Wii U in E3 2011. However, users won't also be able to use the service as a multitasking application, therefore not having the ability to make video calls without interrupting game play. Wii U Chat arrived in a "day one" update on the same day the Wii U launched. On August 29, 2017, Nintendo announced the worldwide discontinuation of the Wii U Chat service on November 7, 2017, at 10:00 pm JST, the same date Miiverse was discontinued. Similar software The Nintendo DS game Ping Pals is based on PictoChat, featuring an advanced range of options and capabilities. However, both users must own the game, making it less useful and widespread than PictoChat. Due to PictoChat being built into the system, Ping Pals received very negative reviews. Clubhouse Games (42-All Time Classics in Europe) has a chat function similar to PictoChat, with added colors and extra features. The game LOL has a similar interface to PictoChat but the gameplay itself is different. A voice and text chat messenger app known as Chat-A-Lot, known in Japan as , was originally released in Japan on July 24, 2013, for the Nintendo 3DS eShop, and was later released in North America on November 20, 2014, and in Europe on February 19, 2015. The app features many attributes from both PictoChat and Swapnote. It was developed by Japan-based WaiS Co. Ltd. and published by The Location Inc. in Japan and Teyon in North America and Europe, and costs ¥1000/$7.99/€7.99/£7.19 to download. Despite its features and use of emojis, the app was poorly received due to consistent lag time for a paid app. Chat-A-Lot was delisted off the Nintendo eShop in Japan on December 1, 2019, under authority of its developer, and has been subsequently delisted in North America and Europe, and the online service was discontinued worldwide on February 29, 2020. Animal Crossing titles since Wild World has featured some form of online messaging service. For example, in either New Leaf or New Horizons, if two players are online at the same time and are registered as best friends within each other's system, they can send messages to each other, even if they are not in the same town/island. Some titles released for the Nintendo DS also included some PictoChat integration. For example, True Swing Golf's User Manual describes on page 27 (US release) that the interface featured a PictoChat Search button that allows