Nintendo schedules “emergency maintenance” of online services

Nintendo of America have announced that they will perform “emergency maintenance” of the company’s online services.

It is unclear as to the reasons for doing so, or whether this maintenance will also affect those within other regions.

So, without further ado, here is the information provided by Nintendo themselves:

From Monday, January 28, 2013 11:00 PM – Tuesday, January 29, 2013 5:00 PM Pacific Time
Affected Services:
Nintendo DS
* Network Services
* Pokémon Black Version
* Pokémon White Version
* Pokémon Black Version 2
* Pokémon White Version 2

From Monday, January 28, 2013 5:00 PM – Monday, January 28, 2013 6:00 PM Pacific Time
Affected Services:
Wii U
* Match Making, Ranking, etc.
* Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper

From Monday, January 28, 2013 12:00 PM – Monday, January 28, 2013 5:00 PM Pacific Time
Affected Services:
Wii U
* Nintendo eShop
Nintendo 3DS
* Nintendo eShop
Wii
* Wii Shopping Channel
Nintendo DS
* Nintendo DSi Shop

“During the emergency maintenance, parts of the affected services may be intermittently unavailable.”

[Thanks GoNintendo]