I literally just bought Assassin's Creed 3, popped it in and tried to launch it. It then displays a message saying "Preparing Update" - where it remains indefinately. I can't cancel out of this screen, I can't even turn the system off as it crashes (screen turns off, system remains on).
How is it I'm prevented from playing a game I just bought because Nintendo is performing maintenance on the store? Why are they the same servers? Why can't I skip updating and just play? Why does the system crash if you try to shut down? Why oh why didn't I just buy this game for the 360?