If you're the kind of 3DS owner that likes to relax late at night with a few chaotic races of Mario Kart 7 or some team-based ghost hunts in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon then, be warned, your routine may be disrupted today / tomorrow.
Those in North America will see some disruption to online play on the 3DS late tonight, while in Europe the impact will be on those up very early, with extended maintenance on the way. Details with the European and North American times are below.
From (approx.) Monday, 24 March 2014 10pm Pacific / 1am Eastern (25/03) / 5am UK (25/03) / 6am CET (25/03)
to Tuesday, 25 March 1am Pacific / 4am Eastern / 8am UK / 9am CET.
Affected services:
Nintendo 3DS
- Online Play, Rankings etc.
It's not earth-shattering maintenance and we imagine won't affect most. Based on previous extended maintenance sessions that have made little perceived difference, we suspect this may be a little bit of extra behind-the-scenes work to improve stability and performance. So, you'll have to play something else online late tonight / early tomorrow.
[source nintendo.com, via nintendo.co.jp]
Comments 23
Come on, Nintendo... new Direct soon!
Umm...Ok?
@GamecubeComplex - I think the next direct will be after April 1st. No reason to show off anything until the fiscal year changes.
Maintenance I think is a good thing at this point assuming it helps stabilize and strengthen Nintendo's online infrastructure.
I'm usually in bed sleeping at those hours so it won't effect me.
@HeroOfCybertron Yeah, me too. I know some people who fall asleep at 3 in the morning, though, and I don't know how they do it.
I like these times as they won't affect me at all.
A standard bit of housekeeping.
I want Direct.
Seems everyone is starved for a Direct again. Though admittedly I'm itching for one myself only because there hasn't any Smash character updates for this month.
@WingedSnagret Well the last ones were pointless, I want to know if the online is going to work in Kart and Smash. I want something cool. Even if it's just Sakurai beating the s.it out of others in Smash. Just to see gameplay. Something.
I think I recall only 2 or 3 directs that happened around extended maintenance, so I'm not sure why anyone expects a direct after every one
I still don't understand why Nintendo cannot just run with lower capacity instead of doing this all the time. I don't think the competition does planned maintenance.
Won't be affecting me, thankfully - I'll be playing Final Fantasy VI Advance
@Gerbwmu April 1st would be a bad day for a direct.....
@Hy8ogen I agree but not only that day but the week, either this week or in 2 weeks time would be much better.
Inb4 fellow pokemon night owl players get annoyed.
Wondering, is this maintenance affecting transfer process from 3ds to 3ds right now?
The Wii U and Wii shops have been down "undergoing maintenance" all day for me.
C'on give us smb3 on 4/3!
So much for late night maintenance, I just tried to get on the eshop and it says it's down for maintenance.
Jeez, been trying to get data transfer to a new system and can't do that
Been getting the error code: 014-0017 when I try to do the system transfer so I hope this maintenance gets done soon.
Oh great, here we go with the Direct beggars again...
i tried getting on. you guys were not joking... noooo! (this is my 50th comment! yay.)
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