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|active = Yes ('''shutdown April 8, 2024''')No |platform = [[Wii U]]<br>[[Nintendo 3DS|Nintendo 3DS family]]

The '''Nintendo Network''' is Nintendo's online service which provides online functionality for the [[Nintendo_3DS_emulators#Hardware_features|Nintendo 3DS]] and [[Wii_U_emulators#Hardware_features_and_peripherals|Wii U]] systems and their compatible games. However, the service was shut down on 8 April 2024, making it impossible to play games online by normal means.

Emulation of Nintendo Network is possible with '''[https://pretendo.network/#about Pretendo]''': Open-source project that aims to recreate Nintendo Network for the 3DS and Wii U using clean-room reverse engineering. Pretendo supports any client that can interact with Nintendo Network. Currently , the only emulator with this kind of functionality is Cemu. Cemu 2.0 officially supports Pretendo under your network account options in the emulator. For information on how to get started with Cemu, check out the [https://pretendo.network/docs/install/cemu documentation].

The service will be is shutdown by as of April 8, 2024. The only way to play online again on the Nintendo 3DS system is to use [https://pretendo.network/ Pretendo] (requires a jailbroken 3DS with boot9strap and Luma3DS custom firmware). For the Wii U version, the Wii U home console can be modded—using the Aroma homebrew environment—to use Pretendo to its fullest capability, or you can use the [https://pretendo.network/docs/install/wiiu#sssl SSSl method] without having to modify the console but with limited features.:See [[#Emulation]] section for more information, Also see [[Preservation_projects|Preservation projects]] page for more information about other revive projects. 

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