whats been up with the 3ds e-shop?

[Niku-Sama]

I just got a Zelda bundle for xmas from the wife, I work a late shift and come home and the service has ALWAYS been down. its never been down on the wii or wii u or other peoples 3ds when I was playing on them.

are they getting hacked or something or did they not expect all the new traffic from the new 3ds users that got the system over the holiday season?

this latest code really just takes the cake:

011-1000:

We sincerely apologize, but in an effort to manage high traffic, and ultimately improve the consumer experience, we are temporarily taking the Nintendo eShop services offline in your region.

now that makes no sence to me, I can understand shifting traffic priority to a region that's durring peak hours but to take a whole section off the grid seems just plain poor business move to me.
seems like a cover up on their end, doesent seem like its done for traffic it seems like its done for other reasons. good thing I haven't used a card with them at all

[The Adventurer]

I got that error myself. It seems like their imposing rolling blackouts to deal with the eShop demands. It also says you need to restart your system before you can connect during the operational hours it lists. So if you keep getting error no matter what time of day it is, try rebooting your 3DS.

Personally I find this rather encouraging. 3DS is freaking HOT right now. Maybe the best current gen console.

[Tanooki]

It also affects WiiU too, took a few tries to get D&D and NES remix the other day, still want galaxy force and streets of rage or hangon too on 3ds.

[retroman]

It was shut down for 12 hours for maintance.

[kupomogli]

Maybe it crashed due to the Pokemon Bank being released in Japan?

[Niku-Sama]

good thing I got NES remix before xmas.

freaking awesome by the way, with there was a portable version.
guess the game center cx guys did this is what I am hearing

[BlastProcessing402]

I got a Zelda WiiU bundle for Christmas. Thanks to the asshats making WWHD a download code instead of putting the disc in the box, I wasn't able to play until around midnight of the 27th.

Yeah, I'm never paying money for digital download games.