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Line 11: }} '''WiiConnect24''' ~~was~~is a feature of the [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]] for the [[Wii]] console. It was first announced at [[Electronic Entertainment Expo]] (E3) in mid-2006 by [[Nintendo]].<ref name="wii_online_details">{{cite web\|url=http://revolution.ign.com/articles/707/707865p1.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521051844/http://revolution.ign.com/articles/707/707865p1.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=May 21, 2006\|title=E3 2006: Wii Wi-Fi Just Like DS\|author-link=Matt Casamassina\|first=Matt\|last=Casamassina\|publisher=[[IGN]]\|date=2006-05-11}}</ref> It enabled the user to remain connected to the Internet while the console was on [[Sleep mode\|standby]]. For example, in ''[[Animal Crossing: City Folk]]'', a friend could send messages to another player without the recipient being present in the game at the same time as the sender. On June 27, 2013, Nintendo shut down WiiConnect24. Consequently, the Wii channels that required it, online data exchange via Wii Message Board, and passive online features for [[List of Wii games using WiiConnect24\|certain games]] (the latter two of which made use of 16-digit Wii Friend Codes) were all rendered unusable.<ref name="wiiconnect24_ending">{{cite web\|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/04/nintendo_to_pull_the_plug_on_several_online_wii_channels \|title=Nintendo to Pull the Plug on Several Online Wii Channels \|first=Jon \|last=Wahlgren \|publisher=Nintendo Life \|date=2013-04-12 \|access-date=2013-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3512/p/604\|title=Discontinuation of WiiConnect24 Services {{!}} Wii & Wii mini {{!}} Nintendo Support\|website=en-americas-support.nintendo.com\|language=en-US\|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>

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