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'''WiiConnect24''' is a defunct online service for the [[Wii]] that allowed the console to remain connected to the Internet when in standby mode. Launched alongside the Wii in November 2006, WiiConnect24 was used in various games, including {{CF}}. The service was discontinued on June 27, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Nintendo of America|url=https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3512/p/604|title=Discontinuation of WiiConnect24 Services|site=en-americas-support.nintendo.com|retrieved=January 11, 2021}}</ref>
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'''WiiConnect24''' is a [[Wii]]-only feature (discontinued since June 28, 2013) that allows the Wii console to be connected to the internet (and Nintendo) all the time, even in stand-by mode. It is what allows [[Distributed Items]] in {{CF}} to be downloaded and given to the [[player]] in-game, by [[Pete]], [[Wendell]], or other [[special characters]].
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==Activating WiiConnect24==
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WiiConnect24 needs activating on both the Nintendo Console and the ''Animal Crossing: City Folk'' game. This is done by doing the following:
  
==In {{CF|nolink}}==
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===Wii System settings===
{{CF}} used WiiConnect24 to allow a player to send letters to another player without the receiving player needing to be present in the game. It was also used to [[Distributed item/City Folk|distribute items and designs]] to players for set periods of time from 2008 to 2012.
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#First, players can choose ''Wii Options'', which is located at the bottom-left of the ''Wii Menu'' screen.
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#Once in the ''Wii Options'' menu, players can go to ''Wii Settings''. On page 2, ''WiiConect24'' is at the bottom.
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#Players may need to enter a 4-digit password.
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#Once players have entered the password and have entered the menu, they should go to ''WiiConnect24'' and select ''On''.
  
Before WiiConnect24 features could be used by {{CF|nolink}}, they would have to be activated in-game. On the player's first trip to the [[city]], [[Rover]] appears in the [[bus]] and asks them if they would like to activate WiiConnect24. After this, the player can choose to turn the feature on or off by contacting Rover via the phone in their [[attic]]. Following the termination of the service in 2013, these settings have no effect.
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When players have completed this process, they are now connected to the internet and will receive messages from Nintendo on the Message Board. They will not get letters in {{CF|short|nolink}} quite yet though; the settings still need to be applied in-game.
  
==See also==
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===In-game===
* [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]]
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Once players have loaded the game, they can go to the phone in the attic of their house and use it. [[Rover]] talks to them. Then, they should select ''WiiConnect24''. He will then tell the player the settings. If it is not already on, players should select ''Turn it on''. If not, then they select ''Keep them on!'' Nintendo can now send the players distributed items.
  
==References==
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==Termination==
{{Reflist}}
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Nintendo announced terminating the WiiConnect24 service on June 28, 2013 globally. This means that these and other features in ''Animal Crossing: City Folk'' will no longer function. Players were still  able to connect to Nintendo WFC to visit towns of other players, though they would not be able to send letters to them while in a different town, until the [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]] service was shut off on May 20, 2014.
  
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[[Category:Real World]]
 
[[Category:Online play]]
 
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