Nintendo has never been all that great about online support. After all, players had to suffer through the horrible implementation of friend code swapping, rather than having a simple buddy list like most consoles. In addition, online netcode for Wii and DS games was never all that great and lag was commonplace. Still many Nintendo games had a great online life, including almost every Pokémon game, Smash Bros. , Mario Kart , and more.
Unfortunately, that era is coming to an end. With the Wii U on the market, Nintendo is ceasing all online support for Wii and DS titles. This includes online play, leaderboards, updates, downloadable content (like Professor Layton puzzles), and more. This will especially piss of Pokémon fans who haven’t traded up to X and Y yet.
A full list of affected titles can be found below. Note, that this list is not comprehensive, as it only covers titles that Nintendo manages.
Nintendo DS
- 100 Classic Books
- Animal Crossing: Wild World
- Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
- Clubhouse Games
- Custom Robo Arena
- Diddy Kong Racing DS
- Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
- Fossil Fighters: Champions
- Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
- Mario Kart DS
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem
- Metroid Prime Hunters
- Personal Trainer: Walking
- Picross 3D
- Picross DS
- Planet Puzzle League
- Pokémon Black Version
- Pokémon Black Version 2
- Pokémon Diamond Version
- Pokémon HeartGold Version
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
- Pokémon Pearl Version
- Pokémon Platinum Version
- Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
- Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
- Pokémon SoulSilver Version
- Pokémon White Version
- Pokémon White Version 2
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village
- Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
- Professor Layton and the Last Specter
- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
- Star Fox Command
- Style Savvy
- Tenchu: Dark Secret
- Tetris DS
- WarioWare DIY
- Nintendo DSiWare
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
- Metal Torrent
- Number Battle
Wii
- Animal Crossing: City Life
- Battalion Wars 2
- Endless Ocean
- Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep
- Excitebots: Trick Racing
- Fortune Street
- Mario Kart Wii
- Mario Sports Mix
- Mario Strikers Charged
- Pokémon Battle Revolution
- Samurai Warriors 3
- Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
- Super Smash Brothers Brawl
- Wii Music
- WiiWare
- Dr. Mario Online RX
- Excitebike: World Rally
- LONPOS
- Maboshi’s Arcade
- My Pokémon Ranch
- ThruSpace
- WarioWare DIY
Other
- Wii Speak
- Wii Speak Channel
Source: Gamespot