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I was planning to pick up MkWii for cheap and play some wifi, but it sucks that the end has come so soon. I played a lot of online MKDS too and truly had a fantastic time doing so; I'll be sad to see it go.

It's not just Mario Kart either; Pokemon DP/BW are affected as well. I just feel this is very underhanded by Nintendo, especially since the day of service termination falls just over a week shy of the release of Mario Kart 8. At least when Microsoft called it quits on the H2 servers, it was well after H3 had come out and Reach was on its way to being released.

I started that piracy thread a few months ago with the opinion that piracy is morally equivalent to theft, and I guess I still stand by that in most cases. In the music industry, albums are released at a standard price and are mostly made very available to the customers. Cases like these make me think a little more though. That features should suddenly be discontinued (especially at the time they will be) really make me feel like the industry is trying to milk me for my money and has too much power over how the consumer can enjoy their product. That's why emulation, though morally questionable, is noble in that it desires to give the customer freedom and features that the big corporations won't provide for financial reasons.