Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection shut down, May 20, 2014

As Nintendo has announced this morning/yesterday evening, they will shut down their Wi-Fi Connection services for many Wii and NDS games on May 20th 2014. 3DS and WiiU games are not affected.
The whole list of games that are affected is in the announcement below.Source: Nintendo.com
[quote author=Nintendo.com]
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service for Nintendo DS and Wii to end in May2014-02-26As of May 20, 2014, certain online functionality offered through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will no longer be accessible. The discontinued services include online play, matchmaking and leaderboards for many Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi games. For a comprehensive list of games and services that are affected, please check http://support.nintendo.com/servicesupdate. Users can still play the games in offline mode, which continues to offer a rich game-play experience.Online play for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games will be unaffected (aside from the Wii mode on Wii U and Nintendo DS games on Nintendo 3DS family systems). Other online functionality, such as access to the Wii Shop Channel, the Nintendo DSi Shop and video-on-demand services, are also not affected at this time.We at Nintendo sincerely thank our fans for their continued support of our company’s legacy systems. Your enthusiasm for games made for these systems speaks to their longevity, and the passion of Nintendo fans.List of affected Nintendo software titlesNote: Game functionality that does not require an Internet connection will remain unchanged.Nintendo DS
100 Classic Books
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Clubhouse Games
Custom Robo Arena
Diddy Kong Racing DS
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Fossil Fighters: Champions
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Mario Kart DS
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem
Metroid Prime Hunters
Personal Trainer: Walking
Picross 3D
Picross DS
Planet Puzzle League
Pokémon Black Version
Pokémon Black Version 2
Pokémon Diamond Version
Pokémon HeartGold Version
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Pokémon Pearl Version
Pokémon Platinum Version
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Pokémon SoulSilver Version
Pokémon White Version
Pokémon White Version 2
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Professor Layton and the Last Specter
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Star Fox Command
Style Savvy
Tenchu: Dark Secret
Tetris DS
WarioWare DIYNintendo DSiWare
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
Metal Torrent
Number BattleWii
Animal Crossing: City Life
Battalion Wars 2
Endless Ocean
Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep
Excitebots: Trick Racing
Fortune Street
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Sports Mix
Mario Strikers Charged
Pokémon Battle Revolution
Samurai Warriors 3
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Wii Music*WiiWare
Dr. Mario Online RX
Excitebike: World Rally
LONPOS
Maboshi's Arcade
My Pokémon Ranch
ThruSpace
WarioWare DIYOther
Wii Speak**
Wii Speak Channel**(*) Services that require Internet communication ended on June 28, 2013.
(**) As Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is required to use this title, it is no longer functional
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Its goodbye to Nintendo WI-FI Tomorrow. :'(

As bad as it sounds, it's smart.
It'll make people buy the new consoles.

Replying to #3

yep these little moves of shutting down of services suggest that end of nds is not far away .

Replying to #4

To be fair, they stopped making DS games a while ago. It's a real shame though; playing online with others made the games that much better.

As of today the DS and Wii wifi services are no more. :'(

Well not exactly, there are a bunch of people emulating it with servers.

I've read about it on GBATemp forums. I hope they will be successful.

Replying to #9

Apparently quite a few games have functionality; even DS Download Content is available for most games

Instructions on how to connect a custom server https://github.com/polaris-/dwc_network_server_emulator/wikiMore Info about this project at http://save-nintendo-wifi.com/

petition for wii online email [email protected] in head line type keep wii online

It is still possible to play wii games online through ~ wiimmfi ~ its a program that takes the place of nintendo WFC and connects to a different server that fans have so kindly set up and allowedjust spell it like up there then .de instead of com