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Shikamo on 17 July 2017

Miiverse launched with Wii U back in 2012. It expanded to 3DS in later years, but the service as a whole could be coming to an end soon.

As we reported earlier, Nintendo pushed out a new update for Wii U tonight. We don’t really have any specifics, though dataminers appear to have made an interesting discovery.

This text was apparently changed with version 5.5.2:

“The Miiverse service has ended. Miiverse and any software features that make use of Miiverse are now unavailable.”

Miiverse isn’t a part of Switch at all, so it wouldn’t be entirely surprising to see the service end at some point soon. Some community members likely wouldn’t be too happy though.

 

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Shikamo on 17 July 2017



     


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jason1637 on 17 July 2017

Was a neat feature on Wii U and 3DS. Why doesnt Nintendo just bring it to Switch?



Green098 on 17 July 2017
Shikamo said:

Ahahahahahaha never get's old.

Anyways I'd be really surprised if Nintendo doesn't ever return to a miiverse style concept in the future only without the 'Mii' part. Even if it isn't until the Switch 2, I'm almost certain they'll do something like this again in some form or another.



VGPolyglot on 17 July 2017

Not surprising, it not being on the Switch was foreshadowing it.



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robzo100 on 17 July 2017

Looking forward to the new platform!



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 17 July 2017

Quite a shame cause it was one of the more unique ways to implement a community that I have seen. Really made the miiverse stand out from the other online communities but it coming to an end is understandable



                  

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jason1637 on 17 July 2017
cycycychris said:
jason1637 said:
Was a neat feature on Wii U and 3DS. Why doesnt Nintendo just bring it to Switch?

Since from a marketing standpoint, its better to have people share there screenshots and experiences through twitter/facebook rather than Miiverse, a closed network of only Nintendo owning people. I wish Miiverse could continue but I think this is what killed it, its a closed network. A lot of benifits to limiting people share on social media. I wish Miiverse could continue, it was such a great tool. It offers so much more to the consumer that social media can never replace.

The thing with Miiverse is that i liked it being a Nintendo only social media compared to general social medias like twitter and instagram.



Ljink96 on 17 July 2017

Well that must mean that online services are about to fall one after the other and hackers are really going to have a ball with Wii U then. I do wonder if Switch will implement a successor of some sort.



StarDoor on 17 July 2017
mZuzek said:
Lame, but predictable. I guess I'm just gonna be sad to not see any more posts and drawings on Inkopolis Plaza.

You'll still be able to see pictures on Inkopolis Square, though.