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Many games on the market often require official server services to play. Once the server terminates service, players must say goodbye to the game. However, several veteran Nintendo players overseas started an endurance competition half a year ago, refusing to go offline on the 3DS game that the Nintendo Network stopped serving, and in the “Mario Kart 7” game lobby , the last player seems to have officially bid farewell.
On April 9 this year, Nintendo announced the cancellation of Nintendo Network connection service support for 3DS and Wii U consoles, which means the end of the game era in which 3DS and Wii U need to be connected to a server to play games.
Although in the eyes of ordinary players, this announcement is the end of a journey, unexpectedly, in the eyes of some players, it is the “starting point” of another challenge.
The online play service for “Nintendo 3DS software and Wii U software” ended today, April 9th (Tuesday) at 9:00 am.
Thank you very much for your continued patronage. https://t.co/GwaRDROR8v pic.twitter.com/76p669ZiaW— Nintendo Support (@nintendo_cs) April 9, 2024
The day before the Nintendo Network connection service was terminated, overseas players marioiscool246 and Fishguy6564 created a battle room in the connection lobby of “Mario Kart 7” and set up two Bots for endless competition.
According to Fishguy6564, they implemented a patch to prevent the two from going offline during the battle. In this way, after the Nintendo Network terminated the service, their battle lobby continued to run for a month, and the two bots played more than 10,000 games. game.
On 04/08/2024 at 6:30 PM EST, @marioiscool246 and I deployed 2 bots in an attempt to keep the last lobby on Nintendo Network alive. With a patch that kept us from disconnecting, we raced for over a month until Gears froze yesterday. Here is the beginning of the entire session. pic.twitter.com/F8fYzQivwd
— Fishguy6564 (@fishguy6564) May 14, 2024
Unfortunately, marioiscool246’s console finally failed in May, causing Fishguy6564 to become the last player of “Mario Kart 7” in the Nintendo Network lobby.
In fact, Fishguy6564 and marioiscool246 are not the only ones to take on similar challenges. Players of “Super Mario Maker”, “Paintball Battle” and “Xenoblade Chronicles X” all have players who are not disconnected.
For anyone wondering, this is what my 3ds looked like when it froze while Mario Kart 7 was running during the month long lobby. pic.twitter.com/JIyCl0Ik5n
— Marioiscool246 (@marioiscool246) May 14, 2024
.@marioiscool246‘s 3DS has frozen, leaving fishguy6564 as the last Mario Kart 7 player on the Nintendo Network.
FOUR known players remain on the Nintendo Network. pic.twitter.com/dLYvDiD2oS
— Gaffs (@GaffsNotLaffs) May 13, 2024
As a result, this has become a small focus in the overseas Nintendo community. Many people continue to pay attention to how long Fishguy6564 and others can last, and are also curious about why Nintendo Network allows them to continue to stay on the server.
100 days later, it seems that the only player left on the Nintendo Network is Fishguy6564, the last player of “Mario Kart 7”. Not only has he attracted the attention of overseas media, but his 3DS router Log file is said to also show a record of trying to reconnect with marioiscool246. It is also thought that the Nintendo Network may come back to life.
We’ve officially passed 100 days, 2400 hours, since the Nintendo Network shutdown at 8PM EDT on April 8, 2024.
Congratulations @fishguy6564!
— Gaffs (@GaffsNotLaffs) July 18, 2024
We spoke to the Mario Kart 7 player who’s somehow still connected to the official 3DS servers pic.twitter.com/BXOxMZqp8g
— GamesRadar+ (@GamesRadar) August 14, 2024
So, not only is @fishguy6564 still doing his victory laps on Mario Kart 7, but he has just confirmed via his router logs that his 3DS is still seeking to reconnect with @marioiscool246’s 3DS.
The Nintendo Network lives! pic.twitter.com/ET8wwYoB9u
— Gaffs (@GaffsNotLaffs) August 19, 2024
However, as all hell breaks loose, Fishguy6564’s 3DS finally crashed yesterday, and the last player of the 3DS “Mario Kart 7” was officially offline from the Nintendo Network server.
Yes, from the original focus on how long the game connection can last, players unknowingly turned to saying goodbye to the Nintendo Network. Of course, the Nintendo Network is still normal on other platforms.
It’s over. Rest in peace, Nintendo Network. pic.twitter.com/rlbFZVGJ0q
— Fishguy6564 (@fishguy6564) November 4, 2024
Although this is a challenge without any trophies, certificates or achievements, there will always be players in the game world who choose to be the one who persists until the last moment. This attitude can be found in any game, this kind of nostalgia and persistence The spirit has also been deeply recognized by overseas communities.
