When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Nintendo) Or at least, that’s what was supposed to happen. All over social media since the supposed shutdown, many players were left baffled as they found their 3DS and Wii U games continuing to function perfectly fine online as if nothing had changed. The hours since saw this devolve into a battle of sheer willpower, with fans leaving their systems on and permitting the online services to cheat death for as long as possible. And, for a surprising amount of time, this worked very well. This determination to hang in there was particularly prevalent within the Splatoon community, which began rallying together fora single purpose: “KEEP IT ALIVE FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN SOLDIERS.” Two hours after the planned shutdown time, one fanadvised: “IF YOU’RE STILL ONLINE FOR SPLATOON 1 DO NOT RESET YOUR WII U. It’s still kicking for a LOT OF …
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