Nintendo Restores Online Play for Wii U's Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon After 5-Month Hiatus
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Nintendo has announced that online play for Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon on the Wii U will resume on August 3rd, 2023, after being taken offline for emergency maintenance in March. The games were vulnerable to an exploit known as 'ENLBufferPwn', which allowed attackers to gain remote control of victims' consoles. The vulnerability has been fixed, but Nintendo warns that further issues could lead to the discontinuation of the service. Other affected games have also been resolved.
- After 5 Months, Mario Kart 8 And Splatoon Are Finally Going Back Online For Wii U Nintendo Life
- Nintendo Restores Wii U Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon Online Play After 5-Month Absence IGN
- Wii U versions of Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 have online restored, playable online tomorrow My Nintendo News
- Five months later, Wii U Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon servers set to return Eurogamer.net
- Nintendo Is Done Fixing Wii U Games Yahoo Life
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