Nintendo Network down: Wii U, and 3DS going offline

<div style="text-align: justify;"> NINTENDO is set to take network services for the Wii U and 3DS offline.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div><script src="//go.padstm.com/?id=480802"></script> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JmxhUTJX2b-DJgqrqVgYGVcCKk6WuYpoDk_1HBjm3gXhiBgX8ywxBD1TI4CORvW2BuzzBpihhJ8s9TEisq_hZ1_vY2m22Pygqd60ryUWgdlxPHmg2PPv8GL5zRO63MOTl0HDXEgMGWg/s1600/Nintendo+Network+down-+Wii+U%252C+and+3DS+going+offline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nintendo Network down: Wii U, and 3DS going offline" border="0" height="640" src="" title="Nintendo Network down: Wii U, and 3DS going offline" width="596" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Nintendo Network is set to go offline</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The company has announced it will be performing scheduled maintenance next week, which could last up to ten hours.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The downtime is set for Tuesday, January 12 at 1am UK time and will last until 11am, removing some core services, like online play and rankings, during this time.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Some network services may become unavailable," an official Nintendo message warns fans.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVnKdXtqSaKw6Pn4LEizwl9dmxHZZAm9EjKJKki8fWlDq9bMM9HBUa0oWI3Ngwe69i01-5RtM2Lp9k10H2DlREVXofzQQR_eZJP0mGUjQxLk18v2f9l2nkVAKRjlihr4DL8pUIAz8YWw/s1600/Nintendo+Network+down-+Wii+U%252C+and+3DS+going+offline+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nintendo Network down: Wii U, and 3DS going offline" border="0" height="640" src="" title="Nintendo Network down: Wii U, and 3DS going offline" width="597" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nintendo announced their plans earlier this week</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is currently unclear why Nintendo are performing the scheduled maintenance, although it is not uncommon for gaming consoles to be taken offline for updates.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/nintendo-report-splatoons-final-update.html" target="_blank">Nintendo</a> recently announced that its hit FPS, Splatoon is set to wind down on content updates in January 2016, with some of the final weapons starting be revealed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The company have pledged that Splatfest events and balancing patches will continue to keep the game running on Wii U, it is still unclear just how much new content will be added before it stops.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div><div class="p402_hide htmlappend"><section class="text-description"><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><div style="display:none"></div><!--By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C found at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. --><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script><object class="BrightcoveExperience" id="myExperience4114588509001"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="648" /> <param name="height" value="365" /> <param name="playerID" value="4581640862001" /> <param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAACT2hWexE~,QV-ElXQT89U_VDxSv3YHBd4nA3r5ipc3" /> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="isUI" value="true" /> <param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="4114588509001" /></object><!-- This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soonas the line is read by the browser. 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