by Nintendo has announced that the Wii Shop Channel will be officially closing in January 2019. You will be able to add Wii Points to your account until March 2018, then the entire store closes in 2019, including purchasing new content or even redownloading previously downloaded content.
I'm honestly surprised they've kept it up and running as long as they have, and that they're announcing this now when it's still technically gonna be open for over a year.
On January 30, 2019, we plan to close the Wii Shop Channel, which has been available on Wii systems since December 2006. We sincerely thank our loyal customers for their support.
You can still add Wii Points until March 26, 2018, and purchase content on the Wii Shop Channel until January 30, 2019. In the future, we will be closing all services related to the Wii Shop Channel, including redownloading purchased WiiWare, Virtual Console titles, and Wii Channel, as well as Wii System Transfer Tool, which transfers data from Wii to the Wii U system.
If you have Wii Points to spend, content you want to re-download, or content you’d like to transfer from a Wii system to a Wii U system, we recommend you do so while the services are still available.
If you have any questions, please see our Q&A.
Thank you for supporting the Wii Shop Channel and for being such great fans of Nintendo.
Sincerely,
Your Friends at Nintendo
I'm honestly surprised they've kept it up and running as long as they have, and that they're announcing this now when it's still technically gonna be open for over a year.
