Nintendo Pulling the Plug on Numerous Wii Channels

<p>Nintendo have announced that numerous Wii Channels on the Nintendo Wii will no longer be usable come the 28th June 2013 due to a <em>&&num;8220&semi;very low participation rate&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The following channels will no longer be accessible&sol;usable come June 28th&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Forecast Channel<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>News Channel<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Everybody Votes Channel<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Nintendo Channel<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Check Mii Out Channel<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Data exchange between Wii friends on WiiConnect24<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>In a statement Nintendo commented on the situation saying&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&&num;8220&semi;We apologize to those of you currently using these services&comma; and ask for your understanding&period; In order to focus on the development of an even higher level of service for Wii U and other products&comma; a portion of the network services offered through the Wii console will be discontinued&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;wii-news-forecast-channels-shutting-down-6406888">Gamespot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;b5bda0b5-6f09-4a55-920c-83b2248f12e3" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;