SatoAilDarko said: Hopefully this means the Wii U Eshop has at least three years after this Wii shutdown in 2019 before they shut that down. Click to expand...

Still have a few dollars' worth of points there I should spend (and hopefully no unredeemed gift cards sitting around in storage). Twelve years is a good run. Imagine how long Miiverse would have been supported if it made it to a system as successful as the Switch.I'd like to know if this will affect the Wii U's detection of Wii-side software for discounted VC upgrades on the Wii U eShop (not the same thing as the Wii shop on Wii U, though it might be dependent on those records).This is a good reminder of why I'm glad I buy physical for non-online-dependent games on the Switch, despite the inconvenience and the alternate risk of losing cartridges. For preservation purposes it will pay off in the long run.I'm dreading a Wii U eShop shutdown; it would force me to grab an additional external drive, as I've rotated so much software on and off the built-in 32 GB. Not supporting a convenient standard storage solution like SD cards was easily one of the worst decisions in the design of the Wii U hardware.