Wii and DS to go offline.

[TanookiSuitSam]

http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/vyWpoM6CBIe6FjW8NIY7bvzOrgBURhzw

As of May 20, 2014, certain online functionality offered through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will no longer be accessible. The discontinued services include online play, matchmaking and leaderboards for many Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi games. For a comprehensive list of games and services that are affected, please check http://support.nintendo.com/servicesupdate. Users can still play the games in offline mode, which continues to offer a rich game-play experience.

Online play for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games will be unaffected (aside from the Wii mode on Wii U and Nintendo DS games on Nintendo 3DS family systems). Other online functionality, such as access to the Wii Shop Channel, the Nintendo DSi Shop and video-on-demand services, are also not affected at this time.

We at Nintendo sincerely thank our fans for their continued support of our company's legacy systems. Your enthusiasm for games made for these systems speaks to their longevity, and the passion of Nintendo fans.

Pretty weird stuff. It seems far to early to be doing something like this, but I feel they're doing it in an effort to try and boost Wii U and 3DS sales if you wanna continue to play online.

What are your thoughts on the matter?

[Russam5354]

It sucks.

[wholesalewatch648]

Oh,what a shame.now i can't play Mario Kart DS online, oh wait, its not 2005 any more 
i knew they would discontinue this one day

[Russam5354]

I knew it would happen someday, but some games I only use to play online because I already beat the main game.

[Yelir]

Will this also affect extra content downloads such as the Bonus Puzzles in the Professor Layton series?