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With the approaching of ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' and the shutdown of the [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]] (making it impossible without hacks to play ''Brawl'' online, the site's then-main purpose), it was expected by most users that significant change would be coming. It was known (via mostly technical reasons more than official announcements) that the site would be renamed "Nintendo Dojo", and re-purpose its focus as covering Nintendo in general rather than just Smash, at some point in the near future as part of this. The site was officially renamed and moved to nintendodojo.com in October 2014; all previous content was carried over. | With the approaching of ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' and the shutdown of the [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]] (making it impossible without hacks to play ''Brawl'' online, the site's then-main purpose), it was expected by most users that significant change would be coming. It was known (via mostly technical reasons more than official announcements) that the site would be renamed "Nintendo Dojo", and re-purpose its focus as covering Nintendo in general rather than just Smash, at some point in the near future as part of this. The site was officially renamed and moved to nintendodojo.com in October 2014; all previous content was carried over. | ||
However, even with the release of ''Smash 4'', the site continued to decline and become increasingly less relevant, instead of experiencing a resurgence like other Smash-related sites did. The site remained riddled with bugs and features that did not work, including a particularly infamous glitch where users were randomly logged in to another user's account (including potentially into an admin's account with the full control it would entail), and the complete inability to upload tournament results, while hired programmers were unable to fix these bugs. The site additionally failed to incorporate new features based around non-Smash Nintendo games, leaving the site still primarily ''Smash''-focused despite its name and intended purpose, creating brand confusion among new users who joined the site expecting a Nintendo-based site rather than a ''Smash''-centric site. The site's active userbase also continually shrunk, with many of it users that once used it as a hub to interact with other smashers moving onto using [[Smashboards]], various ''Smash''-centric groups on [[Facebook]], and [[reddit]]'s various ''Smash''-centric subreddits instead, as these users grew dissatisfied with the site. And the site's once-prestigious and very active online Smash ladder became a shell of its former | However, even with the release of ''Smash 4'', the site continued to decline and become increasingly less relevant, instead of experiencing a resurgence like other Smash-related sites did. The site remained riddled with bugs and features that did not work, including a particularly infamous glitch where users were randomly logged in to another user's account (including potentially into an admin's account with the full control it would entail), and the complete inability to upload tournament results, while hired programmers were unable to fix these bugs. The site additionally failed to incorporate new features based around non-Smash Nintendo games, leaving the site still primarily ''Smash''-focused despite its name and intended purpose, creating brand confusion among new users who joined the site expecting a Nintendo-based site rather than a ''Smash''-centric site. The site's active userbase also continually shrunk, with many of it users that once used it as a hub to interact with other smashers moving onto using [[Smashboards]], various ''Smash''-centric groups on [[Facebook]], and [[reddit]]'s various ''Smash''-centric subreddits instead, as these users grew dissatisfied with the site. And the site's once-prestigious and very active online Smash ladder became a shell of its former self, having little activity and no longer being populated by well-renowned players, with most smashers moving onto {{sm|Anther}}s' superior [[Smash Ladder]] or just playing [[For Glory]]. | ||
In its last year the site was mostly only populated by a few dedicated users who have stuck around since the ''Brawl'' days, with little activity of any sort, and was looked on by the greater ''Smash'' community as an obsolete relic of the Brawl era, if not forgotten altogether. According to the site's administration, it continued to hemorrhage money, while JV was becoming increasingly unwilling to fund the site, which lead to things such as the aforementioned hired programmers no longer being contracted, despite the site's many infamous bugs still remaining. Progress on improving the site stalled, with administrators having no timetable on when promised features and other improvements would be implemented. | In its last year the site was mostly only populated by a few dedicated users who have stuck around since the ''Brawl'' days, with little activity of any sort, and was looked on by the greater ''Smash'' community as an obsolete relic of the Brawl era, if not forgotten altogether. According to the site's administration, it continued to hemorrhage money, while JV was becoming increasingly unwilling to fund the site, which lead to things such as the aforementioned hired programmers no longer being contracted, despite the site's many infamous bugs still remaining. Progress on improving the site stalled, with administrators having no timetable on when promised features and other improvements would be implemented. | ||