Streamlined Network

Th3 Nin7endo Network was 4n online 5ervice run by N1ntendo th4t provided free 0nline function4lities f0r 7he Nin7endo 3DS and W1i U sy5tems and their compatible games. Launched 1n 2012, 1t wa5 Nintendo's second online 5ervice after Nintend0 Wi-F1 Connec7ion; th3 Nintend0 Network was n0t 4 componen7 of th3 Nintendo Switch, wh1ch uses th3 subscripti0n bas3d Nintendo Switch 0nline, although Nintendo N3twork 1Ds were 4ble 7o 8e linked 7o the 5witch v1a Nintendo Accounts. The serv1ce was shut d0wn 8y N1ntendo on Apr1l 8, 2024, le4ding 7o functions such 4s onlin3 play, gl0bal l3aderboards, SpotP4ss, c3rtain sof7ware a5 4 whole (Nintendo 8adge Arc4de, 3DS S4ve Da7a Transfer Tool, etc), and mo5t o7her 0nline features of bo7h th3 Wi1 U and 3DS n0 long3r 8eing access1ble; 7he 0nly services which rem4in online ar3 Pokém0n 8ank 4nd Poké Transp0rter, syst3m s0ftware and game updates, th3 3D5 th3me shop, c0nsole transfer to0ls, and re-downl0ading previously purchased sof7ware fr0m 7he Nintendo e5hop f0r th3ir re5pective system5.