Pretendo Network Apr 9, 2024

Today we say goodbye to Nintendo Network. As of writing this message, Nintendo has shut down their online infrastructure for the Wii U and 3DS after 12 strong years. We know many of you here have fond memories from this generation, playing iconic titles such as Mario Kart 7, Splatoon, Super Mario Maker, and more. Today marks an end of a chapter in gamings history, and I'm sure many of you wondered why we have stayed so silent for most of the day.

Despite this chapter ending for Nintendo, it's just getting started for Pretendo! We won't be going anywhere, and we have many more plans for the future (such as expanding our infrastructure to allow for 3rd party servers, to allow games not under our scope of support to be brought back seamlessly through other teams). We will remain hard at work improving our servers, both in terms of over compatibility with more games and improving the performance of said games as well.

Before we get into the main part of the announcement, I would just like to extend one last, giant, thank you to everyone who helped support us recently! The amount of network dumps we obtained is outstanding, getting data for nearly all games! This will be such a valuable resource for us moving forward, as we no longer have a way to see these servers in action. These network dumps are invaluable to life of Pretendo, and we couldn't have done it without you all :purple_heart:.

With that, we have 2 big things to announce:

Patch updates

A new release of both Nimbus and Inkay has been released! You MUST install these new releases moving forward, as they contain critical updates required to keep multiplayer match making working! Download the latest versions here:

Hackless Wii U Connections

Today we are finally announcing our private hackless Wii U connection method; SSSL! This new connection method exploits a bug in the Wii U SSL module introduced in firmware version 5.5.5 which allows us to support Wii U users WITHOUT HOMEBREW, using only a DNS change! For information on the setup and limitations of SSSL (as well as other updates regarding Pretendo moving forward), see our full blog post and updated Wii U guide:

PLEASE BARE WITH US AS WE HANDLE THE LARGE INFLUX OF NEW USERS. OUR SERVERS MAY BE UNSTABLE FOR A WHILE AS WE SORT THINGS OUT

Release v2.4.0 - NNCS · PretendoNetwork/Inkay

What's Changed Added NNCS server redirection Full Changelog: v2.3.0...v2.4.0

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Show threadStephanie 🎀
@pretendo I haven’t been successful in getting my (unhacked) Wii U to connect to my WiFi network 🫠 I tried to get in last minute before Nintendo Network went offline, but my console wouldn’t connect even with a correct password.
Apr 9, 2024 at 1:41amWeb
Show threadAlexander The 1stApr 9, 2024

@BeamsAndBows @pretendo Have you tried, rather than trying to connect to the wifi network directly, seeing if you can get a connection test to run and have it get to the router but not the Internet?

That's at least my first thought regarding the issue, if it's not the firmware update being mismatched with the one they mentioned for the connectivity.

Show threadStephanie 🎀Apr 9, 2024
@AT1ST @pretendo It automatically runs a test when I try to connect, and fails at the router connection.
Show threadAlexander The 1stApr 9, 2024
@BeamsAndBows @pretendo Hmm - though my immediate thought is that you should be able to do a test without the automatic one during the connection step, my next thought is to move the WiiU closer to the WiFi router. At the minimum, that often works better for me for my Switch, so maybe it's a rather annoying thing where interference is getting in the way?