Nintendo has apologised for leaving Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon on Wii U without online play since March, as it brings servers for both games back online. In a statement released today, five months ...

Nintendo has announced that it will be resuming online play for Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon for the Wii U after commencing emergency maintenance back in March 2023. Both games will be back online from ...

Online services for Mario Kart 8 and the original Splatoon will return for Wii U players on August 3 after months of downtime. Nintendo announced that players can once again access multiplayer in a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. "The issue has now been fixed, and so we will resume online play for these games," Nintendo said. This is the first time the company has publicly ...

After five months of being offline, Nintendo Wii U games Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon's online play feature are confirmed to be returning, per the company. Following the announcement, Nintendo has issued ...

From the moment 4-year-old Cameron first stepped out into Glimmer in Spyro 2, he knew video games were going to play a central role in the rest of his life. Though he never planned to make it the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Online play for these games was suspended back in March 2023, Nintendo said, so it’s been just a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Wii U might be remembered as one of Nintendo's least successful consoles ever, but it had a number of great games that you can still play today.

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Nintendo has restored online play for Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 on Wii U, and apologised to fans after taking the servers offline for five months to fix a security exploit. “In March 2023, Nintendo ...