been established that consoles need to be factory modified for this to work, this is one Homebrew LauncherA program that allows you to install third-party software and hack games through it Wii U and 3DS. Although this is not something that is considered legal at all, it is necessary to continue to allow users to try the titles of their choice on both devices, thanks to the implementation of the program in question.
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Editor’s note: It’s good that we have these options to continue titles that would otherwise be unusable, like Splatoon. That’s why they must keep that in mind while saving what Nintendo wants to cut.