24th August 2019, 8:09 PM
So as a little followup to this topic, Nintendo said that the Wii shop channel would be entirely shut down in January 2019, which would mean no further re-download of purchased games would be possible. Well, purchase of new games was disabled in January 2019 and all games were removed from the store, but as for that latter part, the total disabling of the store and your losing the ability to re-download purchased games... not so far!
Yes, I checked yesterday, plugging my Wii in to the internet for the first time in a year or more, and all games are gone from the store, but the Wii shop channel is, as of yesterday, still online -- you can still log in, listen to the Wii shop music, and re-download games you bought previously. The only things in the store itself are the Wii U transfer program and the Skyward Sword save file fixer, both free, but they are still there, as are downloads for purchased stuff. I wonder how long it'll be online for... Nintendo hasn't said.
Yes, I checked yesterday, plugging my Wii in to the internet for the first time in a year or more, and all games are gone from the store, but the Wii shop channel is, as of yesterday, still online -- you can still log in, listen to the Wii shop music, and re-download games you bought previously. The only things in the store itself are the Wii U transfer program and the Skyward Sword save file fixer, both free, but they are still there, as are downloads for purchased stuff. I wonder how long it'll be online for... Nintendo hasn't said.
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