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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/28650112 [https://lemm.ee/post/28650112]
> cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/28549378
[https://lemm.ee/post/28549378] > > > Hello everyone. For everyone who owns a
3DS, 2DS, or even a Wii U, I’m sharing this out to as many places I can think
of, where the awareness can make an impact. Please read if you own a 3DS or Wii
U at all, or know anybody who does: > > > > The SpotPass servers by Nintendo
will be shutting down on April 8th, 2024 (4PM PDT). The SpotPass Archival
Project [https://spotpassarchive.github.io/] has been created by the 3DS and Wii
U Homebrew modding community, to make sure as much SpotPass data as humanly
possible is preserved for the foreseeable future and not lost forever in the
coming few days. A huge amount of SpotPass content is essentially free DLC for
various games and apps, and they could have been installed without your
knowledge. They are not required for most games to play, but without their
archival, many games will lose DLC content permanently and some features may no
longer work. This archival project can only be made possible by the donations of
any individuals owning a 3DS or Wii U (not a donation of money, but rather a
donation of SpotPass data stored on your system) > > > > This data can only be
collected before April 8th. Any and all dumps made or sent after the end-date
will be useless due to the nature of how the archive process works. The dump
does not require you to have a modded or Homebrewed console, and can be done
completely unmodded. All you need extra as an unmodded user, is a PC or laptop.
There is also zero risk of having your console banned; so rest assured. > > > >
Update: For those who can’t recall the difference, what we’re archiving here is
SpotPass, not StreetPass. The difference between the two are: > > StreetPass: Is
a 3DS exclusive offline wireless tech which connects your 3DS to other systems
and shares various bits of data with random people you pass on the street (in
the real world). For example, in the game StreetPass Mii Plaza, the data sent to
random passers are your Mii, along with your most recently played game, and your
Mii can be played with in the various minigames that StreetPass Mii Plaza
offers, and vice versa. > > SpotPass: Is an online wireless tech available on
both the 3DS and Wii U. Unlike StreetPass, it does not connect to other 3DS
systems directly, but rather connects to Nintendo’s SpotPass servers online. The
data sent could be anything from notifications, to in-game content. This is what
we’re archiving; not StreetPass data. Streetpass is not an online service, and
thus does not lose content after April 8th; but SpotPass data will be lost after
the 8th if it’s not archived. Wikipedia article
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpotPass_and_StreetPass]. > > > > Even if you
make the dump before April 8, and send it to them afterwards, the dump will be
useless regardless, this is why we are frantically trying to spread the word
about the project as quickly as possible, as there is a lot of data that is
still going to go away permanently regardless of the efforts of this project.
The data is stored offline locally on your 3DS and Wii U, so you may be confused
as to why you can’t just make the dump after the date. For a better explanation,
here is a Discord message from the official Discord server which explains things
[https://imgur.com/DBgHgTN]. I am not a developer of the project, I’m just
someone who is passionate about gaming and technology preservation, and wants to
get this out there, and the 3DS was a wonderful part of my late childhood. > > >
> The data is going to be used by the developers to put towards developing a
replacement for the SpotPass network, similar to what was done by the Homebrew
community who created the Nintendo Network replacement, dubbed “Pretendo
Network” [https://pretendo.network/]. > > > > Even if you don’t think you have
much data on your system, please help dump it towards the archive as soon as
possible (within the next couple of days), because you likely have some things
you don’t know about. The process does not require a modded console at all, and
the official site here [https://spotpassarchive.github.io/], has instructions
for both users of modded consoles, and users of unmodded consoles. You can ask
for help in the official Discord server of the project here
[https://discord.gg/2ddmRKpt] and people will be very willing to help. > > > >
There are also many many niche, lesser known games, which have absolutely no
data archived for them still to this day, so any help archiving them is vital.
Thanks for reading, and I ask you to also share this out to as many people as
you possibly can. Even if you don’t own a 3DS or Wii U, please share this out to
anyone you know who owns one, or even those whom you suspect might have one. > >
> > Edit: added some extra information, removed some no longer relevant
information, fixed some typos, improved some wording slightly.
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