Thankfully, it will still be possible to re-download purchased WiiWare and Virtual Console titles, then transfer them to the Wii U using the Wii System Transfer feature, but Nintendo notes that ...

Wii Transfer -- the utility to stream or share files with your Nintendo Wii -- gains some interesting changes in its 2.6 update.

"In the future, we will be closing all services related to the Wii Shop Channel, including redownloading purchased WiiWare, Virtual Console titles, and Wii Channel, as well as Wii System Transfer ...

Games on Virtual Console and WiiWare can continue to be bought until January 31, 2019, and can still be transferred from Wii to Wii U through the Wii System Transfer until that service also shuts ...

In the future, we will be closing all services related to the Wii Shop Channel, including redownloading purchased WiiWare, Virtual Console titles, and Wii Channel, as well as Wii System Transfer ...