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"The Wii U Nintendo Network went down today (March 24), leaving users unable to access it. Gamers in Europe and the US were prevented temporarily from using services such as the Nintendo eShop and Miiverse.  Nintendo gave no indication of when the services would resume, with a message on the site simply stating: &amp;quot;Online services are currently experiencing technical difficulties.&amp;quot; The service went down for around two hours, starting at 10.15am UK time (3.15am PT). The network began functioning again at 12.05pm GMT (5.05am PT), with a status update from Nintendo reading: &amp;quot;Due to technical difficulties, [Nintendo eShop, Miiverse, SpotPass, Match Making, Ranking, etc.] were intermittently unavailable [between 10.15am and 12.05pm GMT (3.15am and 5.05am PT)]. &amp;quot;These services are currently operating normally. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.&amp;quot;  The Wii U has had a troubled time following its launch, with Wii U sales in January said to have been lower than anything on record for the PS3 and Xbox 360. In January, Nintendo lowered its Wii U console sales forecast from 5.5 million units to 4 million units by the end of the financial year. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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