Serebii

The Wii U is going nowhere. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean they're going to scrap it before it even hits its third birthday. That would be horrific for their business and would erode consumer faith in Nintendo. Faith was already shaken by the 3DS price drop. Due to that, so many were saying they'd wait til the Wii U has a similar massive price drop, since it was suddenly expected.

Despite the Wii U version selling more than the 360 & PS3 ones combined? :p

DKC held on rather well, #16 in the all format charts

Victini can't be shiny without cheats. Are you sure Xerneas is shiny? Is its body white? Last I checked it couldn't be sent over Wonder Trade http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-xy/716.shtml Left is normal, right is shiny

Cheat device making event only things accessible to cheaters

Perhaps, but it's best to not stab the sleeping bear

Eh? Explain.

Randomly met people at another party who use my site. This is always so bizarre. I get it's big, I know it's big, but I still never expect this. Would have tried #MissionSerebii, but alas there were few girls and the girls that were there were taken.

I've also been on the receiving end of a legal colonoscopy from Nintendo, so I don't wish to anger them again :p

What's there to post about? I've already posted their existence, now I just don't want to inform people that there are working cheat devices outright

The good thing is, these things can't be traded over the Internet, so they won't spread beyond people who have the device.

Ooh that looks awesome. I'll be grabbing that.

Chicken shit? Please. You know that's bull. I'm just not going to advertise a cheat device. Besides, I did post about their existence back in October.

It'll clearly be Donkey Konga 4: Cranky's Grooves 'n' Moves. Come on guys, you know this :p

I'm not defending this, but I can see why it's happening. There's a difference between understanding and trying to share the reasoning and liking it & defending it.

If @Dcubed is right and they are completely unable to shift netcode over to other servers and everything, then yes Nintendo messed up, and they messed up bad.

Bit harsh :p

Beat the final boss today Great fun this game is. Onto the post-game

It's hard when they're crapping up your Facebook page with it. Check it. I have also received e-mails regarding it. It's my duty as owner of the top Pokémon fansite to help clear up misinformation and misunderstanding about this. GameSpy actually run a lot of the PS3's servers, if memory serves. Wikipedia agrees.

We really need to make this known more. I've fielded hundreds of questions about this today. It has given me a massive headache. Some keep thinking Pokémon Bank is affected by this. :/

But, if @Dcubed is right and Gamespy's new overlords are fucking with prices and screwing companies, then is it really worth it? The Nintendo WFC is an all or nothing affair. They can't just turn off all but 5 games.

But for increasingly diminishing activity, is it really worth it? Face it, outside of Pokémon, Mario Kart and Smash Bros, how many of the games were running empty servers?

From the look of it, it's them cutting off ties with GameSpy's new overlords, and thus everything is going. It's not them picking and choosing.

Come on. While it may seem a bit premature, all online capable games go through this. It's not Nintendo being stupid, it's a fact of the industry that at a certain point, the expenditure for the servers (especially if the price is jacked up) is no longer justified due to distinct lack of activity.