Wii U: extended online maintenance planned today

Nintendo is set to carry out extended maintenance on its online services today, ahead of the expected release of a significant Wii U system update.

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As Nintendo detailed last week, the Wii U update

will reduce system loading times

and enable users to switch data between two USB drives.The patch will be followed by the launch of the Wii U Virtual Console, which will go live in the US tomorrow, according to a Nintendo of America Facebook post, which suggests that the system update will be released imminently.Nintendo UK's network maintenance information page says:Extended maintenance:From (approx.) Monday, 22 April 2013 21:00 to Tuesday, 23 April 2013 03:00 [1pm-7pm Pacific Time]Affected Services:

• Wii U - Nintendo eShop
• Nintendo 3DS - Nintendo eShop
• Wii - Wii Shopping Channel
• Nintendo DS - Nintendo DSi Shop

During the extended maintenance, parts of the affected services may be intermittently unavailable.

Speaking last week during a Nintendo Direct presentation, company president Satoru Iwata said the Wii U update will enable players to "install downloaded software while playing another game, and install updates without being prompted". Software will also be downloaded and installed while the Wii U is on stand-by.

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