Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

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The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (abbreviated as Nintendo WFC) was the online infrastructure used by the Nintendo DS and Wii for online play. It was first launched in November 2005 with Mario Kart DS and was later used by Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk.

The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection was succeeded by Nintendo Network on the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. With GameSpy, who provided servers to Nintendo, being dissolved, the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection was discontinued on May 20, 2014, making online play in Nintendo DS and Wii games unavailable through official means.[1]

Usage in Animal Crossing games[edit]

Below is a table of all online features in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk that used the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. All of these are unavailable through official means following the discontinuation of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection on May 20, 2014.

Some online features in City Folk instead used the WiiConnect24 service.

Game Feature
Animal Crossing: Wild World Being assigned a friend code by Copper.
Visiting friends' towns over the internet.
Receiving Blanca in the player's town.
Receiving letters and bulletin board notices from Nintendo.
Animal Crossing: City Folk Being assigned a friend code by Copper.
Visiting friends' towns over the internet.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Nintendo of America. "Service Discontinuation: Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Service". Nintendo Support & Customer Service. Retrieved January 21, 2025.

External links[edit]

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection on other wikis