Nintendo announced today that the Wii U’s Wii Street U service will be discontinued on March 31 of this year.. They made the announcement via Twitter.
[Reminder] The Wii Street U powered by Google service will be discontinued on 31/03/2016. More info: https://t.co/mrqOJxoZIE
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) January 29, 2016
Nintendo then put out a full statement here
Discontinuation of Wii Street U powered by Google
We sincerely thank you for your continued support of our company’s products and services. We would like to remind Wii U owners that as previously announced, the Wii Street U powered by Google service will be discontinued on March 31st 2016, at 23:59 local time. Once the service is discontinued, this software will not be usable.
To prepare for this, the software will be removed from Nintendo eShop at 23:59 local time on January 31st 2016. Users who have already purchased the software will be able to re-download it until 23:59 local time on March 31st 2016.
We apologise to those of you currently using this service, and we ask for your understanding as we focus our resources in other areas.
Our thoughts: Sad to see this go. Did you use it at all? If so what did you like about it and what did you not like? Let us know in the comments below.