Miiverse Service Discontinuation

Applies to:  Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS, New Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS XL, New Nintendo 2DS XL, Wii U Deluxe, Wii U Basic


On November 7th, 2017 at 10:00pm Pacific Time the Miiverse service was discontinued. We thank you very much for your amazing support over the years.

Miiverse can no longer be accessed from:

  • Wii U consoles
  • Nintendo 3DS family systems
  • An internet browser on PCs or smart devices

In addition, all Miiverse services, such as viewing or making posts and messaging with friends, are unavailable in games and system features.

  • If you try to access Miiverse from your Wii U or Nintendo 3DS family system you will see an error code 115-5004 for Wii U and 015-5004 for Nintendo 3DS family systems.
    Error Codes 115-5004 and 015-5004 being displayed on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS Family System
  • If you try to access a feature in Wii U or Nintendo 3DS family software that is tied to Miiverse, that function or service will be unavailable.
    Posts from Miiverse community no longer being displayed in New Super Mario Bros. U for the Wii U

For more information, please see the complete list of affected games and services.

Downloading your post history:
  • Prior to the end of the service, users were able to request a download of all of the Miiverse posts they made. Users who submitted this request will have an e-mail notification that includes a URL to download their post history sent to the e-mail address registered to their Nintendo Account.
    • Please note this will be sent to the e-mail address registered to the Nintendo Account and not the Nintendo Network ID.

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