 It is believed this was added to allow Wii U support.On March 26, 2018, the Wii Shop Channel was updated to remove the ability to purchase Wii Points in preparation for its shutdown in the following year.On January 30, 2019 at 1 am EST, Nintendo removed all WiiWare, Virtual Console and other Wii Channels from sale or initial download, with the exception of the save data update channel for "", the Wii U Transfer Tool channel (on Wii consoles), and the Wii System Transfer channel (on Wii U consoles).