Nintendo Wii and DSi Shop channels have been down for days
The Nintendo Wii and DSi Shop channels have been offline for several days, according to a report from Eurogamer. Both shops may have been down for as long March 16th with no explanation from Nintendo.
A video from GameXplain shows exactly what happens when you select the Wii Shop channel - you'll see a blank white screen, followed by an error code (209601) indicating network problems. The channel is down on both the Wii itself, as well as on the Wii U, which is what GameXplain uses to access the store. Meanwhile, the DSi Shop spits out error code 290502, also signaling an inability to connect to the shop due to seemingly nonexistent internet issues.
Nintendo stopped allowing players to make purchases on the DSi and Wii Shop channels in 2...