Miiverse closed on Wii U, 3DS

9 Nov 2017

Steve Wright

Nintendo has confirmed that its Miiverse social media network is closed on both Wii U and 3DS.

Miiverse functionality on the company’s older consoles has been terminated, and already, titles like Super Mario Maker have been updated to take this into account. This means Miiverse comments can no longer be posted in-game and old comments cannot be accessed. User-created courses can still be uploaded and played.

The Nintendo Switch launched without Miiverse or StreetPass functionality, though its handheld nature means you can play Super Mario Odyssey on the train. That’s better than a mini-social network, right?

Did you use Miiverse? Will you miss it?

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

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