End of an era. I knew thee well
What really bothers me is that there's no real reason for it. You just know that the multibillion dollar company could have kept the network online. It's like they're purposely trying to make the 3DS obsolete. I have to wonder if they're trying to force us into the switch era - and I know I'm beating a dead horse by now, but I really fucking hate the switch. Losing the eshop was bad enough, so now losing online altogether feels like a real punch in the gut.
For pokemon gen4 games people were able to reconnect to online servers by using a mobile hotspot or unsecured modem with the DNS settings available in the 3DS. I hear that fanserevrs like this are in the making for other games, too. My hope is just that we can do that without needing to softmod our consoles because it makes me anxious, especially now that these are retro consoles. I just don't want to fuck anything up.
Anyway, what were your favorite things to do online with the 3DS? Do you think you'll get fanservers for your favorite games?