Is Nintendo ever going to learn how to do online? - Page 2

Gabriel013 · 05-18-2007, 06:58 AM

Are Nintendo still going ahead with stopping the free service or have gamer complaints stopped them in their tracks?

sean009 · 06-03-2008, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan H.

It's not system wide, each game will require you to get a code and share it. It's like having a different XBL tag for every single Live game you own.

Yeah, totally agree with You.

Mr. SunburnMan · 06-03-2008, 04:04 PM

Yup it's a pain and it sucks.
Not only that, but the performance sucks too (see Super Smash Bros).

The Benny (Macho) · 06-03-2008, 04:27 PM

Is Smash Brothers still lousy online then? As far as I can tell the main reason the European release has taken so long (just under a month until launch now) is because they wanted to make sure they had the infrastructure in place for smooth online play, so if it still ends up being crappy then that would be rather annoying.

I wasn't planning to play it online much anyway, but the anonymous play did sound like it might be good from time to time.

Mr. SunburnMan · 06-04-2008, 05:47 AM

That's the thing, it was good when it worked. I didn't mind the anonymous play at all, as it substituted CPU for people. But, more often than not, you had to wait 5 minutes to find a match, if it ever worked. I don't have any problems with their anonymous play concept - I think that works fairly well. It's quick and easy, and the lack of any chat doesn't matter to me in this mode, because I don't chat with complete strangers while playing online anyway.

It's when you want to play with people you know that things get nasty, with the stupid friends codes, and the lack of any decent communication method.

Gabriel013 · 07-11-2008, 01:47 AM

Has this service been improved now or is it still rubbish?

dillonthebunny · 07-11-2008, 02:19 AM

ive never played the Wii online.

but i have used the browser and meh.. its ok. the PS3's browser is infinitely better. ..I did think that the BBC Iplayer was decent until we got it on the ps3, and that stopped me from using the wii in that way.

imo the best thing about Wii's online is the virtual game market place, superb.. amazing.. a mine field! lol, but certainly better than any other console to date.

05-18-2007, 06:58 AM	#11
Gabriel013 ArchAngel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sheffield, England PS3 Network ID: gabriel013 Xbox Live ID: Gabriel013 Posts: 6,800	Are Nintendo still going ahead with stopping the free service or have gamer complaints stopped them in their tracks? __________________ \"...and he shall ascend from the fires of Hell...\" "everyone knows second hand squirrel kills." - Svosen 3 forum tokens

06-03-2008, 04:04 PM	#13
Mr. SunburnMan I don't own a ps3 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,508	Yup it's a pain and it sucks. Not only that, but the performance sucks too (see Super Smash Bros). __________________

06-04-2008, 05:47 AM	#15
Mr. SunburnMan I don't own a ps3 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,508	That's the thing, it was good when it worked. I didn't mind the anonymous play at all, as it substituted CPU for people. But, more often than not, you had to wait 5 minutes to find a match, if it ever worked. I don't have any problems with their anonymous play concept - I think that works fairly well. It's quick and easy, and the lack of any chat doesn't matter to me in this mode, because I don't chat with complete strangers while playing online anyway. It's when you want to play with people you know that things get nasty, with the stupid friends codes, and the lack of any decent communication method. __________________ Last edited by Mr. SunburnMan : 06-04-2008 at 05:50 AM.

07-11-2008, 01:47 AM	#16
Gabriel013 ArchAngel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sheffield, England PS3 Network ID: gabriel013 Xbox Live ID: Gabriel013 Posts: 6,800	Has this service been improved now or is it still rubbish? __________________ \"...and he shall ascend from the fires of Hell...\" "everyone knows second hand squirrel kills." - Svosen 3 forum tokens

07-11-2008, 02:19 AM	#17
dillonthebunny Blinkity blink blink Join Date: Feb 2003 PS2 Online ID: Dillonthebunny/HareofDoom PS3 Network ID: HareOfDoom/DillonTheBunny Posts: 5,624	ive never played the Wii online. but i have used the browser and meh.. its ok. the PS3's browser is infinitely better. ..I did think that the BBC Iplayer was decent until we got it on the ps3, and that stopped me from using the wii in that way. imo the best thing about Wii's online is the virtual game market place, superb.. amazing.. a mine field! lol, but certainly better than any other console to date. __________________ Legend Edgemaster of the Unicorn. oh and nine thousand fake forum tokens, 3 real ones and 5 special tokens mysteriously protected by a blinding white aura.. known to some as the 'anti wife light'.. ""Bombing for peace is like **ing for virginity" "NO OFFENCE" R.I.P @PS3

06-03-2008, 04:27 PM	#14
The Benny (Macho) Complainer of the year Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: England Posts: 1,494	Is Smash Brothers still lousy online then? As far as I can tell the main reason the European release has taken so long (just under a month until launch now) is because they wanted to make sure they had the infrastructure in place for smooth online play, so if it still ends up being crappy then that would be rather annoying. I wasn't planning to play it online much anyway, but the anonymous play did sound like it might be good from time to time.

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