The Plug Will Finally Be Pulled On Miiverse In November

Bye bye easy screenshots...

@WillTheLion What are you talking about? Screenshots are easier than ever, on the Switch anyway.

The full details at NOA:

http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27329

Miiverse was fun while it lasted.

Well done Nintendo. Well done you +$,';,":[~.?(|-`;,.*+|%'"=%><"|"$!.

Good subheading title. We can't have people enjoying Miiverse on non-Switch's, now can we? I will miss it and thought it was great. Loved using it for posting screenshots. And some of the art on there is spectacular.

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAADAAADV44Mrpu8uA

I expect this story will generate a lot of comment.

Never used it ... don't care

Thus an era of weird social media comes to an end.

So... Can anyone name a proper replacement to find game buddies and share gaming experiences?

Surprised it lasted as long as it did tbh

Even if I lost 2 fingers I could still count on 1 hand the amount of times I used it

Oh man, it's really happening this time. I didn't think it would be so soon. At least they're allowing us to download all our stuff.

There's no true substitute for Miiverse. I will miss it greatly.

@Kalmaro I would use Miiverse's ability to post screenshots on Wii and 3DS to have pictures of my favorite areas and such easily accessible on my phone or PC. If Miiverse is discontinued, any official means of saving screenshots on either system will be defunct as well.

Wara Wara Plaza will be no place to hang out come November.

@Kalmaro

Yes, but now there will be no way to get direct screenshots of 3DS or Wii U games, which was something Miiverse was really useful for. I personally loved the "Screenshot Album" on the 3DS version of Miiverse.

Its a shame, but from a business decision makes perfect sense. The low number of Wii U's sold, the fact that the system and its services practically offers no major income for Nintendo; all these means Nintendo has little reason to keep it going.

I myself rarely used it, mainly cos I've never been one for sharing my gaming experiences.

I had hoped to use it as a chance for discussions and such but it never really took off in that way.

Will miss the free coins though.

Miiverse was great because it was a social network made just for us - those who grew up with Nintendo, and those who are growing up with Nintendo now. A lot of Miiverse users are huge Nintendo fans, and we all shared that connection with each other right from the start. There were many nights where I came home dead tired, got in bed to play some Wii U, and browsed Miiverse before I went to sleep. I loved to post screenshots of the game I was playing, along with a witty comment, or something funny about what I had captured on screen. I loved to scroll through the different communities and see what other people were playing, or what cool drawings others had come up with. Most of all, I loved that Miiverse was a social network where we all (mostly) had a love for Nintendo in common. Facebook cannot replicate that, and neither can any other social media platform that Nintendo wants us to use alongside their games. I will dearly miss Miiverse, and I really wish that Nintendo had introduced a new social media network that was dedicated to all of us Nintendo lovers. What are we to do now? RIP Miiverse!

Miiverse was one of the best things Nintendo ever did.I met so many great people there. I'm still surprised they decided not to continue with it on switch.

@WillTheLion That's not true. There is always the official image sharing site on the Wii U which lets you share screenshots to social media (https://i.nintendo.net). Next to that, if you have OneDrive, you can easily save screenshots with that on the Wii U and then sync them on your pc.

I did quite like Miiverse. It's sad to see it end, but we all knew it was coming.

I saved many screenshots and even had some chats with developers and stuff. I found it really useful overall. It's just a shame it was so clunky and took ages to load (even on my New 3DS).

@otterskateboard Was about to type the same thing. Really nice creative group of people on the game boards. I would have thought it would have been amazing with the Switch's growing user base.

Given this is happening, I can't help but think Nintendo's going to shut down the Wii U online multiplayer servers when the paid Switch online happens early next year.

With the closure of Miiverse, we will no longer be able to share Mario Maker levels. Nintendo could patch out the need to auto message level i.d's, but I doubt that will happen.

@dizzy_boy From the NOA support article linked above: "Super Mario Maker (Wii U): Users will still be able to share levels, but will no longer be able to comment on them."

Sad that such a wonderful community is being ripped to shreds just because it doesn't exist in that new hip console people call the 'Switch'. I like the Switch, but I liked the Miiverse community more. Both the good and bad side of Miiverse. I doubt we'll ever see Miiverse again. It will duly be missed.

It is pretty useles; restricted, censored, limited, and all the info and help can be searched quicker, even with 3DS browser. Also, only the choosen games have their boards... which means you are out of the luck if you have lower/older version of the game.

I'm only *slighty suprised they won't try implementing it (or something similar) on Switch (because Nintendo and easy censorship), but I guess it flopped enough so they just try to forget about it.

It was however one of the rare ways to actually save a screenshot from 3DS in a legit way...

Edit: What will happen with the platinum coins for weekly signin? Disabled?

It was great the 4 times I posted on it. But Nintendo now want us to use FB and Twitter. Not sure that I want my non gaming friends to know that I'm playing Mario and Rabbids instead of meeting people and 'normal' stuff.

Guess I'll stick to posting on NL to talk to Ninty fans instead.

Tipping stars will be non completable after this, all levels are playable but getting enough stars for all the parts will be impossible in the base game.

This doesn't come as a surprise to me, especially as Nintendo has seen the surge in success of the Switch. Makes sense to shut down none vital and costly services on older devises as people upgrade to the Switch, and for those that haven't, this will be one more reason to do so. It's all business.

@Fidu that's good to know.
Also, the admin on Miiverse have posted the time for the Europem Miiverse closure. 7am CET 8th November.

@MrGawain I don't think you can call a friend someone who won't understand and tolerate your hobbies and interests. Regardless if they are gaming or non-gaming people.

Bye bye! Till never again. Really disliked this future

@KTT I agree. Then they are no true friends! Period. They will accept and respect your taste in games. That's not for them to judge

Oh no, there goes my weekly 50 platinum points, what will i do without them

@Yhdekskymmenen The forums on this very site.There are threads for sharing game experiences,sharing friend codes,setting up multiplayer matches etc.Everyone on my Wii U/Switch friendlist is from here.It's much better and easier way to chat about Nintendo game's than Miiverse ever was.

They should patch something in for Super Mario Maker. Feedback in the form of likes or something.

and so ends an era for the Wii U (besides online and the eshop of course).
im not at all shock about this. i will sadly miss it. as, it was the only way, i can post gameplay screenshots of most of my 3DS/Wii U games.

@Zyrac Could you tell me how to download all your stuff from it! I have a lot of cherished stupidity I'd like to hang onto.

@otterskateboard luv u bro x

Miiverse was a good feature to talk about games and seek help if needed.

The feature is actually better used for the 3DS than the Wii U in my opinion. I just hope in the future they consider having options to save screenshots on 3DS, make videos on the Switch and upload the videos/screenshots to sites like YouTube , Facebook , Blogs etc.

Such a shame. I wonder when they will pull the plug on Wii U online play

@Maxz There's a link on the front page of the web version (I think they only added it after this article was posted). You won't actually get your stuff until after the shutdown though.

Darn it!... Not only are there no more screenshots (I don't use Facebook, thank you very much), but there goes the ability to share stages in Smash!

Not even a full year after the Switch released, and the 3DS isn't even finished yet.?! Pathetic, Nintendo, as usual.

No Sushi Striker posts, I guess...

@DrkBndr Thanks for that, I didn't realise the Wii U had the image share thing, too.

wasn't Miiverse a level in Smash Bros?

@Zyrac Thank you! I've submitted a request. Maybe we can all have a teary-eyed look back on the community here after it goes down.

@polarbear As someone else mentioned previously,a good bet would be when the Switch paid online service starts.That announcement is not going to go down well for sure.

So Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars won't be completable anymore. Reminds me of Metroid Prime 3 Corruption when Nintendo turned the online servers down, and it went uncompletable after that. Gamers went back to unlock the stuff that was needed before the time ran out.

Can we do the same for Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars?

Will more Wii U games be incompletable after the removal of Miiverse?

I really thought they would have waited for 3ds/2ds to wind down before killing off miiverse. Games like RPG Maker Fes pretty much rely on that for feedback and announcements for our games and I know some countries have really active miiverse from games companies themselves promoting upcoming games and giving advice and tips on their current games.

I haven't used Miiverse much, but seeing even one game suffer actual content collection limitations due to the closure is always a bummer. And will the downloadable post archive include the screenshot album, I wonder?

@jimi

In Super Mario Maker, I think you can star a level even without Miiverse. But if we lose the ability to star someone's level then we can never gain enough stars to unlock all space in the save room.

In MvsDK I guess it's worse. The Stars/Likes in this game are literally money for unlocking new level editor objects.

Had a great time trolling the community for The Letter when that dumpster fire released. The pathetic attempts of the games fans to defend it were far more entertaining than anything in the actual game. Gonna log on today and scroll those old posts, for old times sake...

SHAME.. (ding-ding).. SHAME.. (ding-ding).. SHAME.. (ding-ding).. SHAME.. (ding-ding).. SHAME.. (ding-ding).. SHAME.. (ding-ding)..

They say it's because people moved on social media but real reason is to reduce costs. I loved that feature and will be missing it. They won't even bother to remove icons from wii u and 3ds.
And lack of Miiverse like feature and VC on Switch is another BIG SHAME!

Think it stupid if you ask me since the 3ds is still goimg strong. Sadly it time to say goodbye to my miiverse friends then.

I hope I can at least still share my Mario Maker stages and get to my screenshots on Miiverse.

@WillTheLion
Taken from the US Website:
Users can download their old Miiverse posts (without comments or messages from others) by visiting http://miiverse.nintendo.net and registering before the Miiverse service ends on Nov. 7, 2017 at 10 p.m. PT. Once registered, users will receive an e-mail via Nintendo Account mail a few weeks after the Miiverse service ends, which will include a unique URL to download their past Miiverse posts.

That's nice of them.

Fine with me; I never use Miiverse

@Yhdekskymmenen Discord can be pretty great for meeting a bunch of people that play games you like. Just find a server for some of your favourite games and then chat to others about it. I've met some really nice people on there!

I understand losing it on wii U but 3DS still alive kicking and not being able send screenshots or talking friends is quite oversight by Nintendo.

Since no way talk or communicate on switch think its abit stupid nintendo to pulling something that i and alot other people still use talk people from around world.

@NickOfTime90 cheers for the headsup, now I've got a deadline for that game I may actually play it...

What about the Miiverse stage on Sm4sh Wii U?

(Yeah, my priority list is pretty much that.)

I was wondering about this just the other day. I launched Miiverse from my Wii U for the first time in forever, and it felt a little strange. I figured the only reason the platform was still alive is because the 3DS wasn't dead yet. Then I thought an end to Miiverse might foreshadow the end of the 3DS' life span. Now here we are a couple days later. Perhaps this indicates there won't be any more first-party 3DS titles beyond this year.

Charmingly clunky, but I'm not sure Miiverse would cut the mustard in 2017. It was an endearing mess.

@AlexSora89 It's been confirmed that posts will no longer appear, but the stage will be playable.

I never got the hype over miiverse as a social network, but the number of games that rely on quite heavily is kind of alarming. Mario vs Donkey Kong Tipping Stars will suffer hugely by this being turned off. It can't cost much to keep it running. When the Wii's network went down, we were told it was because of Gamespy, and now that Nintendo were running their own with Wii U, it wouldn't end so quickly. Instead, they're shutting it down even quicker.

Not sure how many people realize this, but you will still be able to take screenshots. Just open up the web browser and go to any file uploading website. I use Flickr. (You have to click on the "old uploadr", though.) I know this works on Wii U, but not sure about 3DS.

Although I am a little sad Miiverse is going away, my main concern is that games like Super Mario Maker will lose a decent amount of playability, I suppose we should all try to make the most out of the games that will be effected the most by Miiverse being deleted

Aww man, I didn't think it would end this soon... I've always really enjoyed Miiverse, and like others here I've also used it quite a bit to take screenshots on 3DS. This will also be a pretty big blow to the SmileBASIC community since everyone uses Miiverse to take screenshots of their games/programs. Hopefully a Switch version of SB will be made some time.

It will be missed for sure, and Twitter isn't really a viable replacement because there are plenty of things I've posted to Miiverse that I wouldn't post to Twitter. It's just not the same audience.

Also, I haven't seen anyone (Not even that page from Nintendo) mention that Game & Wario's Miiverse Sketch will also become unusable, which is really sad since that was a really fun, really crazy mode.

@burchdude65
Blander Battlefield, yay!
In all seriousness, though, Miiverse might just be an even better version of Battlefield with the posts removed. It's a really clear arena.

So, there's no way of taking screenshots on 3DS after it's gone?

@jimi "Iwata wouldn't have done any of that" like close down the Wii online service?

Plus the Wii Shop is still open so I don't think you need to worry about the Wii U one closing down any time soon.

And a final point,I absolutely cannot stand when someone uses the word "cancer" in that context.If anything is,it's your comment.

I get why they're shutting it down but...
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I don't like facebook, twitter, and all the rest.

I'm not too saddened by it's closure. But I did make an awesome Smasher friend on Miiverse and we had a LOT of fun together. I used it every now and again, but not much was said about the games themselves, from what I could see. I will miss my own screenshots that I made. Glad we have a gallery option on Switch. But I suppose the brilliant artwork people made is the real loss here.

WELL.
It was not without it's share of faults. But it was a lot of fun. And presumably gathered them some interesting data on their players' habits and interests.

I loved Miiverse, though I used it more as a gaming history for my 3DS and Wii U. I'm very pleased they are letting you Dow load that history instead of wiping it out.

@jimi What is it with the "New Nintendo" in all of your comments?The new Nintendo began with the Wii/Wii U era,that's when they changed,arguably for the worse.As a very happy Switch owner,i can say I see more of the old Nintendo in this console than I ever did with Wii/Wii U.

I'm genuinely saddened by this news. I've really enjoyed miiverse as a bit of an artist myself I've enjoyed creating and posting my work with fellow gamers. Ive also enjoyed seeing the phenomenal level of skill that others have on there for artwork, some of it is mind blowing. It felt like a relitavely 'safe' and fluffy little corner of the internet. The fact that a lot of my favourite wiiu titles will lose features is also a shame. RIP Miiverse!

I used it for Animal Crossing New Leaf mostly. It was a fun little feature.

Wonder whether this will affect XCX, I haven't played it yet.

Screenshots were very handy with it.

Really love going to Miiverse, even to this day. I still use it.
This is why I hoard things; You never know when it’s going to be plucked away.

Miiverse had core design flaws that made it a terrible social media in the first place. It's integration with the games, like in Wara Wara Plaza, Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Maker and more was actually good since you were using it from a casual perspective, not trying to go and find people to play with or have interesting discussions. I think it's kind of lazy how Nintendo isn't patching the Miiverse-integrated but not dependent features like replay upload instead of just killing them.

SAD. I really liked Miiverse.

I really enjoy using Miiverse. I still use it to this day and will miss it once it's gone.

@jimi You still sound very bitter about the Switch,just as you did all those months ago when it was revealed."Dead on arrival" it was you said.You must be hating it to see it being so successful.I wonder why it's so successful,could it be because Nintendo have created a machine that appeals to consumers unlike their previous console,the one that you wish the Switch was more like?By the end of year one it's probably going to have passed Wii U's lifetime sales.The truth is the Wii U was the badly designed and ill though through console,it's sales show that.I agree somethings are missing from Switch that should be there,Nintendo have put the machine out before they quite ready but they needed to get it out when they did.With 6 million sales after 6 short months,I think they've shown they made the correct decision.

I'm not overly social, so don't care too much for the social feature, but the past 2 months I've been using it a lot to journal my playthru of Zelda U. I was really really hoping they would at least keep it up while I played thru Champions Ballad to finish the game up. I suppose it's possible it releases before then, but I'm not optimistic.

Well anyway, here are a couple of my posts from LAST NIGHT. spoilers probably.

I named him Thor, b/c I'm a Met fan, not b/c of the movie.

Oh, this 1 was from 3 days ago but I liked it. Well I liked it until I rode it all the way to the stable and the guy wouldn't board it, bummer.

Will miss Miiverse, don't have the Switch and will miss using it on the 3DS. Will miss the free coins. I liked that it was kid friendly. I think Nintendo is stupid for getting rid of it and I won't be using my social media or let my kids use it to post stuff.

@Grumblevolcano "when the paid Switch online happens early next year."

Perfect time for SSB4D in March and SMMD in May.
Maybe they'll have an ND on November 6th to soothe the pain?

@gaga64
Just a heads up, you'll need to earn ~9080 stars to unlock everything. Each level gets you up to three stars. You need to earn about 130 stars every day for the next 70 days. Are you up to the challenge? I'm certainly giving it a go. I've also made a few easy star levels for people to go through

Shame. It was a really cool feature.
It was used in brilliant ways in games like Shovel Knight. And it was so fun in Super Mario 3D World. It inspired so many people to draw beautiful or funny portraits of gaming's favorite characters.... It was so unique and such an efficacious system to communicate between gamers and developers directly.

Most importantly, it was a feature which had a core need that cannot be replaced by any other social media channel - this specific environment of fans ...

Visionary and perhaps ahead of its time, the closure represents a more no nonsense approach of the Switch era where games are King and you don't even need an internet browser.... But it will never be forgotten.

@shaneoh hmmm, if it's anything like my performance on Mario Maker then this might be a lost cause... Struggled to get to 50 stars on that system...

@gaga64
It's fairly easy, just time consuming, got about 170 tonight playing through mostly easy levels

Well, it was nice to post screenshots while it lasted.

It's a real shame but this was inevitable. RIP Miiverse. You made stamps so fun.

Sad.

Instead, they should've implemented Miiverse on the Switch.

Stupid move by Nintendo. They shut off the bells & whistles of their consoles way too early. And its not just the under achieving Wii U, the Wii got similar treatment...yet everything still works on my PS3 & 360.

The community should get together and make shared twitter accounts that we can simulate miiverse communities in - like accounts where we all can upload screen shots and drawings to from our switches.

@dizzy_boy you still can share levels

I only logged on once a week for the My Nintendo coins.

@Peach64 I think Miiverse moderators are expensive... For some reason.

I think I used it twice, although I can see the appeal (especially with art sharing, that was awesome, and the only reason I tested it out), I didn't feel the want to continuously use it. So I won't be sad to see it close, but I'm totally for a version on Switch (which will sadly never happen, and that list of things is getting long, wah wah)

Should just keep it open for certain games that really use it.

@OdnetninAges Ahhhh, that is a shame. I stopped playing on my WiiU and 3ds after I got my Switch and even before then, stopped using miiverse shortly after wonderful 101 came out.

I will miss seeing all the great Art Academy posts and the friends I made there.

@gaga64 no problem, same here! Played a few levels at release but thats it:)

@gaga64 @shaneoh hmmm thats a lot of work, don't know if I can fit this in my already full game library.

I won't since I barely use it (mainly to send messages to friends who can be reached in other ways), but I'm sure others will.

Was never a fan of Miiverse, so I can't feel sad adout this, but this sucks for those who enjoyed it.

Seems like Mario Maker will still allow level sharing, so that's good for those who still play that game.

I have mixed feeling about this. Part of me will shed no tear. The other part will miss it and feel that it's yet another missed opportunity from Nintendo.

I loved how some games allowed you to use stickers you earned "in-game" to post "in-game" to Miiverse. I always thought Nintendo should have made the stickers usable throughout Miiverse instead of just "in-game". They would have acted as usable trophies that everyone could see. Everyone would see that someone posting a message with a Mario Kart Sticker managed a fast time in a time trial.

I'm sad about this. Miiverse was really something for Animal Crossing groups connecting together easily. And the Miiverse integration in a bunch of the games was pretty fun. Bye-bye bottles in Zelda!

While the social media aspects of Miiverse were never much to write home about (although sharing posts and drawings was still quite entertaining), I think some of us are missing the much bigger picture...

Player messages and friend requests are also run through Miiverse, meaning online interactivity in general will be severely gimped with the loss of Miiverse. Stage sharing in Super Smash Bros. was also done via Miiverse, so this feature will also be cut from the game. And correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Mario Maker's level sharing also tied to Miiverse?

Edit: there FAQ claims that level sharing should still be functional in Mario Maker, so there's that at least. But looking at the long list of games that will have unusable features now, it pretty much sucks that Nintendo is doing this.

Anyone know of a definitive list of games that used Miiverse for functions other than just general posts? E.g. Level sharing in Mario Maker, the communities in Wii Fit U, bottle messages in Wind Waker etc.

Interesting its happening now when they insist on continuing the 3DS line for a fair bit. Does that mean an update will come to remove the Miiverse button down the line? Shame those new New 2DS adapters won't have much time to spend with the feature.

That said, I'm now thinking about what Miiverse feature heavy Wii U games to play through before the service is gone for good. Wind Waker HD and Splatoon come to mind, any other Wii U games I'm forgetting?

I understand why the Switch doesn't have Miiverse, Miiverse is flawed, but shutting it down this year is way too early since alot of games are tied to it. It's pretty much WiiConnect24 (also shut down earlier than it should have been) all over again.

Unfortunate. I would have thought they would have given MiiVerse at least another year. It was nice for posting Animal Crossing photos. Guess now we'll just have to use Twitter.

I find this very disappointing. 3DS is still an active platform and Wii U has only officially been dead since Switch Lunch about 6 months ago. Miiverse didn't even last 5 years. These Wii U games that have integrated Miiverse features are still on sale on the shelf at Target.

If Switch wasn't selling so well I probably wouldn't have had the confidence it would be supported. Sony didn't abandon the PS3 when it was tanking at launch and everything on it still works but Nintendo seems to abandon things sooner than I would like.

It was strange and silly and really awkward but that was part of its charm. Bye bye

So many games used Miiverse in clever ways. Can't believe they are pulling the plug so soon.

It is going to make some games look so empty. Then of course there is the plaza. You know that place you see every time you turn your Wii U on. It will be so empty now.

How do I save screenshots now on the Wii u?

I wonder if they will be applying updates to some of their 3DS games that benefit from miiverse so you can share through other media instead. I'm looking at Miitopia that has barely been out and is great on miiverse. You can also make little photo montages using the Miitopia so it looks like little cartoons and you have an in game character who takes random photos that are ideal to post on miiverse.
It actually makes me question every new purchase of Nintendo games incase they have features that won't last for long.

Have they said anything about how long they intend to keep maintaining the game servers? Many games will be nigh-unplayable without online multiplayer. (Even XCX will be a crippled experience with no Reward Tickets.)

There goes the Miiverse stage on SSB -_-

But with Facebook and Twitter, why bother? it was interesting but unnecessary.

@dizzy_boy In the official FAQ it says you will still be able to share them and you just won't be able to comment on them.

@dleec8 so close to your thoughs... can't stand missing Miiverse. 38 years old and in pain for this. Weird but real.

As I posted in the editorial article (didn't see this one at the time), this is definitely disappointing news to me. For Mario Maker, I use Miiverse extensively to leave in-level comments on my own music levels that provide narration/quotes which accompany the music. Obviously the service was going to end at some point, but it's a letdown that it had to happen so soon.

@3dsgeek333 & @YoshiPilot check posts #23 &#30

It was dead once a message of mine was deleted when I had the temerity to reply to a frustrated Mario Tennis 3DS player I'd be online around 7pm for a random match! That game restricted you to local regions and it was rare to find a match in Australia. So much for trying to play the game! Nintendo really need to loosen up with their censorship rules.

@Maxz high five

Well, I guess I better get crackin' on the multi-part drawing. Miiverse has been like a ghost town for the past few months anyway, so their decision for the shutdown makes sense. It was also getting pretty boring. Still, looking back, it was a pretty cool experience when it first started. Discovering cool drawings from the Wara Wara Plaza , navigating through game communities for the first time, sharing fun moments from our favorite games, etc.

I'll absolutely miss miiverse, still use it on occasion to share games....lots of folks still upvote screen shots and art pieces. Loved it as a gamer's social media platform, only XBL communities rivals it.

Now all NS photos are more of a twitter thing, so gamers the world over won't get to see comments unless they follow specific hashtags or twitter handles. That's lame, we're losing the ability to share with all Nintendo gamers.

@OorWullie @Grumblevolcano Pokemon NEEDS internet so it shouldn't be any sooner than the Switch version of Pokemon releases.

Honestly it seems Miiverse was always intended to be more of a Wii U thing

@Paddle1 It seemed to start as a wiiU thing, but once it hit the 3DS it started to integrate into the 3DS games it seemed the perfect fit for the 3DS. The only hope for those games that benefit from the miiverse features get some kind of update that allows use of other social media. I mean they used to have Facebook connect on the DSi but decided to change to miiverse on the 3DS only to abandon it when it started to fit in.
If I remember why they went from Facebook connect to miiverse was because Facebook wasn't considered "Family Friendly Nintendo image"

@Paddle1 I'm talking about Wii U though, not 3DS. My thinking is they'd shutdown the Wii U servers but keep the 3DS servers up.

@Grumblevolcano The 3DS and Wii U both use Nintendo Network so I figured they're the same servers. That's how the DS and Wii were.

I can't help but feel like Nintendo are taking another step back by closing the Miiverse in favour of making us use Social Media to interact with others. I hardly use Facebook or Twitter as you'll find some unpleasant people on both, so Miiverse was a great place to feel noticed and somewhat appreciated as well within the Nintendo community. If Miiverse was Wii U exclusive I'd be more reasoning with its closure but remember, they only just launched the New 2DS XL... which has quick access to it. I don't understand.

Miiverse is a place for Nintendo fans to talk about Nintendo games, post Nintendo screen shots, and show Nintendo drawings. There's no place like it. You think my Facebook and Twitter friends want to be bothered by my multiple video game posts everyday? (the answer is no, no they don't)

I'm a huge Miiverse fan... the petition to keep it is on Change.org with over 4K signatures so far.
It's not perfect but it's preferable to other social media for me.
November 8th is a sad day in my diary