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The official Blue Sky account for the Pretendo Network service, a FOSS replacement for Nintendo’s servers for 3DS and Wii U
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4 new game updates today!

Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Yo-Kai Watch 2 have officially LEFT beta testing!

Tri-Force Heroes has been brought back online as well as Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure, which has also left beta testing!

Full announcement below:
Screenshot of a discord message from developer shutterbug saying: “## Animal Crossing: New Leaf available to everyone & more Hey @everyone, we got a nice batch of updates for you: **Animal Crossing: New Leaf** & **Yo-Kai Watch 2** is now available to everyone. It has moved from testing to the general public. Enjoy! Reminder: Dream suite is not available for ACNL, it's still work in progress. **The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes** is back online. It wasn't online for quite a while, but now it's officially back! **Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure** is back online **and** has been made available for everyone. Enjoy the updates and happy gaming!”
May 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Several exciting updates for you all today! Animal Crossing: New Leaf has officially entered beta testing, and Smash has been moved OUT of beta testing and is available to the public on both the Wii U AND 3DS, among other changes! See our full announcement below for details! 💜
Screenshot of a Discord message from user "@mrjvs" reading: "Animal Crossing: New Leaf in testing & more Hey @everyone, we have some exciting news to share: Animal Crossing: New Leaf is now available to beta testers! (Thanks to @shoginyam) While Dream Suite is not currently available (still a work in progress), the rest of the online functionality is available. Super Smash Bros for Wii U & 3DS are now stable enough and are available to everybody! Only fights are available at this time. Sharing of elements such as Miis, Stages, etc. are still in development. Pokken Tournament is functional again, thanks to the effort of @SuperMarioDaBom Unfortunately, Friendly Matches with Friends Only do not yet work - We are aware of the issue and are currently investigating. Super Mario 3D World can now use Miiverse once again, also thanks to @SuperMarioDaBom Ghosts are still not available however. That's all, enjoy the updates to Pretendo!"
April 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Our 2nd big announcement of the year! Yo-Kai Watch Blasters (all variants) has officially entered beta testing! Region locking is still in place (for now) and friend matches are not implemented, but basic public matches are! See our full announcement below💜
Screenshot of a Discord message from Jon reading "Second big announcement of the year! Yo-Kai Watch Blasters (Busters) - all variants - is now available for beta testers thanks to our newest Junior Developer, @shoginyan! As with all games, especially those in beta testing, not everything is functional yet. Bugs and instability are to be expected. Currently only public ("Far Away") matches are supported. Friend matches are not implemented at this time. At this time, the game's built-in region locking is still in place. North American and European users will be unable to match with Japanese users. However we are looking to try and potentially lift this restriction, as we have done with Monster Hunter and Tri-Force Heroes (though nothing is set in stone). We hope you've all had a good 2025 so far, and we thank you all for your continued support!"
January 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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To kick off the new year, we're pleased to make 2 announcements! Most excitingly Monster Hunter 4 G/U is now available to the public, featuring experimental cross-play between the JP and the international versions! We are also excited to announce a game night Friday the 3rd!
screenshot of a Discord message reading: "Hello everyone! As part of this New Year 2025 we've got two special announcements to make: Monster Hunter for everyone After some time seating in beta testing, Monster Hunter 4 G/Ultimate is now ready for the public and being released today! The game is (almost) feature complete, only missing the ability to blacklist people. We also feature the possibility to crossplay between the Japanese and the international versions (MH4G and MH4U), thanks to some modifications on the server to remove the region locking placed by the game. Pretendo Game Night - January 3, 2025 Alongside that, we'll be hosting a game night on Friday, January 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM to around 1:30 AM! We will be hosting the event in the ⁠events channel, and we are excited to play with everyone! The games we'll be playing are from the Jackbox series and include: Trivia Murder Party 2, Tee K.O. 2, Job Job, Quiplash 3 Anyone will be able to get involved - and we're looking forward to seeing as many people as possible join us. Please note that you will need to log in with Twitch when joining. If you would like to be pinged for future events, get the @EventPing role from ⁠Channels & Roles!"
January 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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The Wii U account settings app is now officially supported! You can now change user data, including country and region, from the Wii U

*Note this is not compatible with SSSL! You will need the latest release of Inkay to access the app*

github.com/PretendoNetw...
Screenshot of the Pretendo Network ID settings app on a modded Wii U
June 9, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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With just 2 weeks left until the Nintendo Network shutdown, we’d like to remind everyone that we are still accepting submissions for network dumps for all games on both consoles! For those interested, see our guide at pretendo.network/docs/network...

(Full announcement attached)
Screenshot of a Discord message from user Jon announcing the NN shutdown reminder
March 25, 2024 at 3:10 AM
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Come join Jemma today as she streams some #Miiverse development to kick off the New Year!

twitch.tv/PretendoNetwork
Screenshot of a discord announcement where user Jemma announces a Twitch stream starting
January 1, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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As of today our winter beta is officially fully open! This includes Juxtaposition, our Miiverse replacement service!

Most games opened in November, with a select few waiting until December. Juxtaposition was delayed for technical reasons, but is now open!
December 4, 2023 at 12:19 AM