What was once a Wii U exclusive has been removed from the platform. 2013's LEGO City: Undercover has been delisted from the Wii U eShop, along with LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins on the Nintendo 3DS, joining the ranks of Netflix and DSiWare titles in a recent removal spree occurring on older Nintendo systems. At the very least, both games had a physical release, and LEGO City: Undercover was re-released on the Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.

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[linuxares]

it's official, download whatever you can from the eShops before they go down. I'm calling the death of the Wii U/3DS eShop by this year or 2022

Oh thank god. Maybe they got some resources to fix their online then?... Who am I kidding...

 

[Kwyjor]

Considering Lego City Undercover was a Wii U exclusive for four years, it is very easy to imagine there were specific licensing shenanigans involved. And considering that you can't really say that about any other game, it's easy to imagine that this isn't a sign of the imminent collapse of the entire eShop.

Except for, as far as I know, the Trilogy

Really? But it's on Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/787480/Phoenix_Wright_Ace_Attorney_Trilogy/

 

[Bladexdsl]

the wiiu version is the switch version because it has exactly the same bugs and points it crashes at. it is the worst version to get

 

[AkiraKurusu]

Really? But it's on Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/787480/Phoenix_Wright_Ace_Attorney_Trilogy/

...Which isn't mobile. And Steam doesn't have Apollo Justice, Dual Destinies, or Spirit of Justice. Neither does the Switch, the PlayStation Store, or any other PC store.
Ergo, the 3DS is the ONLY platform to have all six main games. And they're all digital-only, meaning an eShop shutdown would be very problematic.

 

[jt_1258]

...Which isn't mobile. And Steam doesn't have Apollo Justice, Dual Destinies, or Spirit of Justice. Neither does the Switch, the PlayStation Store, or any other PC store.
Ergo, the 3DS is the ONLY platform to have all six main games. And they're all digital-only, meaning an eShop shutdown would be very problematic.

ya...bit of a shame how poorly the series is treated in the west with the 3ds being the only place with the full set...

 

[AkiraKurusu]

ya...bit of a shame how poorly the series is treated in the west with the 3ds being the only place with the full set...

Not to mention how Ace Attorney Investigations 2 was never officially localised, despite the first one having that treatment.
Or that ancient Japan spin-off - likely due to Sherlock Holmes, and how restrictive his IP owner is. Ugh.

 

[nine0nine]

I guarantee that long term this ‘does it matter’ mentality would be a mistake, just like in the Film and TV industry where allot of media has either been lost forever, only found by chance, keep circulating the tapes, etc.

I wasn't implying an attitude as such, more a question and the same one applies to movies and tv to some respects. As we continue to produce media, be it movies, music, games, art, is there a real world need to preserve everything? We probably have enough games right now to entertain us over 10 lifetimes, in a couple more decades each and every game, regardless of how big or small it is will become less and less relevant to the current generations. I would say certain key titles are worthy of a classic status, just as music and art treats certain pieces from certain points in their history.

 

[AkiraKurusu]

I wasn't implying an attitude as such, more a question and the same one applies to movies and tv to some respects. As we continue to produce media, be it movies, music, games, art, is there a real world need to preserve everything? We probably have enough games right now to entertain us over 10 lifetimes, in a couple more decades each and every game, regardless of how big or small it is will become less and less relevant to the current generations. I would say certain key titles are worthy of a classic status, just as music and art treats certain pieces from certain points in their history.

But, with this mindset, exactly what should be preserved will differ depending on the individual - for example, I'd certainly like to preserve Bakugan Battle Brawlers on DS, since it's a neat little distraction with decent enough gameplay. I'd also like to preserve the three Pokémon Ranger games, and Parascientific Escape (a small "Zero Escape"-esque game, on the 3DS, that I'm pretty sure is digital-only), and ŌkamiDen.

However, I personally see no value in games like Breath of the Wild or multiplayer only games or Super Mario 3D World or Super Mario Galaxy or Pokémon Sword/Shield, so I'd have no incentive to archive these titles. As a result, if I was in charge of preserving a limited number of games, these wouldn't be included.

See the issue? This is why pretty much everything should be preserved in some way.

 

[Scarlet]

Not to mention how Ace Attorney Investigations 2 was never officially localised, despite the first one having that treatment.
Or that ancient Japan spin-off - likely due to Sherlock Holmes, and how restrictive his IP owner is. Ugh.

The Sherlock one is coming to Switch, it was in that Capcom leak a while back, so that's one game at least lol

 

[jt_1258]

The Sherlock one is coming to Switch, it was in that Capcom leak a while back, so that's one game at least lol

nb4 it was cancled because it was leaked /s >.<

 

[MaxiBash]

Still beat the news earlier with that meme tho.

Alright, jokes aside, this doesn’t feel very great. It’s like Nintendo is going on a killing spree. You’d think that they would warn us with delists like they did with Mario Maker, but nope.

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HAHA NICE @Trash_Bandatcoot

Nah, I saw some news site mentioning on Twitter that the game got delisted. GBAtemp was just too slow!

trust me that 3dw delist will happen

 

[Deleted User]

A videogame has been delisted in Wii U City!

 

[driverdis]

My guess is that it was delisted since it was licensed back when Telltale Games was around and other Telltale games have been delisted as well due to licensing.

 

[jt_1258]

My guess is that it was delisted since it was licensed back when Telltale Games was around and other Telltale games have been delisted as well due to licensing.

it's not the TT your thinking of. it stands for travelers tales I think...or might just be tt and nothing more...but it is not tell tale.

 

[tech3475]

I wasn't implying an attitude as such, more a question and the same one applies to movies and tv to some respects. As we continue to produce media, be it movies, music, games, art, is there a real world need to preserve everything? We probably have enough games right now to entertain us over 10 lifetimes, in a couple more decades each and every game, regardless of how big or small it is will become less and less relevant to the current generations. I would say certain key titles are worthy of a classic status, just as music and art treats certain pieces from certain points in their history.

In this day and age, the question I have is why not preserve what we can?

At least back then they had the excuse of not knowing that decades later people would want to enjoy old media.

Again your opinion just comes across as short sighted.


Edit:

Funnily enough, I’ve recently been playing Sonic Unleashed, a game that was at one point delisted because of it’s ‘mediocre’ review score even though I later found enjoyment from it on some level.

 

[leon315]

do people still buy games for wiiu?

I had a lot of fun with the console but ion know how that would have gone without homebrew

i own Mario kart 8 with season pass, still try to play online nowdays, but sadly no one queue mk8 on WIIU anymore, the online is pretty dead

 

[AkiraKurusu]

do people still buy games for wiiu?

I had a lot of fun with the console but ion know how that would have gone without homebrew

If there were more DS Virtual Console games, I would be buying more Wii U games. Same for actual Wii U games too, if there were any interesting ones I hadn't already bought (Twilight Princess HD, The Wind Waker HD, Xenoblade X, LEGO City Undercover, Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros. 4, Pikmin 3)

 

[BiggieCheese]

Undercover (not sure about the 3DS spin-off) might’ve used some licensed music tracks IIRC, wouldn’t be shocked if Warner Bros. Interactive (or Nintendo since they technically published them way back then, assuming the rights to those versions didn’t default over to WB at some point) weren’t interested or even able to renew their contracts

 

[Mnecraft368]

That's unfortunate. Those were great games. Doesn't affect much for me though - own the physical Wii U and 3DS versions, as well as a physical Switch version. Though I've found the Switch port seems a bit rushed and has some odd bugs compared to the Wii U version, it's still a fun game.

 

[mrdude]

Spookily enough I just hacked my old 3ds yesterday and put Luma3ds on it - and just happened to d/l and install a cia called Lego City Undercover :-). Not that I condone piracy of course - but if you can't get the games legally, where else are you going to get them?