The Day Mario Kart Wii Died

Nintendo officially shut down the online services on May 20th, 2014 and these are my very last Mario Kart Wii races in the form of a 5v5 clan war. Wiimmfi officially released around the same time and is still being used today to play all Wii games online.
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[@TWD98]

Special video today reacting to the last races I ever played on Nintendo Wifi exactly 10 years ago! Flounderfest will resume Wednesday

[@OliverAlbrektss]

Yayya

[@BryanZoch-tw2yz]

What so u can't play mario kart wii?

[@Náutico19]

Ok

[@BryanZoch-tw2yz]

I thought there was the game hack version

[@LiamDeege]

Troy I remember 5 years ago you said you would release the second part of your last ever races on WFC and now we finally get to see the footage

[@12packersfan]

So Troy’s last Nintendo wifi race saw him mess around on Grumble Volcano and disconnect while nailing a shortcut… can’t think of a more fitting end

[@Emayeah]

that was such a seamless transition ngl

[@RetroDubs]

As a child I remember playing MK Wii online the very last day. I noticed that I randomly disconnected and assumed it was an internet router problem. I tried hours figuring this out and I eventually gave up and started crying.

[@NickMario1]

Same

[@HarshanSandhu-c4r]

I remember coming home from school in 2014 knowing it was happening either that day or the next, sitting down to play and not connecting and just thinking "so thats it"... luckily wiimmfi saved the game haha

[@FigureFarter]

⁠@@HarshanSandhu-c4rSimilar story. I just got up the next morning accepting the online's fate

[@minerscale]

Hear that Nintendo!? You monsters!

[@Gamingtime52936]

Is this your villain backstory?

[@shermith4751]

i love the "bam" in a reaction commentary video hahaha

[@shermith4751]

i guess the first ever "bam" was in a reaction commentary video, so i retract my statement

[@Rackals]

Dancing with a stranger in your very last Online race is truly a thing of beauty. Loved watching this even though I wasn't there in 2014

[@jamesoncasey1820]

THIS GAME WILL NEVER DIE!!! The people we have running this game are incredible and will definitely stick around!!!! Congrats on 500k!!

[@LiamDeege]

This game will definitely not die even as it continues to get older and older, due to more glitch strategies being discovered, custom tracks, and so much more.

[@fewerspeaser2004]

We can only hope that Nintendo doesn’t do the stupidest thing ever and that their fans would praise them for "protecting their IPs and preventing illegally made custom servers from running".

[@AbsoluteLunatic123]

4 years ago, you found your last worldwide footage. And now we’ve got his very very last races on Nintendo WFC!

[@LiamDeege]

5 years ago actually but yeah.

[@Empexx]

legendary video

[@Frozenmk]

Alright so when are we playing another clan war?

[@LIXOUALeBg]

did you play with him ?

[@jamomkw]

@@LIXOUALeBgfrozen is the best Mkw war player currently so he is pushing for Troy to shed light to competitive scene.

[@LIXOUALeBg]

@@jamomkw i know i watch his videos

[@jamomkw]

@@LIXOUALeBg ah gotcha

[@sharkgill]

I’ve been waiting for this day for a while, im so happy you released this! thanks for the content, the clan wars have always been my favourite

[@MrKentuckylucky]

I remember playing MKWii Online on the last day. It was such a weird feeling knowing it would be the last time. That day really had a strange atmosphere

[@jackzoom1433]

I remember not having internet for like a year or two and when I finally got a Wii again I found out the online servers shut down, I’m still devastated to this day 😭😭😭

[@PrincessRinsicles]

I love these kinds of videos about, well, things getting shut down... Great watch, thank you.

[@scarasbae]

I remember when the online services were still available, i didn’t have wifi connection on my wii u yet, though. so i could never experience the actual online gamemode😭

[@reper2976]

I remember playing mkwii online when I was a child. I do remember a point in 2014 when I was trying to play online and it wouldn’t connect. Thought the system software was out of date and never looked into it (cause you don’t think with much depth when you’re a child).

[@TGSharkman]

Congrats on 500k

[@umar_64]

Loved playing mkwii online it’s been so long i can’t remember😢😢😢

[@asddw4998]

God please take me back to those times...

[@OwlOnFire]

congrats on 500k! lots of hard work into this channel

[@Hahatomato]

I was 5 when this was recorded. I had no idea how to play the game, I lived across the country. I hadn’t even started kindergarten. I’ve been to 6 different schools since then. Wow.

[@thejedihooymangamer]

yo Troy, 500k subscribers! Congrats man!👍😀

[@EthanMallonee]

Dry Dry Desert was phenomenal

[@squishypeanut42]

I remember the last worldwide games 10 years ago. Sad times

[@wildlifehaven8029]

A trip down memory lane...

[@440-6pakroadrunner]

How often should you delay drift? Almost every opportunity available?

[@TWD98]

You’ll get your mini turbo much later in the turn if you don’t so it really matters on smaller right angle turns for example (like BC3)

[@440-6pakroadrunner]

So it's better for sharp angled turns that require a complete soft or fail drift as opposed to fail drifting.

[@matthewsullivan9727]

Wtf I just realized wifi was shut down on my birthday. That’s one of the worst gifts I received but never realized.

[@timberlin4075]

wow this is iconic

[@jackharris4841]

Nintendo Even Shutdown 3DS And Wii U Online 2 Months Ago

[@yoshinumberone]

WOW ITS BEEN 10 YEARS!!!

[@authenticallysuperficial9874]

Mirror mode is so weird to watch

[@EnaShinomonetheoldersibling]

I actually got my WiFi on the Wii without Wiimifi. I made a video on how to get the WiFi

[@AbsoluteLunatic123]

When u realise we’ve been using Wiimmfi longer than the old connection!

[@12packersfan]

This is like watching your grandma’s last days before she dies… if your grandma was immediately resurrected as a cyborg and is amazingly healthy ten years later

[@elijahadkins6195]

This comment is the most cursed/accurate thing I've read all day. Well done.

[@shiroi5672]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me

[@PepijnHuigen]

O my god, I remember you telling us in a video in 2014, you would release your last races in 10 years. I never imagined arriving on that day. Happy to still be here after all that time!

[@LiamDeege]

In 2019 he released some of them and released the other half today.

[@PepijnHuigen]

@@LiamDeege Oh yeah that’s right!

[@LiamDeege]

@@PepijnHuigen Yep! He even stated 5 years ago that he would post the second half of the footage 5 years later.

[@AbsoluteLunatic123]

It was 10 years ago today. That’s crazy. Time goes too fast

[@LiamDeege]

FR, every time I watch his older vids, I feel like an old man stuck in the body of a 19 year old.

[@MegaVega2007]

i was like 6-7 years old so its not that crazy to me tbh, it feels like about that long

[@LiamDeege]

@@MegaVega2007 I was 9 when the servers shut down.

[@avena7506]

Gone but not forgotten, Old wifi was a truly a unique experience.

[@RTAT120]

We have been blessed with new 2014 Troy content. Today is a good day

[@Mai.Calico]

Bro if somebody named shrek comments something like "This is a certified RIP classic" I swear imma lose it

[@EthanMallonee]

I have terrible news

[@LiamDeege]

Him and Zach always do it and I don't mind it now honestly.

[@LiamDeege]

OGs remember the days Troy did the clan wars with Flow, IS, and many others, as well as with people like Sagar, Ronak, Adam, and others he met in the clans.

[@jamesoncasey1820]

Fw Matt!!!!!!

[@LiamDeege]

@@jamesoncasey1820 I always forget about him I'll be honest. The best memory I have of those guys was when Troy used a Hammer Bro texture on custom tracks and he did some Team VS with Sagar, Adam and Ronak.

[@EricasBlossom]

i used to impersonate myself as a member of flow jajaja

[@girlmaya6818]

@@EricasBlossom Who didn't lol

[@MkwRa]

ohh the good old days!!!

[@mix3k818]

At this point Wiimfii is outlasting the original Nintendo Wii online services, I think

[@LiamDeege]

It has outlasted them since 2020

[@LazerN_]

This is a certified Nintendo WFC 10th anniversary online shutdown classic!

[@spock9514]

As someone who plays clan wars now, it's very interesting to see how the gameplay has changed so much over the years, especially since we rarely get to see full vods of wars from back then. Thank you for uploading some golden content, and hope to see more (if u can dig up any 😅😅)

[@girlmaya6818]

I think there's tons of old wars on youtube if you try to find them, especially 2014

[@stllr_]

wrath and mizy have some i think

[@huckstrickland4396]

What a way for Troy to celebrate. Looking back at the time where he played before WFC shut down. Happy 10th Nintendo WFC Shutdown Anniversay everybody! 🙂

[@NeonIceyy]

That's the spirit right there 29:43 Goofing off with some random player you've never met in what could be your very last race. The disconnection happening right as Half the room does the lava-glitch, couldn't end more cathartic! I'd really love to see you do more Clan War videos honestly. The one you did with Nick and Sword a few years back was such a great throwback!

[@siddhanthtalukder6015]

this game will always have a special place in my heart

[@LiamDeege]

I can imagine a lot of people say that, myself included.

[@ivycomb]

Troy Circuit will never be the same again after the death of Mario kart Wii

[@LiamDeege]

We don't talk about troll tracks like that one which appeared in RTCT

[@alieninsectbass]

@@LiamDeege Aw, cmon. I still do.

[@LiamDeege]

@@alieninsectbass True, it's just that troll tracks are not something I am into, especially when they appear after 2 of my all time favorites in RTCT 10.

[@samuelthecamel]

Your skill has clearly improved over the past 10 years

[@TWD98]

It's crazy how much everyone has improved. Back then, it was so much easier! (even when I was worse haha)

[@LiamDeege]

@@TWD98 Troy you've always looked amazing in your older videos, you may think you were worse, but you have always been great in my opinion.

[@ross3695_basedhax]

Nintendo Network is still being kept alive by 4 people today Shame the Wii servers only lasted a day before matchmaking was turned off. Luckily the last race was recorded by both people on 22nd May 2014

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

I actually played MKWii online on that day with a former friend

[@droid1008]

what game, who and how

[@ross3695_basedhax]

@@droid1008 Fishguy6564 on Mario Kart 7 SlitherySheep on Mario Maker Lcd101 on Splatoon The forth player omoroid disconnected. He was on Xenoblade X

[@Berty4ever_]

The uncertainty people must have felt back then, knowing they most likely had played their last game of Mario Kart Wii online.

[@LiamDeege]

Only to realize that they can play on Wiimfi the spiritual successor to WFC

[@apcarlos10000vr]

10 years....time has passed, and Mario Kart Wii Community is still Strong. We should thank the team who made Wiimmfi for reviving Mario Kart Wii Online Servers ❤

[@ShortRacoon]

This reminds me of when the wii u servers were shutting down. I kept playing mario kart 8 online evry day for two weeks and stopped a few hourse before it shut down. I just got the game so i was rly bad at it and had no time to improve. I got way better since and I'd destroy those races now. I didnt even know how to drift. It was my first mariokart game. Im getting Mk8dx for my birthday (13th of June) so i will finally but my skills to the test in online. I've been playing mk8wiiu singleplayer for a while and i love it. Its fun how we both experienced the end of an era at diffrent times in almost the same way. How interasting.

[@Yoshi14838]

Unfortunately I could not do this with the original 8 since my disc it got scratched like back in 2018 for the original 8 on the Wii u although I did play a bunch of Mk7 for a few weeks until the 3DS servers shut down

[@AstralNic]

I started watching you back in early 2014, with my favorite video being the 4 player 10 level shortcut challenge. I was in 2nd grade then, and it’s wild that we continue to play this game even 10 years after the official servers closed. Even when you weren’t as active in 2015/2016, I loved watching your videos when they would come out. Your positive and fun personality helped shape me as a kid, and it even influenced me to make my own mk channel (which I used as my college essay). Now that I’m a month away from graduation, I want to thank you for continuing to be a creator for mk and bringing more interest into the community. I don’t know if I would have stuck with the game without your content and congrats on 500k ❤️

[@LiamDeege]

I've been here on and off since I was 7 back in late 2012/early 2013 and I just graduated from high school almost a year ago now. My favorite videos he did back then include RTCT, his custom track rankings, the shortcut challenges with Justin, Colton, Matt, Connor and others, and his old custom track streams.

[@Taggames99]

When u realise we’ve been using Wiimmfi longer than the old connection!

[@AintNoJohn]

Wow, I cannot believe it. This is just simply tragic. After all these years, Mario Kart Wii is no more. I remember seeing Mario Kart Wii grow up, take his first steps, and so much more. He will truly be missed. Gone, but not forgotten.

[@LiamDeege]

You just love to bring out jokes don't you?

[@AintNoJohn]

@@LiamDeege that’s what the comment section is for

[@LiamDeege]

@@AintNoJohn I mean you're not wrong.🙂

[@Xtramelon]

@@LiamDeegeI believe he does love to bring out jokes

[@LiamDeege]

@@Xtramelon He certainly does

[@Matutino64]

man i remember getting my 1st wii all the way back in 2012 without even knowing online play was a thing. time sure flies

[@Kongman492]

Same!

[@AbsoluteLunatic123]

Hey you’re the guy that’s insane in Troy’s knockout tournaments! Are u not a member anymore tho? Just wondering I hope to see u play

[@MemeJuiceVids]

I have not played mario kart wii since they took it offline. I managed to get 9999vr back then

[@Kongman492]

The fact that Troy has footage of the servers shutting down and kicking him off on his own screen is priceless! I'm so glad you are sharing this footage to us who have never seen it happen 10 years ago! There's just a kind of unexplainable magic just watching this video. I never played mkwii online during the WFC era, because I was in 1st grade when they shut down the servers. I was just enjoying my childhood completely oblivious to this happening. Thanks Troy!

[@xSnowyBloxx]

the wii will forever be iconic tbh

[@fpgmatthew]

Genuinely holy crap. It’s been TEN YEARS?! Wow. Troy, because of your videos back in 2012, I dove deep into MKW and played countless hours, literally the moment I got home from school I was racing. My dad saw how much fun I was having and HE decided to play online as well. He was so addicted, he accidentally woke my mom up at 2am because she could hear the ‘trick” sound that plays through the Wii wheel I remember the night in middle school wheee it was the last day. I was so sad because MK8 did not have the same charm as Wii imo. Thanks for sharing this!

[@MKWahPhil]

Day 590 of asking Troy for a collab with Zakziko

[@bakoj2314]

What a unique feeling, seeing the disconnect screen, trying to imagine what it must have felt like to know it was over

[@frozenflame1723]

Well, the Wii U servers were shut down a few months ago. I couldn't help but sendoff Splaoon 1 until the very end, which probably had a very similar feeling. Luckily, there's already a fanmade server dubbed "Pretendo" that seems quite similar to Wiimmfi. I'm really just ecstatic with how much the community has grown to survive the fate of being shut down! Ironically, the reason I'm so intrigued by the Mario Kart Wii community is seeing how much they've been able to create from an otherwise forgotten game. I'm simply inspired to see how far the Splatoon can push the boundaries of its game 10 years from now!

[@Sanic9KVR]

How come this quality is better than the one (the same day) 5 years ago?

[@clutchingstorm]

I didn’t play that time but can imagine how it felt getting taking personally i would be very sad if mk8 deluxe got taking down😢😢 We will all remember you forever😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@sonickreekgamer7625]

What a sad landmark, am I right😢😢

[@playmd557]

Yo Troy, you should do a 20 year anniversary video for Mario kart DS

[@Sniglet82]

What a fun video. That is how I still race. I wish I would’ve known all these years mkwii was still rocking. I got back on about a year ago and I was so far behind the curve that it just left me discouraged. Everyone had an additional 9 years of practice that I missed out on. I just got creamed. The magic is different than what it used to be back on the nintendo servers :(

[@alzamoradrian]

I remember being so sad when this was removed. Thank god for Wimmfii and CTGP and all these other online modes.

[@xiserpenz6546]

but using ctgp, online would still work? I’m still fairly new to mkwii

[@Sean-qg3gg]

Insert Obama handing a medal to himself meme

[@Grookey4Smash]

That thumbnail had me panicked for a sec 😅

[@OliverAlbrektss]

Ooo

[@ExperiencersInternational]

Do you have any footage for Mario Kart 7 or 8 given the recent shutdown of those servers?

[@Foster128]

I wish you knew that this gameplay looks like me now but it was you 10 years ago

[@kaspzr]

24:04 fib snipe was nuts

[@five_6_seven_8]

Love seeing this piece of history! Thanks for sharing this Troy

[@themacintoshnerd]

It's actually not on Nintendo for the 2014 WFC shutdown. it was actually IGN/GameSpy. They decided to kill the GameSpy servers that Nintendo based the Nintendo WFC on and Nintendo just didn't really have an easy way to fix the games since you can't really push updates for Wii and DS games.

[@sonickreekgamer7625]

He’s gone so far😢😢😢

[@gooBKartWii]

Lesssss gooooo notification squad

[@nathangitz2674]

Well, at least we got Wiimmfi to take the helm now. It'll give us more generations of online play and then some.

[@Brandon-rc5go]

Mario Kart Wii online is ending Now.

[@AlexaIsOk....]

Hey Troy! I love your videos. You should do a collab with Colter and Sam like old times. It would be fun!

[@LiamDeege]

I've been rewatching his old streams with Sam, Tom, and other people like Nick, Sagar etc. it sucks they're unlisted now, but I have 2 playlists that you can find them on.

[@AlexaIsOk....]

@@LiamDeege yeah. I still do think it would get so many views if they did a collab.

[@LiamDeege]

@@AlexaIsOk.... Yeah true, like the vid they did in 2013 at Pax East where Troy had to use the N64 controller. I also like the old days because it was back when Troy didn't do face cam in any videos.

[@AlexaIsOk....]

@@LiamDeege I did a bit of digging and I came across "PAX East Vlog" on the RedFalconGames channel. Its actually so cool because it's a real vlog. Like, Sam, Troy and 'ZeldaSaver31' were hanging out and vlogging.

[@LiamDeege]

@@AlexaIsOk.... Troy even announced it while doing a stream with Sam after Colton joined the call and reminded Troy.

[@Yahahaha_777]

Precious moments of my childhood dead 😭😭😭

[@landonmeyer3232]

Watched that video! I can’t believe he actually remembered this

[@ross3695_basedhax]

This was simpler times when you didn't need any accounts of any subscriptions. All you needed was an internet connection and a finished game disc with no need for patches, I wish we could go back

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

The DS only required 1 game cartridge for multiplayer

[@davidmcgill1000]

It's because of that that it was shut down. Can't run a server at a loss.

[@ross3695_basedhax]

@@davidmcgill1000 It's P2P. So there's pretty much no cost for them to run it. If it was dedicated servers I would understand but Switch servers are still P2P. Youre just paying to connect your console to another so it's a scam

[@girlmaya6818]

@@davidmcgill1000 There's a lot of history behind why the servers were shut down, you should look it up

[@Kakkemans]

U got 500k subs!

[@howsyourday2437]

I have been watching Troy's content since the original road to 9999 vr on custom tracks. Crazy to think that even back then Wiimifi was still being used, and today it is just as popular as ever.

[@LiamDeege]

The OG Road to 9's was what made me come back to him after a year and a half due to him taking his break and I watched him more so up until around early 2019 but came back later that year.

[@RainWasTaken]

I remember crying an entire night when I saw the servers shut down. Amazing to see how hard this community has worked to keep this game alive. MKW forever 🔥

[@overlord--]

This is true nostalgia in its purest form. Thank you TWD98 for all the memories growing up watching you do Clan Wars and having it come full circle to today.

[@zachdamenti4387]

Everything I’m witnessing for this uploaded video content is arguably the greatest commentary from Troy with his replays from exactly a decade ago! Same TWD98 time, same TWD98 channel!

[@TemporaryChannelName]

What's crazy is that some of the people playing MKwii today will never remember the old wifi

[@GaelLazerYT]

10 years! i remember my last race online it was with somone named Princesss 1v1 in a race did the wheelie dance, then we also played battle nobody was online and some how i played with the same player Princess really fun! wow that BCWii bomb-omb was crazy, the fact that you saved a 10 year old video and post it today end of Gen Z is amazing! also yea the line you play are weird like safe lines not like you play today soo cool watching, how did mogie clans wars start back then? i dont think discord was a thing back then how did it work? oh skyp calls that wow! amazing video bro!

[@typortzen2932]

HES BACK WITH FUNKY KONG DANCING!!!!!!

[@BzumzumakaBuzbuzBen]

epic gameplay. Reminds me of videos I watched in like 2010

[@Whatisthis195]

I hope Nintendo doesn’t go all in on online. At least Sony and Microsoft still provide support for the ps3 & 360, Nintendo releases a new console and almost immediately abandons the old one.

[@phoenixgames98]

i was only 8, but it feels like yesterday

[@MaddieOmega]

I was too young to do mario kart wii online but i was there when the 3ds server shut down when i was playing mario kart 7.

[@r2rO2910]

And you have now reached 500K Subs too! 👏👏

[@EternalStar]

Legends never die, the best games survive. MK6 will outlive MK8.

[@AnnoyedMountain-on3lv]

Mario Kart Wii for years had me thinking it was my internet😭

[@Kongman492]

SAME!!

[@Mattc0legaming_]

FUNKY KONG DANCE IS BAACK

[@PennyPhenom]

What about Wiimfi?

[@arr3business939]

It’s when official WiFi servers were down

[@PennyPhenom]

So wiimfi doesn't work anymore?