Whilst the Wii is old, is it old enough to retire? Nintendo has scheduled for closure on June 28th a number of services and has put out an End of Life notice to Japanese customers that reveals that a total of six channels will be put out to pasture, including News and Weather, as will the the ability for Wii Friends to exchange data over Wii Connect24. It’s not clear whether these terminations will apply globally, and in any case Nintendo explicitly says that other key services will continue for the time being, such as the Wii Shop Channel. Clearly a shift in focus is occurring.