Nintendo Wii U fans hang on more than a month after server shutdown, breaking a record

Nintendo cut off multiplayer servers for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U at the beginning of April, but a group of dedicated Splatoon players have steadfastly remained online, and in the process beaten a record set by fellow fans of Halo 2 more than a decade ago.

To recap: Nintendo announced back in January that online multiplayer for Nintendo-published games on both platforms would end on April 8, as the Wii U (which launched in 2012) and 3DS (2011) are no longer supported. Both are effectively obsolete...