For the past few days, Nintendo's online services have been plagued with connection issues preventing gamers from creating Nintendo Network IDs and accessing the eShop. Now, Nintendo is preparing to take the eShop offline for a period of 12 hours in order to get things working properly again.
The problems seem to have begun on Christmas Day, presumably due to the rush of people looking to connect their new 3DS or Wii U to the Internet. What may have been putting additional pressure on Nintendo's servers is a change introduced earlier this month; Nintendo Network IDs are now used on 3DS and Wii U, allowing an eShop account balance to carry over between the two platforms.
Whatever the exact cause, in addition to trouble creating new Nintendo Network accounts -- locking new account owners out of certain functionality -- the eShop has been largely inaccessible for new and existing users. Nintendo took to Facebook today to apologize and explain what it's doing to resolve matters.
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