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[FZZ]

Update incoming?

Probably patching in the Pac-Man glitch. I'm not expect buffs or nerfs.

Maybe we will get info on new DLC characters/stages from data mining.

 

[L~A]

Nintendo Maintenance Guy: "Kept you waiting, huh?"

– Wii U: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (online play, leaderboards)

– Europe: July 13th (11PM) to July 14th (2AM)
– UK: July 13th (10PM) to July 14th (1AM)
– North America (EDT): July 13th (5PM to 8PM)
– North America (PDT): July 13th (2PM to 5PM)
– Japan: July 14th (6AM to 9AM)

 

[L~A]

One more for next week:

– Wii U: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
– Wii U: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Packet Relay Tools for Nintendo 3DS

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: July 13th (11PM) to July 14th (4AM)
– UK: July 13th (10PM) to July 14th (3AM)
– North America (EDT): July 13th (5PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): July 13th (2PM to 7PM)
– Japan: July 14th (6AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

Updated: more games.

– Wii U: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (online play and leaderboards)
– Wii U: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Packet Relay Tools for Nintendo 3DS (online play and leaderboards)
– Wii U: Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games (online play and leaderboards)
– Wii : Wii Party U (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Chat-a-Lot (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Mario Kart 7 (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Rabi Laby 3 (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Sonic Lost World (online play and leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: July 13th (11PM) to July 14th (4AM)
– UK: July 13th (10PM) to July 14th (3AM)
– North America (EDT): July 13th (5PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): July 13th (2PM to 7PM)
– Japan: July 14th (6AM to 11AM)

 

[Piccoro]

– Wii : Wii Party U (online play and leaderboards)

What? Wii Party U doesn't have online play.
It has only leaderbords and you can vote on each mini-game for the rankings.

 

[L~A]

That's just standard message, nothing special

***

– Nintendo 3DS: Pokémon X and Y (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Pokémon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Pokémon Bank (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Poké Transporter (online play, leaderboards)

The maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: July 21st (12.30AM to 4AM)
– UK: July 20th (11.30PM) to July 21st (3AM)
– North America (EDT): July 20th (6.30PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): July 13th (3.30PM to 7PM)
– Japan: July 21st (7.30AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

Some more maintenance for next week. No idea what that "update" thing is for New Style Boutique.

– Nintendo 3DS: F1 2011 (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Funfair Party Games (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Harvest Moon: A New Beginning (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: New Style Boutique Update (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Mario & Sonic at the Longdon 2012 Olympics (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: New Art Academy (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: New Super Mario Bros. 2 (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: PES 2012 3D – Pro Evolution Soccer (online play, leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Planet Crashers (online play, leaderboards)

The maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: July 20th (11PM) to July 21st (4AM)
– UK: July 20th (10PM) to July 21st (3AM)
– North America (EDT): July 20th (5PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): July 20th (2PM to 7PM)
– Japan: July 21st (6AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

It's been a while since the last eShop maintenance

– Wii U: Nintendo eShop
– Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo eShop
– Wii: Wii Shop Channel
– Nintendo DS: Nintendo DSi Shop

The maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: July 27th (10PM) to July 28th (2AM)
– UK: July 27th (9PM) to July 28th (1AM)
– North America (EDT): July 27th (4PM to 8PM)
– North America (PDT): July 27th (1PM to 5PM)
– Japan: July 28th (5AM to 9AM)

 

[Mpl90]

It's been a while since the last eShop maintenance

We, as Nintendo fans, should not
expect news on a specific front anymore, though. The more we expect it to
be what we're all waiting for, the less it'll happen.

Eh, it sucks, but it's an empirical, and pretty
strange rule of life. One day, maybe, it's going to happen, and it's right to
hope our dreams come truth sooner than later. However,
obsessing ourselves on such thing is useless. Let's just see if
people at Nintendo, one day, will make it happen.

 

[L~A]

More, more, more, more, MOAR.

– Nintendo 3DS: Fractured Soul (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Harvest Moon: A Tale of Two Towns (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Kid Icarus Uprising (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Super Street Fighter IV 3D (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: The Denpa Man 2: Beyond the Waves (online play and leaderboards)

The maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: July 27th (11PM) to July 28th (4AM)
– UK: July 27th (10PM) to July 28th (3AM)
– North America (EDT): July 27th (5PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): July 27th (2PM to 7PM)
– Japan: July 28th (6AM to 11AM)

– Wii U: Art of Balance (online play and leaderboards)
– Wii U: Darts Up (online play and leaderboards)
– Wii U: Dr. Luigi (online play and leaderboards)
– Wii U: Animal Crossing Plaza (online play and leaderboards)
– Wii U: Puddle (online play and leaderboards)
– Wii U: Spy Chameleon (online play and leaderboards)
– Wii U: Trine Enchanted Edition (online play and leaderboards)
– Wii U: Wooden Sen’Sey (online play and leaderboards)
– Wii U: Zen Pinball 2 (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Cubit The Hardcore Platformer Robot (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Mario Golf World Tour (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo Pocket Football Club (online play and leaderboards)
– Nintendo 3DS: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call (online play and leaderboards)

The maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: July 28th (12AM to 4AM)
– UK: July 27th (11PM) to July 28th (3AM)
– North America (EDT): July 27th (6PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): July 27th (3PM to 7PM)
– Japan: July 28th (7AM to 11AM)

 

[PotionBleue]

I'm surprised there's no announced maintenance for the Miiverse redesign (which is supposed to be “unveiled on Wednesday, 29 July”)… well, no downtime I guess.

 

[Pokemaniac]

I'm surprised there's no announced maintenance for the Miiverse redesign (which is supposed to be “unveiled on Wednesday, 29 July”)… well, no downtime I guess.

If Nintendo was smart about how they designed Miiverse, then there shouldn't be any real need for downtime. They have to do maintenance for the eShop, because there's a much bigger price to pay (likely literally) if something goes wrong there, but for a low risk service like Miiverse, they're probably comfortable with just flipping the switch with everything still running.

 

[L~A]

I'm surprised there's no announced maintenance for the Miiverse redesign (which is supposed to be “unveiled on Wednesday, 29 July”)… well, no downtime I guess.

There's never been Miiverse maintenance (except that one time when they fixed a major vulnerability). It's all done very "silently"... quite surprising, to be honest.

***

More maintenance:

– Wii U: Wii Party U (online play and leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: August 4th (1.30AM to 2.30AM)
– UK: August 4th (12.30AM to 1.30AM)
– North America (EDT): August 3rd (7.30PM to 8.30PM)
– North America (PDT): August 3rd (4.30PM to 5.30PM)
– Japan: August 4th (8.30AM to 9.30AM)

– Wii U: Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics (online play and leaderboards)

The maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: August 4th (3AM to 4AM)
– UK: August 4th (2AM to 3AM)
– North America (EDT): August 3rd (9PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): August 3rd (6PM to 7PM)
– Japan: August 4th (10AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

Surprise!

– Wii U: Nintendo eShop
– Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo eShop

This maintenance will take place today at:

– Europe: 5PM to 6PM
– UK: 4PM to 5PM
– North America (EDT): 11AM to 12PM
– North America (PDT): 8AM to 9AM
– Japan: 12AM to 1AM (August 1st)

Spoiler

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[PotionBleue]

Wii U: Splatoon 2.0.0 software update

San Francisco (U.S.A. - California)  Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 17:50 → 19:00  PDT  UTC-7 hours  
New York (U.S.A. - New York)         Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 20:50 → 22:00  EDT  UTC-4 hours  
UTC (GMT)                            Thursday,  6 August 2015, 00:50 → 02:00                
London (United Kingdom - England)    Thursday,  6 August 2015, 01:50 → 03:00  BST  UTC+1 hour   
Paris (France)                       Thursday,  6 August 2015, 02:50 → 04:00  CEST UTC+2 hours  
Tokyo (Japan)                        Thursday,  6 August 2015, 09:50 → 11:00  JST  UTC+9 hours  
Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Thursday,  6 August 2015, 10:50 → 12:00  AEST UTC+10 hours

These 1h10 software updates usually mean it's available for download around 10 minutes after the maintenance period begins, and online play is possible well before the end of the maintenance.

 

[L~A]

Here it is!

– Wii U: Splatoon

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: August 6th (2.50AM to 4AM)
– UK: August 6th (1.50AM to 3AM)
– North America (EDT): August 5th (8.50PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): August 5th (5.50PM to 7PM)
– Japan: August 6th (9.50AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

Any major issue with the previous update that would warrant a new patch early?

– Wii U: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (online play, leaderboards)

The maintenace will take place on:

– Europe: August 6th (4AM to 5AM)
– UK: August 6th (3AM to 4AM)
– North America (EDT): August 5th (10PM to 11PM)
– North America (PDT): August 5th (7PM to 8PM)
– Japan: August 6th (11AM to 12PM)

 

[Volotaire]

Here it is!

Oh it's tomorrow morning. I thought it might be tonight.

 

[Pokemaniac]

Any major issue with the previous update that would warrant a new patch early?

Tourneys seemed a little buggy when I tried them. Maybe it has to do with that.

 

[L~A]

Ok, weekly maintenance back

Wii U: Art of Balance (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Darts Up (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Dr. Luigi (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Animal Crossing Plaza (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Puddle (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Spy Chameleon (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Trine Enchanted Edition (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Wooden Sen’Sey (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Zen Pinball 2 (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Cubit the Hardcore Platformer Robot (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Mario Golf World Tour (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo Pocket Football Club (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3 (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (online play and leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: August 25th (1AM to 4AM)
– UK: August 25th (12AM to 3AM)
– North America (EDT): August 24th (7PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): August 24th (4PM to 7PM)
– Japan: August 25th (8AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

Ok, talk about some random maintenance here.

Wii U: Mario vs Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Mario vs Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (online play and leaderboards)

The maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 2nd (2.50AM to 4AM)
– UK: September 2nd (1.50AM to 3AM)
– North America (EDT): September 1st (8.50PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): September 1st (5.50PM to 7PM)
– Japan: September 2nd (9.50AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

More maintenance.

Not expecting anything out of this (usual weekly maintenance, separate maintenance, start time different than usual for update prep maintenance).

Nintendo 3DS: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (online play and leaderboards)

The maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 2nd (2AM to 3AM)
– UK: September 2nd (1AM to 2AM)
– North America (EDT): September 1st (8PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): September 1st (5PM to 6PM)
– Japan: September 2nd (9AM to 10AM)

Wii U: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (online play, leaderboards)

The maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 2nd (3AM to 4AM)
– UK: September 2nd (2AM to 3AM)
– North America (EDT): September 1st (9PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): September 1st (6PM to 7PM)
– Japan: September 2nd (10AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

One more for next week:

Wii U: Disney Infinity 3.0: Play Without Limits (online play, leaderboards)

– Europe: September 2nd (1AM to 2AM)
– UK: September 2nd (12AM to 1AM)
– North America (EDT): September 1st (7PM to 8PM)
– North America (PDT): September 1st (4PM to 5PM)
– Japan: September 2nd (8AM to 9AM)

 

[L~A]

Updated, added Splatoon maintenance for later this week.

Wii U: Mario vs Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Mario vs Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Splatoon

The maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 2nd (2.50AM to 4AM)
– UK: September 2nd (1.50AM to 3AM)
– North America (EDT): September 1st (8.50PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): September 1st (5.50PM to 7PM)
– Japan: September 2nd (9.50AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

Added weekly maintenance for Devil's Third.

Wii U - Devil's Third

Europe: 2AM to 5AM (Tuesday)
UK: 1AM to 4AM (Tuesday)
North America (EDT): 8PM to 11PM (Monday)
North America (PDT): 5PM to 8PM (Monday)
Japan: 9AM to 12PM

 

[L~A]

More maintenance. Always. Forever!

Wii U: Wii Karaoke U by Joysound (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Super Mario 3D World (online play and leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 8th (2AM to 3AM)
– UK: September 8th (1AM to 2AM)
– North America (EDT): September 7th (8PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): September 7th (5PM to 6PM)
– Japan: September 8th (9AM to 10AM)

Nintendo 3DS: Collectible Badge Center (online play and leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 8th (3AM to 4AM)
– UK: September 8th (2AM to 3AM)
– North America (EDT): September 7th (9PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): September 7th (6PM to 7PM)
– Japan: September 8th (10AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

Why Tuesday instead of Mondat? Hmm.

Wii U: Nintendo eShop
Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo eShop
Wii: Wii Shop Channel
Nintendo DS: DSi Shop

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 8th (10PM) to September 9th (2AM)
– UK: September 8th (9PM) to September 9th (1AM)
– North America (EDT): September 8th (4PM) to September 8th (8PM)
– North America (PDT): September 8th (1PM) to September 8th (5PM)
– Japan: September 9th (5AM to 9AM)

 

[Pokemaniac]

Why Tuesday instead of Mondat? Hmm.

Monday is Labor Day in the US. Not sure if US holidays have effected maintenance before, but it seems plausible, especially because the eShop can be pretty sensitive to region-specific concerns by nature of being a storefront.

 

[L~A]

Monday is Labor Day in the US. Not sure if US holidays have effected maintenance before, but it seems plausible, especially because the eShop can be pretty sensitive to region-specific concerns by nature of being a storefront.

Wasn't Labour day this week? But I doubt this has got anything to do with maintenance, which is always done JST.

Anyway, time was changed:

Wii U: Nintendo eShop
Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo eShop
Wii: Wii Shop Channel
Nintendo DS: DSi Shop

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 8th (8PM) to September 9th (12AM)
– UK: September 8th (7PM to 11PM)
– North America (EDT): September 8th (2PM) to September 8th (6PM)
– North America (PDT): September 8th (12PM) to September 8th (3PM)
– Japan: September 9th (3AM to 7AM)

 

[Pokemaniac]

Wasn't Labour day this week? But I doubt this has got anything to do with maintenance, which is always done JST.

Anyway, time was changed:

Labor day is the first Monday in September, which happens to be this coming Monday.

If other regions really don't affect maintenance times, then that significantly raises the chances that this will be accompanied by an update, or maybe even the fabled web eShop.

 

[L~A]

Well, we shall see in a few hours!

***

Anyway, surprise unrelated maintenance:

Wii U: Art of Balance (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Darts Up (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Dr. Luigi (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Animal Crossing Plaza (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Puddle (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Spy Chameleon (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Trine Enchanted Edition (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Wooden Sen’Sey (online play and leaderboards)
Wii U: Zen Pinball 2 (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Cubit the Hardcore Platformer Robot (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Mario Golf World Tour (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo Pocket Football Club (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3 (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (online play and leaderboards)

The mainenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 8th (8AM to 9AM)
– UK: September 8th (7AM to 8AM)
– North America (EDT): September 8th (2AM to 3AM)
– North America (PDT): September 7th (11PM) to September 8th (12AM)
– Japan: September 8th (3PM to 4PM)

 

[L~A]

Ok, time for the eShop maintenance was changed a second time. It will now last 6h instead of 4.

Wii U: Nintendo eShop
Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo eShop
Wii: Wii Shop Channel
Nintendo DS: DSi Shop

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 8th (8PM) to September 9th (2AM)
– UK: September 8th (7PM) to September 9th (1AM)
– North America (EDT): September 8th (2PM) to September 8th (8PM)
– North America (PDT): September 8th (12PM) to September 8th (5PM)
– Japan: September 9th (3AM to 9AM)

 

[L~A]

They just keep on comin'!

Wii U: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (online play and leaderboards)

The mainteance will take place on:

– Europe: September 9th (3AM to 4AM)
– UK: September 9th (2AM to 3AM)
– North America (EDT): September 8th (9PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): September 8th (6PM to 7PM)
– Japan: September 9th (10AM to 11AM)

 

[Friend of Sonic]

Ok, time for the eShop maintenance was changed a second time. It will now last 6h instead of 4.

It has changed from 5PM Pacific, to 6 PM Pacific, and now it is 9pm Pacific. Will it really take 3 more hours?

 

[Pokemaniac]

The main eShop maintenance is over, but there is a new emergency one that only affects "Viewing of the movie". Seems like they somehow broke video playback while updating the eShop servers.

 

[L~A]

Weekly maintenance.

Nintendo 3DS: Animal Crossing: New Leaf (online play, leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 15th (12.30AM to 2AM)
– UK: September 14th (11.30PM) to September 15th (1AM)
– North America (EDT): September 14th (6.30PM to 8PM)
– North America (PDT): September 14th (3.30PM to 5PM)
– Japan: September 15th (7.30AM to 9AM)

Nintendo 3DS: Mario Kart 7 (online play, leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 15th (1.30AM to 3AM)
– UK: September 15th (12.30AM to 2AM)
– North America (EDT): September 14th (7.30PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): September 14th (4.30PM to 6PM)
– Japan: September 15th (8.30AM to 10AM)

Wii U: Devil’s Third (online play, leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 15th (2AM to 5AM)
– UK: September 15th (1AM to 4AM)
– North America (EDT): September 14th (8PM to 11PM)
– North America (PDT): September 14th (5PM to 8PM)
– Japan: September 15th (9AM to 12PM)

Wii U: Wii Sports Club (online play, leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 15th (2AM to 3AM)
– UK: September 15th (1AM to 2AM)
– North America (EDT): September 14th (8PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): September 14th (5PM to 6PM)
– Japan: September 15th (9AM to 10AM)

Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo Presents – New Style Boutique / Style Savvy (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (online play, leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 15th (2.30AM to 3.30AM)
– UK: September 15th (1.30AM to 2.30AM)
– North America (EDT): September 14th (8.30PM to 9.30PM)
– North America (PDT): September 14th (5.30PM to 6.30PM)
– Japan: September 15th (9.30AM to 10.30AM)

 

[L~A]

Weekly maintenance is back, b*tches.

Nintendo 3DS: Code of Princess (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Mario Tennis Open (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Need for Speed: The Run (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Resident Evil Revelations (online play and leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 28th (11PM) to September 29th (4AM)
– UK: September 28th (10PM) to September 29th (3AM)
– North America (EDT): September 28th (5PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): September 28th (3PM to 7PM)
– Japan: September 28th (6AM to 11AM)

Nintendo 3DS: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Packet Relay Tools for Nintendo 3DS (online play and leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 29th (1AM to 2.30AM)
– UK: September 29th (12AM to 1.30AM)
– North America (EDT): September 28th (7PM to 8.30PM)
– North America (PDT): September 28th (4PM to 5.30PM)
– Japan: September 28th (8AM to 9.30AM)

Wii U: Mario Kart 8 (online play and leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 29th (2.30AM to 4AM)
– UK: September 29th (1.30AM to 3AM)
– North America (EDT): September 28th (8.30PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): September 28th (5.30PM to 7PM)
– Japan: September 28th (9.30AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

Super Smash Bros. update incoming~

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (online play and leaderboards)
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (online play and leaderboards)

The maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: September 30th (7.30AM to 9AM)
– UK: September 30th (6.30AM to 8AM)
– North America (EDT): September 30th (1.30AM to 3AM)
– North America (PDT): September 29th (10.30PM) to September 30th (12AM)
– Japan: September 30th (2.30PM to 4PM)

 

[BY2K]

Calling it, Nintendo Direct next Wednesday.

 

[L~A]

Additional maintenance for tonight:

Wii U: Spy Chameleon (online play and leaderboards)

– Europe: September 29th (2AM to 3AM)
– UK: September 29th (1AM to 2AM)
– North America (EDT): September 28th (8PM to 9PM)
– North America (PDT): September 28th (5PM to 6PM)
– Japan: September 28th (9AM to 10AM)

 

[Mpl90]

Calling it, Nintendo Direct next Wednesday.

Sure, Nintendo Americo member. I believe you.

 

[L~A]

First weekly maintenance for those two:

Nintendo 3DS: Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (online play, leaderboards, etc.)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: October 6th (1AM to 2AM)
– UK: October 6th (12AM to 1AM)
– North America (EDT): October 5th (7PM to 8PM)
– North America (PDT): October 5th (4PM to 5PM)
– Japan: October 6th (8AM to 9AM)

Wii U: Super Mario Maker (online play, leaderboards, etc.)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: October 6th (2AM to 4AM)
– UK: October 6th (1AM to 3AM)
– North America (EDT): October 5th (8PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): October 5th (5PM to 7PM)
– Japan: October 6th (9AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

Some more maintenance:

Nintendo 3DS: F1 2011 (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Funfair Party Games (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Harvest Moon: A New Beginning (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Kid Icarus Uprising (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympics (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: New Art Academy (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: New Super Mario Bros. 2 (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: PES 2012 3D – Pro Evolution Soccer (online play, leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: October 6th (12AM to 4AM)
– UK: October 5th (11PM) to October 6th (3AM)
– North America (EDT): October 5th (6PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): October 5th (3PM to 7PM)
– Japan: October 6th (7AM to 11AM)

Nintendo 3DS: Code of Princess (online play, leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: October 6th (12AM to 1AM)
– UK: October 5th (11PM) to October 6th (12AM)
– North America (EDT): October 5th (6PM to 7PM)
– North America (PDT): October 5th (3PM to 4PM)
– Japan: October 6th (7AM to 8AM)

 

[L~A]

Update incoming!

Wii U: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (online play and leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (online play and leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: October 8th (9.50AM to 11AM)
– UK: October 8th (8.50AM to 10AM)
– North America (EDT): October 8th (3.50AM to 5AM)
– North America (PDT): October 8th (12.50AM to 2AM)
– Japan: October 8th (4.50PM to 6PM)

 

[L~A]

Image Share maintenance... been a while since the last one.

Wii U: Image Share
Nintendo 3DS: Image Share

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: October 13th (2AM to 4AM)
– UK: October 13th (1AM to 3AM)
– North America (EDT): October 12th (8PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): October 12th (5PM to 7PM)
– Japan: October 13th (9AM to 11AM)

 

[L~A]

More weekly maintenance:

Nintendo 3DS: Chat-a-Lot (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Harvest Moon: A Tale of Two Towns (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Planet Crashers (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Sonic and All-Stars: Racing Transformed (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Sonic Lost World (online play, leaderboards)
Nintendo 3DS: Super Street Fighter IV 3D (online play, leaderboards)

This maintenance will take place on:

– Europe: October 12th (11PM) to October 13th (4AM)
– UK: October 12th (10PM) to October 13th (3AM)
– North America (EDT): October 12th (5PM to 10PM)
– North America (PDT): October 12th (2PM to 7PM)
– Japan: October 13th (6AM to 11AM)

 

[checkeredknight]

I don't know if this is a stupid question, but what do companies like Nintendo actually do when they take things down for maintenance? Like, the Sonic Lost World leaderboards going down - what are they doing that causes something like that? I always see things going down for maintenance, but never actually learnt what that means on the technical side of things.

 

[L~A]

Well I presume they update whatever software the servers are running on, and since you can't really do that online, they have to take the servers offline.

Basically, they're just keeping the servers "healthy" by doing routine maintenance. It's pretty standard for every online services, and not really the most exciting things for regular users.

 

[Pokemaniac]

I don't know if this is a stupid question, but what do companies like Nintendo actually do when they take things down for maintenance? Like, the Sonic Lost World leaderboards going down - what are they doing that causes something like that? I always see things going down for maintenance, but never actually learnt what that means on the technical side of things.

It's mostly stuff like routine maintenance on the servers (installing security updates, running maintenance tasks on databases, etc.), and updates to the server code for the games. While some online services, such as Miiverse, are designed so that they can update the server-side code with little to no downtime, that isn't always possible or desirable. The amount of time that it takes can probably be down to things like verifying the updates applied properly, checking for unforeseen issues, or making sure that they can roll back the updates if issues occur.

 

[checkeredknight]

Well I presume they update whatever software the servers are running on, and since you can't really do that online, they have to take the servers offline.

Basically, they're just keeping the servers "healthy" by doing routine maintenance. It's pretty standard for every online services, and not really the most exciting things for regular users.

It's mostly stuff like routine maintenance on the servers (installing security updates, running maintenance tasks on databases, etc.), and updates to the server code for the games. While some online services, such as Miiverse, are designed so that they can update the server-side code with little to no downtime, that isn't always possible or desirable. The amount of time that it takes can probably be down to things like verifying the updates applied properly, checking for unforeseen issues, or making sure that they can roll back the updates if issues occur.

Thanks a lot for the info guys. I find this stuff interesting, it's good to know what sort of thing goes on behind the scenes!