system_error Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Well the DS network already works and as far as I know the Wii will use something similiar or to be honest I believe it will be no different at all - so basicly the Wifi network is already up and running. Maybe not 100% working but it is there. If developers can start with Wifi games early 2007 it will take some time until we see the first Wifi Wii games from them. Not the best move - Nintendo had time enough to create a working online environment in my eyes. Even if Nintendo has the libraries why should they create online games when the network is not ready? That doesn't make sense at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teppo Holmqvist Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 If Nintendo manage to make a decent online service without Friends Codes then this is for the best - otherwise it's a stupid move that will cost them. Or maybe friend codes are simply universal. With DS main problem was that there wasn't simply any place where you could have stored universal friend code / universal game data, because DS doesn't have storage space and each game cartridge is seperate entity. I bet that Nintendo didn't even plan Wi-Fi games in the first place for the DS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj metroid Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 i think its a good idea.I mean nintendo are already hitting people with a lot at once. Motion sensing all the controllers virtual console browsing and the rest.I dont think people will complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haden Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Damn, ah well. So does this mean that the Wii will not be online for a while or just 3rd party games wont be? Either way when the online stuff hits RE has to have a HUGE meetup I can't wait although I am going to have to wait now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Don't care myself, because I prefer to play single player or against real people rather than some faceless 13 year old geek who might as well be a bot - but hope this doesn't damage initial sales of the Wii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMad Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Didn't somewhere say yesterday that at GDC to Wii's were being wirelessly connected for a LAN game of Battalion Wars? So we might not get Online from day one but maybe Red Steel or Super Monkey Ball may offer LAN multiplay. Anyway no online from day one doesn't bother me so much, that means I don't have to spend money on an online peripheral on day one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren of Heavens Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I guess the online system will launch fall 2007 with Advance Wars 2, Mario Strikers, Super Smash Bros and several third-party games. It took a year until DS offered online. The same will happen here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmsly Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 This isnt that much of a blow, out of all the 3rd party games at launch I don't think there's any that would really lose out on not being online. Its still a stupid move from Nintendo though. Xbox might of taken a year to get online, but Dreamcast was online out of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The fish Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 No, no, no, no, no!! For fucks sake, Nintendo fucked up once with the name, and now with this online stuff, it's gonna be another Cube online wise. :nono: :nono: If Nintendo manage to make a decent online service without Friends Codes then this is for the best - otherwise it's a stupid move that will cost them. I agree with this: shooting themselves in the foot at launch without online games (any online games that would be worth playing would have been things like CoD3 ,Red Steel, and FarCry Insticts). If they don't let anyone go online from dayone (apart from downloading virtual console stuff), then make you have to do friend codes, it's gonna be totaly shite, and the Wii will go badly wrong. You can't delay online play for an entire console and get away with it in the market today, unless it is free and you can do stuff like choose the name that appears in game, but doesn't have to be exclusive to you-that is what the universal code is for... I kinda hope IGN got the wrong end of the stick and it's just Activision, becuase both the games confirmed to not have online (CoD3 and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam) are both published by them... Its still a stupid move from Nintendo though. Xbox might of taken a year to get online, but Dreamcast was online out of the box. Nintendo said it would by online out of the box... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haden Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 So when they said online out of the box idid they mean this virtual console crap? lol Also does that mean I have to leave my broadband on all night? That literlaly is demented . Man nintendo cmon buck your ideas up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorrit Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Also does that mean I have to leave my broadband on all night? That literlaly is demented . Man nintendo cmon buck your ideas up Uhm, you'll only need to leave your broadband on all night if you want to use the functions of Connect24 (many games will probably have a option when you launch it to download new levels etc, but probably people can't visit your Animal Crossing village while you sleep etc) Still, why do you turn off your broadband at night? I think this might be for the best, it leaves Nintendo some time to make a good online service and provide good libraries for 3rd party devs to use (if it's easier to implement online, more online games should be made). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lillster Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Nintendo said online code is built into the machine itself, meaning developers could add online to their games anytime they wanted. So this doesn't make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellfire Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 This thread rocks lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Given the Ninty titles likely to be online, I think I'll survive somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pit-Jr Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Perhaps just having the Virtual Console set up at launch would somewhat compensate for a "temporary" lack of online titles with having the misfortune to buy add ons to games [e.g. Red Steel with additional guns, swords, multiplayer stages and other features that should have already been in the game]. A shitty way for developers to generate additional revenue through ripping off the consumer and perhaps even encourage them to develop online games for Wii when the system is finalised. fixed for accuracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lintendo Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Atleast this shows there taking there time to add the online system as a incorperated feature rather than just a "ad-on" feature like the ds online system is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmsly Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I was unaware that any of the launch games where going to be online anyway. Plus IGN could be wrong. Weren’t they the ones claiming 5 new titles would be revealed for the Wii at Leipzig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teppo Holmqvist Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Plus IGN could be wrong. Weren’t they the ones claiming 5 new titles would be revealed for the Wii at Leipzig? No, that was France's NOM. And they were right in certain way, five Nintendo games indeed. Unfortunately three of them were for DS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonmike04 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Wait..I thought Red steel was online? So no online games at launch then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zell Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Oh well. At least nintendo now have more time to create a better, more refined online rather than having to rush things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightendo Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Or maybe friend codes are simply universal. With DS main problem was that there wasn't simply any place where you could have stored universal friend code / universal game data, because DS doesn't have storage space and each game cartridge is seperate entity. I bet that Nintendo didn't even plan Wi-Fi games in the first place for the DS. sure all the advertising guff at the start stated that it would connect via wifi later down the line. i think its a good idea.I mean nintendo are already hitting people with a lot at once.Motion sensing all the controllers virtual console browsing and the rest.I dont think people will complain. true, true. and yes opera is built in, so the online system WILL be up and running from day one. they are probably just gonna be refining it right up to launch to ensure the best possible service, so you'll get opera and VC straight away, and then come 2007 the online games will appear too. gives us something to look forward to i'm glad the system isn't being rushed to launch. (so fish, {puts on best "Brookside voice"} caylm daown, caylm daown ) Uhm, you'll only need to leave your broadband on all night if you want to use the functions of Connect24 (many games will probably have a option when you launch it to download new levels etc, but probably people can't visit your Animal Crossing village while you sleep etc)Still, why do you turn off your broadband at night? didn't they say at e3 that you could visit other people's towns while they slept? didn't they use that as the best example of wiiconnect24...? maybe i'm wrong... haven't slept much recently lol This thread rocks lol so funny the way some people are getting so agitated over one game... fixed for accuracy. hehe, nicely edited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 First off, the console will probably online from day one. Allowing you to make an online profile, play some first party Nintendo games online and download content or VC games. The only thing is, you can't play online using 3rd party games. I don't personally see that as much of an issue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 First off, the console will probably online from day one.Allowing you to make an online profile, play some first party Nintendo games online and download content or VC games. The only thing is, you can't play online using 3rd party games. I don't personally see that as much of an issue... True! What Nintendo titles are online though? I wanted to play Red Steel online, fingers crossed this is a third-party game that will be online from day one. Overall? It's not a 'big' problem..at all...but it's kinda a blow that it's not fully ready for launch ain't it? Perhaps Nintendo are having problems with getting games online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMad Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 True! What Nintendo titles are online though? Well Nintendo are releasing Zelda, Metroid, Wii sports, Excite Truck and maybe Mario Galaxy and Wario Ware before Christmas. So maybe Wii Sports and Excite Truck are online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I'm somehow used to Nintendo doing this. The games I'll be playing online will release next year only so I'm not bothered too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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