Launched back in 2012 on the WiiU, Nintendo's social network is officially closing down this November 8 in Japan.

After shutting down, accessing Miiverse will have the following error codes 115-5004 for the Wii U and 015-5004 for the 3DS:

The over 70 Wii U games and over 20 Nintendo 3DS games that have Miiverse features in Japan will be left feeling empty after the service shuts down, as illustrated in Super Mario Bros. U image below:

No word if or when Miiverse will be affected in other regions. However, it shouldn't come as a surprise since the Nintendo Switch does not use Miiverse features. Time to move on, I guess.

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[SLiV3R]

Finally. Miiverse sucked big!

 

[PewnyPL]

Damn, as much as I didn't care for Miiverse as far as Wii U goes, I did use it at times on 3DS to take screenshots.

 

[DarthDub]

I don't want to use Facebook on my Switch..I want Miiverse on the Switch!

 

[Zhongtiao1]

How are we going to survive without super luigi U miiverse

 

[NightScript]

Super Mario Maker will get an update to allow course sharing after Miiverse's closing.

I think they should just let SMM die already. Or they should make a less terrible version on the switch.

 

[Gamer4647]

As much as Miiverse was a novelty, seeing it killing off a lot of gameplay features isn't good. The admins were bad and you easily got warned, but it just isn't the same as Facebook or Twitter. I at least hope someone can provide a service to bring back MK8 and Smash tournaments and everything else, like with Nintendo WFC and WiiConnect24.

 

[Dr.Hacknik]

I always loved seeing people draw some damn good drawings; all showing love and support for the said game. It's so sad that this had to be. If the Switch had MiiVerse, it would most likely be a different story.

~R.I.P MiiVerse 2012-2017

 

[tbb043]

Super Mario Maker will get an update to allow course sharing after Miiverse's closing.

So nothing of value lost.

 

[Alex658]

Super Mario Maker will get an update to allow course sharing after Miiverse's closing.

Both the 3ds and WiiU versions or just the WiiU version?

 

[ihaveahax]

Both the 3ds and WiiU versions or just the WiiU version?

Wii U; 3DS didn't have online course sharing at all

 

[Seliph]

Rip

They should try harder to have a better social network. It was worst than xbox live and miiverse was released years later to it, why is it so hard for nintendo to just find the middle ground between the network for mature gamers to have flexible social interaction in games and "child block" environment? There is a reason why parental locks was invented and still focus too much on limiting people, probably to save themself from possible responsible backlash from law suits or something.

(Half way through i have no idea what i was saying)

I think the main problem was that they made a social network that is exclusively used by Nintendo gamers that use either a 3DS or a Wii U, the network just never worked on the 3DS and the Wii U was unsuccessful. It's a great idea but I don't think it'll ever work because of how small its userbase will be regardless of what console it's released on.

 

[Yil]

Since miiverse will be down, guess there is no point for Smash Switch either.

 

[Brandan934]

I don't get why they discontinue Miiverse.

They see no point in continuing the service, it is barely used on 3DS and the Wii U has been left to rot.

 

[wiewiec]

Damn Nintendo, even if I never was a huge user at Miiverse, but why my XBOX 360 & PS3 is still supported by their "creators". I know that Wii U is like ugly deformed child locked in the basement for them, but i think that 3DS will be going to bye bye and abandon like Wii did.

 

[UltraDolphinRevolution]

They could change Miiverse in a way that users are only able to see content their friends have posted (+give the option to see everything via parental control or sth like that). That way moderators would not be necessary. Or: Only see friends' content + an open community without moderation.

They could at least patch some games so that we could still upload Smash videos to youtube (miiverse sharing is only asked after the youtube upload anyway!), but it is Nintendo, after all.

 

[wiewiec]

They could change Miiverse in a way that users are only able to see content their friends have posted (+give the option to see everything via parental control or sth like that). That way moderators would not be necessary. Or: Only see friends' content + an open community without moderation.

They could at least patch some games so that we could still upload Smash videos to youtube (miiverse sharing is only asked after the youtube upload anyway!), but it is Nintendo, after all.

Sth like Nintendo's IRC wondering if hackers/devs use it behind Nintendo's eyes

 

[Bladexdsl]

They could change Miiverse in a way that users are only able to see content their friends have posted (+give the option to see everything via parental control or sth like that). That way moderators would not be necessary.

they won't do that nintendo are fucking control freaks. they absolutely must be there to hold your hand so little johnny doesn't see a dick pic

 

[lAkdaOpeKA]

Nintendo: prematurely killing online features of older consoles since the Wii™

 

[ScriptKiddie]

i really dont mind, never used miiverse or did not even know anyone irl use it either, kinda worthless, they shopuld have a system lkike xbox live or ps4, imo

 

[JoostinOnline]

Regarding Flipnote, Japan is a very conservative country socially, and so is Nintendo. So when Japanese media caught on to the fact that Japanese kids were basically sexting each other with their 3DS systems, Nintendo freaked and pulled Flipnote.

It's because pedophiles were using it.