Final Splatoon player cheats death on abandoned Wii U servers, recovering from an almost fatal freeze as only 4 remain after Nintendo's purge
May. 17, 2024“Day 38”
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Believe it or not, the final Splatoon player still inking it up in the canned Wii U servers has cheated death yet again.
When Nintendo pulled the plug on the 3DS and Wii U server on April 8, many beloved games and their online functionality went down the drain too. To stay in their favorite games for as long as possible, several dedicated fans channeled their inner Noble 14, refused to turn off their consoles, and miraculously stayed connected to the undead Nintendo Network.
Things have now become even weirder for the last inkling standing since the servers seem to be having an existential crisis. “I’m shaking,” the playertweetedearlier today. “My console froze for a few minutes just as I went to enter Booyah Base and I thought it was over. It then loaded.”
There are now only four known players still connected to either the Wii U or 3DS servers, according to trackerGaffsNotLaffs, with one player in Mario Kart 7, another in Super Mario Maker, and a third in Xenoblade Chronicles X. The group hascollectively beat a long-held record originally set by the final Halo 2 superfans, who managed to keep their OG Xboxes connected to the servers for just over 25 days a decade ago.
Booted from the Wii U servers? Move on witheverything we know about the Nintendo Switch 2.
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that’s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he’ll soon forget.
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