SpotPass Archival Project for 3DS and Wii U

April 7, 2024 7:36 PM

Help preserve SpotPass content by uploading your database dump of your 2DS, 3DS and Wii U! All online communication services for the Nintendo 3DS, 2DS and Wii U, including the distribution of SpotPass data will be discontinued on April 8th, 2024, at 4pm PDT. After this date, features using SpotPass in games will stop working once this change has taken effect.

By dumping this database from your system(s), you can help various network revival services in preserving SpotPass content, ensuring that SpotPass features in these titles can be used long after Nintendo has pulled the plug on the service. Database dumps are anonymized when collected. Dumps are sent to network revival services to allow SpotPass features to be replicated later.

The Nintendo 3DS/2DS and Wii U systems store a local database of titles for which you have recently received SpotPass data. This database can be used to check for the URLs it uses to download the SpotPass content, however it must be done before the online servers get shut down tomorrow!

posted by QueenHawkeye (2 comments total)

Damn! It seems like the history of the 3ds is one long series of service shutdowns that I hear about right before they happen and can't take advantage of.
posted by Typhoon Jim at 8:48 PM on April 7

Thanks for the reminder and prod, I'm doing this now!
posted by JHarris at 2:02 PM on April 8