Nintendo updated its network status page Saturday to reveal that online services for both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS will be down several hours for what is being described as "emergency maintenance" in both North America and Europe.
The outage starts first with online play for Pokemon Black and White plus Black and White 2 going down at 11 a.m. PST on Monday, Jan. 28 and lasting until 5 p.m. PST the following day . It goes more widespread an hour later when the Wii U eShop, Nintendo 3DS eShop, Wii Shopping Channel and the Nintendo DSi Shop are all taken offline for five hours.
The reason behind the emergency maintenance has not been given by Nintendo but it must be pretty serious even if limited. Obviously, people can live without eShop access for a handful of hours but the no online play will hit owners of "Pokemon Black and White" and its sequel the hardest.
From Monday, January 28, 2013 11:00 PM - Tuesday, January 29, 2013 5:00 PM Pacific Time
Affected Services:
Nintendo DS
- Network Services
- Pokémon Black Version
- Pokémon White Version
- Pokémon Black Version 2
- Pokémon White Version 2
From Monday, January 28, 2013 5:00 PM - Monday, January 28, 2013 6:00 PM Pacific Time
Affected Services:
Wii U
- Match Making, Ranking, etc.
- Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper
From Monday, January 28, 2013 12:00 PM - Monday, January 28, 2013 5:00 PM Pacific Time
Affected Services:
Wii U
- Nintendo eShop
- Nintendo 3DS
- Nintendo eShop
Wii
- Wii Shopping Channel
Nintendo DS
- Nintendo DSi Shop
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