Miiverse was nice, but given the ongoing and coming problems with social media Nintendo is smart to get out.

It was so awesome at first. Now I only use it every few months just to see if they fixed it. Probably one of the best parts of the best Wii U and an idea that really needs to live on. Make it a part of the Switch paid online and they'd get my money.

I reference the art-thread, to show what will be lost: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=194799

Damn that soon? I would better understand if Miiverse were only on the Wii U, but it's also on the 3DS which Nintendo is still supporting. They also still lack a messaging system on Switch, so this especially sucks as now I can't even communicate with old Wii U friends no more.

-Lonely_Dolphin

RIP, you will be sorely missed.

I'll miss you Miiverse...

Miiverse was a great feature and one of Wii U's biggest assets. This is a case where going with the mainstream (Facebook, Twitter) isn't always the best way to go. Nintendo had it right the first time in this case. No one I interact with on Facebook is interested in seeing screenshots of my video games, and likewise, I don't go on Facebook or Twitter to look for that because even my friends who do play video games don't post about it on social media either. Miiverse was solely for video games, and so you knew everyone posting was there for gaming as well. Nintendo might have felt closed off from mainstream social media, but shutting down Miiverse is going to have the opposite effect of what they intended I think. Speaking for myself, I went from posting screenshots of what I was playing several times a week to not posting at all because that's not what I use social media for.

On a side note, I thought MiiTV was discontinued a long time ago?

It was a handy thing to post screenshots somewhere. Or, well, just here on VGC in my case but anyway. Also some of the art, from the humble pixel-art-beginnings to when Art Academy was released was pretty amazing. I tried a few pieces myself back in the day, but I was never near as good as some geniusses on there.

Oh no, I find the 2nd one to be the superior film, though the 1st one is still very good.

Mario WiiU was the weirdest thing on Miiverse. I don't doubt he may have purchased the entire Wii U library.