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Shutdown reminder!

With just 2 weeks left until the Nintendo Network shutdown, we'd like to take this time to remind everyone that we are accepting network packet dumps for all games, for both the Wii U and 3DS! These packet dumps give us a glimpse into how the games operated when the official servers were still online. While technically possible to do without these dumps, having reference material like this will make the job of making replacement servers FAR easier once these servers go offline!

This is ESPECIALLY true for more obscure/less popular games, and games which have custom additions to them. Having network dumps for smaller games is just as, if not more, important than the bigger ones as we'd likely have much less reference material for them! We know everyone is excited to help get the big names going, but we can't forget the little guys either!

That being said, we appreciate ALL users who help us with this crowd sourcing! We have gotten a LOT of amazing data from everyone so far, all of which will definitely help us moving forward.

For those interested in contributing network packet dumps, see our guide on our website here pretendo.network/docs/network-. This page also includes a section listing some games we consider "high priority", though these are NOT the only games we still need data for.

For those curious about our current network dump stats, so far we have:

- 99 HokakuCafe dumps (specifically Wii U)
- 528 HokakuCTR dumps (specifically 3DS)
- 15 general WireShark dumps (applies to both consoles)
- 65 general proxy dumps (applies to both consoles)

NOTE: These numbers come from the number of network packet dumps submitted through the Bandwidth upload command, and may not represent the real total number of dumps submitted.

14 comments
Johannes :verified_paw: :donor:

@pretendo this stuff talked plain text to Nintendo servers? Iā€™m shocked / amazed / fascinated / confused šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«

J. "Henry" Waugh

@jkbecker @pretendo not always, they just have ways to decrypt it if they do. See the guide link in the OP

Ny'hrarr

@pretendo A bit paradoxal to get network dump for less popular/obscure games when there is probably no one willing to play them online/don't own these games. At least for multiplayer interactions.

Lunar šŸ›ø ā™¾

@ninstar @pretendo Preservation matters for obscure games too! Better to have a game that can be played but nobody does, than to have a game that someone wants to play and can't ever.

Ny'hrarr

@lunarloony @pretendo I never said it didn't matter, just that is unlikely people will get network dumps for most of them in under 2 weeks.

Cal Alaera

@ninstar @pretendo We cannot possibly know what future generations will consider "interesting". There's no way of predicting if a game will become a cult classic 20 years from now.

Ny'hrarr

@Cal @pretendo I think you misread what I said, I'm specifically talking about getting network dumps for less popular games when there only two weeks left, I'm not discussing about the long term popularity of these games. That's a different topic.

ExperiencersInternational

@pretendo@mastodon.pretendo.network I'm guessing I'm not going to really be any help considering the most obscure game I own is either Game Party Champions or Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival (which I don't remember ever having any online functionality) šŸ˜„

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