The 3DS And Wii U Are Losing Two More Features Next Month

My Wii U screenshare upload thing via Twitter hasn't been working for a while anyway. I miss that feature massively, so to hear it's getting fully chopped is a right bummer. Hopefully the homebrew scene can work something out to replace it, if they haven't already.

Waiting on the shutdown of Badge Arcade, I play it every day and have not paid anything towards it, but I will keep trying to get them all
Don't know what I will do in the morning before work if I don't have that to do.

Gosh, it reminds me to pay visit Badge Arcade more before the shutdown.

@Bunkerneath me too! I’ve only got another 20,000 Pokémon and animal crossing badges to go!

I'm still waiting to see if Nintendo will leave system transfering alone since that requires a server check before transfering your game data to a new console.

The Switch successor needs to be backwards compatible or I will not be getting it.

I am not leaving behind hundreds of games again on a platform that will slowly be stripped of its features.

Nobody really uses those anyway but I'm sure people will somehow find a way to complain regardless.

Where's the sales at? I wanna grab Stella Glow at a reduced price but they ain't putting it on sale

That was possible until now??? I thought nothing like this is possible since they killed the Miiverse.

It would be so cool if the Big N would go out with a big sale on both eShops. I know they won't, Nintendo being Nintendo. But one can dream. I still need to get a bunch of things from the 3DS eShop. Time is running out more quickly than I had hoped for

Yes, I think it is time for a massive sale.

@Bunkerneath i just did a complete redign of my home screen, with lots of badges, after getting all the non-missable games.. mjust charged the 3ds too, so on to the arcade tonight!

@Pillowpants And remove the region locking... doesn't cost them anything...

"If someone plays a 3ds game on the go, but shares no images on popular social media platforms, are they really playing a 3ds game on the go then?" - Ancient Chinese Proverb

@liljmoore I bought Stella Glow for €5 recently in the European eshop, but the sale has ended, just looked. Several Etrian Odyssey games were on sale as well, for €4. Atlus is doing them quite regularly as of late.

@Pillowpants I was just thinking the same thing! There are a couple more games I would have bought, but I didn't have the money at the time. But that's okay, I have more than enough games to play.

I'd be surprised if anybody even bothered to use that feature in the last seven years.

I agree with that there should be a sale. While a lot of games have managed to go on sale over the last bit of time, the last few games I want are from either first party Nintendo or Level 5, neither of which have had a sale in a while. What really sucks is that the DSIware games are probably never going to go on sale, and those have a much higher chance of never being seen again than native 3DS games.

I thought I cared about the whole shutdown issue but realized I rarely touch my 3DS anyhow and when I do, it's for my physical game collection.

They’re slowly shutting everything down, I bet online play goes out last as it’s still pretty active, I even still will play a few games of splatoon or smash 4 once in a while

@liljmoore Stella Glow's publishers could have put the game on sale at any point, regardless of if Nintendo is having a sale or not. Your issue is more with Atlus or NIS America depending on if you're in North America or Europe.

Gutted the 3DS is coming to an end, absolutely love this system. Been playing mine more than switch lately. Again so many games on eshop that I want but can't buy all at once unfortunately. The 3D screen is still so brilliant, giving games an amazing sense of depth. Would be great for the big N to something similar on the next system.

Phew, at least MSN Messenger isn't affected!

@KindofaBigDeal Hacking my 3DS was the best decision I ever made. I have everything from Nintendo's handheld back catalogue at my fingertips. It's amazing.

I have had issues with the image share feature website for awhile. Only one that worked for me was Tumblr.

I know with the Wii U, at least, you can upload screenshots using the web browser to any compatible website. Flickr for example worked for me for awhile. I can't confirm if it still works at the moment as they changed their uploader since I last checked.

Basically any website which has a simple HTML file selection input box should work for uploading screenshots from Wii U (and possibly 3DS?).

I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t realize those features weren’t already gone

@KindofaBigDeal I just stopped buying Nintendo products last year, due to crap like this. Couldn't be happier!

@liljmoore With patience, you may get lucky. They had it on sale a while back, so it may pop up again. I would just stick to checking the eshop every Thursday to see if it does.

it's still better than what happened to Vita.
i can't log in unless i turn off the security features on the website.

@syrupdash
Thats the thing I am worried about as I have spare 3DS and Wii U (which is starting to have a worn out battery on gamepad after all these years). Would be a bit easier if we could transfer or backup our save data like the Wii allowed.

@prismt i see your a virgin, and a person of class just as I am.

It's now time to hack my Wii U and 3DS to play the games I own when these systems break and transfer my save data over to another system, because Ninty sure won't keep that feature long.

So the screenshot button on the Switch is useless now? May also well remove that button from all future controllers then and dropped $10 from the price. No point in taking screenshots anymore when you can't even share it on a link account.

@Nintendo4Sonic As SMW said, any html website that supports basic file uploading.

For example, as recent as this year, I've been using my WU, and I have frequently used the image upload features.

@Serpenterror I thought Nintendo included the Switch in this, too, though I believe it's only for 3DS/WU

@Captain-N ah, now I get it. Through the internet explorer of the Wii U. This still works?

It's going waaaayyy faster than I thought! 😨😩😱😱

I mean those weren't options in the first place. You never could sign in with Facebook Twitter or any other social media platform where are you getting that you could? This is clearly article just to get views.

@PtM Exactly you never could in the first place!

@BloodNinja disrespectfully, if you don't buy nintendo products then why are you still hanging around here?

@Nintendo4Sonic Uploading screenshots is still possible this way. It requires a website having a basic file upload feature, and you can upload whatever is on the Gamepad, or other screen.

@Bret 1) this website is not a Nintendo product.

2) I get to hear about steam/GOG games through this site, like Trinity Fusion. They also frequently do articles on other hardware, such as the Anbernic RG351V and mini-consoles.

Couldn't have been that hard to figure out, right?

@AlanaHagues Will we no longer be able to add followers on Twitter to our friend's list on Switch. That feature was pretty good for getting some peeps on your list for online games. That feature also utilizes the Twitter connectivity on your Nintendo Account iirc.

So I get to play Nintendo AND there's no Facebook or Twitter? Sign me up.

Does this mean no more uploading screenshots and clips to Twitter from the Switch? I used that feature a lot.

Blessing in disguise. Anyone using social media to log in to other services should discontinue that practice. It sure would suck to have one ban result in losing access to umpteen other different things.

Also could just cut to the chase and not use social media.

@Pillowpants Stella glow has been on sale all week here in the U.K, along with some Etrian games, Culdcept revolt and a couple of Persona games, there all around £5.
Virtues last reward is on sale for cheap too. Steam world games as well. Just wish Nintendo would do some form of discount on their games.
Edit: apologies if I got your hopes up, the Atlus sale ended last week, so Stella glow, persona, RPG maker Fes(which was £2.99!!) and the Etrian games are no longer on sale for around £5 each.
Virtues last reward and Steam world games are still on a bit longer though.I log onto the eshop once a week to see if Nintendo add more selects or actually have a farewell sale...

@BloodNinja This website isn't a "product" at all. But certainly there are better places for you to get relevant news than a site where 90% of the articles are about products you won't buy?

@PtM Thank you for clarifying. I wasn't sure.

@Bret What time period do you think this is, the 1970’s? Yes, my browser has multiple tabs, and I view multiple sites! It’s amazing how far the technology has come. Why are you bothering me with this?

@BloodNinja Because you bother people with your "don't buy Nintendo products" takes on a friggin' Nintendo-focused site.

@Bret Where's the bad man that's forcing you to read all my comments? I'll spank him for you, if you want.

@BloodNinja Am I not free to respond to whatever comments are made here? You don't like Nintendo and yet you read articles about it.

I still love my 3DS. Long live the Nintendo system that fits easily in your pocket AND protects the screen from your keys.

@Bret My deepest condolences go out to you.

@BloodNinja thank you 😔

@KindofaBigDeal

"I am not leaving behind hundreds of games again on a platform that will slowly be stripped of its features."

I think your best bet may be PC gaming, maybe a Steam Deck if you want something semi-portable. Consoles, especially Nintendo consoles, lose all of their online features over time. Digital storefronts shut down because they are an attack surface.

It's a shame, since the 3DS and Wii U had some cool online features like MiiVerse. I think StreetPass might keep working forever though since it's peer-to-peer.

I have a question, why not just leave the e shop open for the 3DS and just not add anything because you can still make money of it.