NINTENDO ESHOPS GETTING “EXTENDED MAINTENANCE” ON THURSDAY

[Rosalina suporter]

Nintendo has confirmed that both the Wii U eShop and the Nintendo 3DS eShop will be going through extended maintenance on Thursday. This has let some to believe that there will be a Nintendo Direct this week, though this is obviously unconfirmed. The eShop’s will be down Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 1pm Pacific.

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



http://mynintendonews.com/2014/03/09/nintendo-eshops-getting-extended-maintenance-on-thursday/

 

[Hinata]

I swear, we've run into this situation before. Whether or not that ended in a Direct, I have no idea. But anyway, it'll be good to keep our collective eyes on this piece of info.

 

[soviet prince]

might be a good time to announce snake if he is in since his game is coming in march 14th

 

[Dairz]

I could only see the "NINTENDO ESHOP" part of the title in all caps, and I thought, just maybe, a demo was being released... Even if there is a direct, no way a newcomer would be shown so soon from Little Mac.

 

[Jumpman84]

Wasn't the extended maintenance last time for the release of Tropical Freeze? Or is there another one I'm forgetting about?

Perhaps they're preparing a direct for the official end of the Year of Luigi?

inb4YearofYoshi

 

[LancerStaff]

Pretty sure we've had maintenance and no direct/big game before.

Nonetheless, it's a fairly good sign. I'll be keeping my expectations in chech though.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Any way we can track when big maintenance happened?

It may just be to stop promoting the year of Luigi.

 

[Shroob]

If anything, it'll just be the "Year of Yoshi". Though, I would laugh if it were Snake and all we got for the rest of the month was Snake info like Sonic in October.

 

[Deleted member]

I'm not counting on a Nintendo Direct or anything like that. I think it is was it is; an extended maintenance.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I wouldn't get too excited there. Whenever the Pokemon Global Link had to go through maintenance, we got absolutely nothing afterwards.

 

[PadWarrior]

Just maintenance no Smash info or Direct involved.

 

[MasterOfKnees]

I wouldn't get too excited there. Whenever the Pokemon Global Link had to go through maintenance, we got absolutely nothing afterwards.

Pokémon Global Link =/= Nintendo E-Shop. Nintendo E-Shop is a universal Nintendo thing, Pokémon Global Link is just a small thing that's run by 2nd party company Game Freak.

I don't think this will necessarily equal a Nintendo Direct though, and if it does there's still the chance it won't have any Smash info, like the Rosalina in SM3DW Direct that happened in between the Sonic and Rosalina Directs.

might be a good time to announce snake if he is in since his game is coming in march 14th

That's a good time to not announce Snake if anything. Remember, the Metal Gear Solid franchise is competition in Nintendo's eyes, even if Sakurai is friends with Kojima I can imagine Iwata and co. won't be too happy about Sakurai advertising a game that can only be found on rival consoles.

 

[D-idara]

Pokémon Global Link =/= Nintendo E-Shop. Nintendo E-Shop is a universal Nintendo thing, Pokémon Global Link is just a small thing that's run by 2nd party company Game Freak.

I don't think this will necessarily equal a Nintendo Direct though, and if it does there's still the chance it won't have any Smash info, like the Rosalina in SM3DW Direct that happened in between the Sonic and Rosalina Directs.


That's a good time to not announce Snake if anything. Remember, the Metal Gear Solid franchise is competition in Nintendo's eyes, even if Sakurai is friends with Kojima I can imagine Iwata and co. won't be too happy about Sakurai advertising a game that can only be found on rival consoles.

Maybe if Kojima wasn't a massive asshole and made Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes for Wii U...

 

[True Blue Warrior]

Interesting.

 

[Moon Monkey]

Eh, doubt it means anything. But who knows...

 

[MasterOfKnees]

Maybe if Kojima wasn't a massive ******* and made Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes for Wii U...

Eh, Kojima's a pretty cool guy. All things considered I do understand why Metal Gear isn't on the Wii U, its audience is miles apart from the people that buy a Nintendo console, always have been and probably always will be (with the exception of the Gamecube-era I suppose, in which case the Playstation 2 was better at everything anyways.)

 

[Pazzo.]

Annndd??? Are we expecting a direct now?
I think it's just maintenance, but I could be wrong.

 

[D-idara]

Eh, Kojima's a pretty cool guy. All things considered I do understand why Metal Gear isn't on the Wii U, its audience is miles apart from the people that buy a Nintendo console, always have been and probably always will be (with the exception of the Gamecube-era I suppose, in which case the Playstation 2 was better at everything anyways.)

Except games, Gamecube had better games, but I hate Kojima for other reasons too, like the fact that he has said that videogames aren't an art form more than a couple times.

 

[Jumpman84]

Except games, Gamecube had better games, but I hate Kojima for other reasons too, like the fact that he has said that videogames aren't an art form more than a couple times.

Ironically enough, some of his games are in the Art of Video Games exhibit.

 

[LancerStaff]

Except games, Gamecube had better games, but I hate Kojima for other reasons too, like the fact that he has said that videogames aren't an art form more than a couple times.

Even Miamoto said it.

 

[Farrac]

Iirc there was an extended maintenance during january which obviously lead to nothing. Could be wrong though. It is just because everyone was expecting a Direct at that time

 

[Mega Bidoof]

I'm gonna have to say no.
Maybe there will be an announcement, but it is incredibly unlikely for now.

 

[Wario Bros.]

I've noticed that they haven't released the list of games for Nintendo of Europe's Nintendo Download (which shows up regularly every Monday morning). Sometimes when Europe's Nintendo Download news gets delayed/missing it means something is happening. Not to mention (but probably the least significant) that Europe's Club Nintendo is going under maintenance tomorrow (again, that's not as big news as eShop maintenance). What better way to hype Yoshi's New Island that's out this Friday than a Nintendo Direct?

But, to be honest, I'm keeping my expectations low right now to avoid disappointment.

 

[---]

Am moving this to the NintenZone forum. This has no relation to Smash 4 and even if it does it's a bit of a stretch in association.

 

[MasterOfKnees]

Except games, Gamecube had better games, but I hate Kojima for other reasons too, like the fact that he has said that videogames aren't an art form more than a couple times.

The Gamecube had better games yes (even if it's a weak Nintendo console imo), but that wouldn't affect the mind of a developer when the rival console outdoes it ten times. Can't personally say I've ever hated someone only for not sharing the same point of view. I don't agree with many of Miyamoto's ideals and choices for example, but I still like the guy. Heck, I even disagree with Sakurai on certain things, but he's still my favorite video game developer. The discussion whether video games are a form of art is one that can go on forever, I personally think that very few video games can fulfill the criteria though. However, this is getting awfully off-topic.

 

[Jumpman84]

The Gamecube had better games yes (even if it's a weak Nintendo console imo), but that wouldn't affect the mind of a developer when the rival console outdoes it ten times. Can't personally say I've ever hated someone only for not sharing the same point of view. I don't agree with many of Miyamoto's ideals and choices for example, but I still like the guy. Heck, I even disagree with Sakurai on certain things, but he's still my favorite video game developer. The discussion whether video games are a form of art is one that can go on forever, I personally think that very few video games can fulfill the criteria though. However, this is getting awfully off-topic.

http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/featuredgames/

85 games, according to the exhibit.

But anyway, I noticed that the boxart for Yoshi's New Island has a Nintendo Network icon on it. So that might be the reason.

 

[LancerStaff]

http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/featuredgames/

85 games, according to the exhibit.

But anyway, I noticed that the boxart for Yoshi's New Island has a Nintendo Network icon on it. So that might be the reason.

Perhaps YNI will have a time attack mode like YIDS?

 

[Kevandre]

Wasn't the extended maintenance last time for the release of Tropical Freeze? Or is there another one I'm forgetting about?

Perhaps they're preparing a direct for the official end of the Year of Luigi?

inb4YearofYoshi

Yeah, it's gonna be Year of Yoshi. Lol

Club Nintendo finally updated the games for this month and one of them is "Yoshi"

 

[Sahfarry]

I'm not counting on a Nintendo Direct or anything like that. I think it is was it is; an extended maintenance.

No matter how much I wish you were wrong, I have to agree. But I am still badly in need of Yoshi to be announced.