wraggster
April 12th, 2013, 22:12
Nintendo has announced that at the end of June it will be canceling the services of several of the channels that are built in to the original Wii (http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=news&nid=2841&pageID=6), including the Weather, News, Everybody Votes, and Mii Contest. This will also affect the WiiConnect24 services (http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/12/4216034/nintendo-removing-wii-channels-in-june), though should not affect the Wii shopping channel. They added: 'Exchange of Wii messages on the Wii Message Board, exchange of Mii characters on the Mii Channel and message/data exchange within some games will be disabled.
http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/04/12/1653221/nintendo-to-cancel-weather-news-and-other-built-in-wii-apps-in-june
http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/04/12/1653221/nintendo-to-cancel-weather-news-and-other-built-in-wii-apps-in-june