As some of you no doubt recall Nintendo recently lined up another extended session of network maintenance; though the timing and circumstances of the last work of this nature gave hope of a related Direct or special event, so far nothing has been announced. The maintenance is definite, though, so it's worth noting that online play could be disrupted very soon.
The times are below, and may potentially affect some Splatoon evening sessions in North America, while only night owls and morning gamers should be affected in Europe.
North America
From Monday, January 11 at 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern until Tuesday, January 12 at 3am Pacific / 6am Eastern.
Europe
From Tuesday, 12 January at 10pm UK / 11pm CET to Tuesday, 12 January 11am UK / 12pm CET.
The official status page doesn't say the eShop will be affected - it specifies 'Online Play, Rankings etc', but the vague 'some network services' could also see the download store have a bit of downtime. In other words, be ready for a bit of offline gaming in the above hours.
We'll know soon enough whether this is a standard monthly extended maintenance or something more interesting.
[source nintendo.com]
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Adding stability?
I hope they are preparing for MyNintendo. It was supposed to be "early 2016" for Europe/NA
@DarthNocturnal Did we get an announcement? I honestly can't wait to discover it.
If I keep guessing that a Direct is coming every time something happens then eventually I'll be right and worshiped for my amazing prophetic wisdom........then I can get paid for giving my random opinions on everything and be called an expert......yep that's what's going to happen.
trying to stop hykems exploit, futile.
This time window was actually extended. If you look at the page referenced in the article by the link, the time is now 5PM - 6AM Eastern.
MyNintendo or Nintendo direct maby
@Gerbwmu ah you remind me of Michael Pachter
I just hope that they fix the XenoBlade X Servers!
I hate being disconnected from them constantly!
Eternal darkness it is for me tonight so.
Or maybe I'll listen to David Bowie for the night
@ThomasBW84 That's actually the outdated schedule, it's been updated to take place earlier and last for a total of 13 hours. Here's the source: http://nintendoeverything.com/wii-u-and-3ds-online-maintenance-taking-place-early-next-week/
@Neko_Ichigofan Ah, I had actually double-checked the official page (and linked to it) but plum missed the changes. Have updated anyway.
@ThomasBW84 I am just letting you know of an error in the article which is the following:
From Tuesday, 12 January at 10pm UK / 11pm CET to Tuesday, 12 January 11am UK / 12pm CET
Do you mean From Tuesday 12 January 10pm UK to Wednesday 13 January 11am UK
@Mayoo I thought MyNintendo was supposed to come out in March.
@readyletsgo That sounds like a good night. Love that game.
I'm planning on blasting some David Bowie as well, in his honor. What an artist.
So I wonder if people are going to whine at Nintendo like they always whine at Sony when PSN is down for maintenance.
@Tasuki No but they'll whine if the maintenance doesn't mean a Nintendo Direct this week.
"From Tuesday, 12 January at 10pm UK / 11pm CET to Tuesday, 12 January 11am UK / 12pm CET."
Took me a while to work out why that didn't make sense. You've listed it as going backwards by 11 hours :/
Great timing; I'll be watching the Tide roll over Clemson tonight, anyway.
Well, I guess I will be playing Xenoblade tonight since Mario Marker Course World probably will be offline and/or strange.
I've been using my Wii U to prop up my couch while I play and it has been a little shaky lately. Hopefully this update will add some much needed stability.
@flummerfelt he was an amazing singer songwriter, actor, producer, collaborator, crazy guy all in one. Will be sorely missed.
I wonder if this had anything to do with the terrible lag I was experiencing while playing Smash 3DS online this afternoon. I think it should be peer-to-peer, but perhaps the matchmaking servers were doing a poor job of matching people by region.
I wonder if this had anything to do with the terrible lag I was experiencing while playing Smash 3DS online this afternoon. I think it should be peer-to-peer, but perhaps the matchmaking servers were doing a poor job of matching people by region.
I was just playing Mario Maker. Crystal Palace, we're still here! For now.
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