Nintendo finally going online?

[Wrathborne]

http://kotaku.com/5915322/nintendos-wii-u-has-a-proper-online-community

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Well, better late than never. A real shame that Nintendo chose to ignore the internet almost completely the last..what, decade?

They've got a lot of wonderful franchises that could have really benefited from online co-op. Smash bros, Zelda 4 swords team battles, etc.

Heres hoping that they don't fail and can put out some good games...preferably some survival horror. Nintendo could really use some good survival horror.

[Canas Renvall]

In the Nintendo Direct video (I just watched it), yeah. They discussed a bunch of the stuff. The tablet can be used as a messaging system (i.e. the PS360), both for text and drawn messages, you can video chat with people, you can browse the net, you have friends lists, etc.

Glad to see Nintendo finally embracing it.

[BBboy20]

I think the intriguing part is that you can directly get involved with WiiU activities outside the WiiU with smartphones and the PC. Not sure if this is a first for the Big N to get heavily involved with anything major outside their own machines but it might the plants the seed for something major to come.

[Kaneco]

...For those who missed the Pre-E3 Nintendo Direct video.

I can say now that I'm pretty excited for 'Nintendo's Conference'.

[Pikminister]

...A real shame that Nintendo chose to ignore the internet almost completely the last..what, decade?....They've got a lot of wonderful franchises that could have really benefited from online co-op. Smash bros, Zelda 4 swords team battles, etc.

Dude, Smash Bros Brawl for Wii was an online game. Zelda 4 Swords has offline co-op on 3DS.

And you never played Mario Kart Wii? It's only one of their biggest selling co-op/online game in the last deca... ever. Mario Kart 7 for 3DS also supports online/co-op play.



But it's safe to say that with the 3DS and especially the Wii U, Nintendo is going to try and show that they take online gaming more seriously. 'bout time.

[Beanovsky Durst]

No friend codes this time, please.

[Canas Renvall]

^ In all fairness, I wouldn't count Brawl's online. It was horrible to the point of literally unplayable. And MKWii is full of glitchers. But yeah, they haven't ignored it, just... gimped the shit out of it.

[Dracarys]

3DS needs a messaging system, is too much work trying to play with people currently.

[Canas Renvall]

They mentioned that the 3DS will be getting the same messaging system as the Wii U post-launch.

[Pikminister]

^ In all fairness, I wouldn't count Brawl's online. It was horrible to the point of literally unplayable. And MKWii is full of glitchers. But yeah, they haven't ignored it, just... gimped the shit out of it.

I dunno about that. Those two games became evergreen titles that sold well for many years. Even showing up on the top 10 sales charts years after they were released. If the games were that unplayable, they wouldn't have had those long sexy legs for so many years.

I played Mario Kart Wiii a lot a couple of years back. Never had any problems with glitches or anything of the sort. Maybe ppl had a prob w/hackers cheating but not with glitches.

No friend codes this time, please.

Friend codes stopped being necessary for online gaming since 2008. Barely any Ninty games forces their use since then. That's why I find posting my 3DS's FC to play online games, pretty useless. I can play with a lot of people without the need of FC's.

[Beanovsky Durst]

Friend codes stopped being necessary for online gaming since 2008. Barely any Ninty games forces their use since then. That's why I find posting my 3DS's FC to play online games, pretty useless. I can play with a lot of people without the need of FC's.

True, still I think Nintendo should go XBL/PSN with a unique account for all their platforms, makes things way easier.

[Pikminister]

True, still I think Nintendo should go XBL/PSN with a unique account for all their platforms, makes things way easier.

Doubt it, but I agree.

[Canas Renvall]

I played Mario Kart Wiii a lot a couple of years back. Never had any problems with glitches or anything of the sort. Maybe ppl had a prob w/hackers cheating but not with glitches.

Hence why I said glitchers, not glitches.

[Dracarys]

But glitchers use glitches, otherwise they hackers using hacks.

[Canas Renvall]

Fair enough, I just use glitchers as a general term for either one. Technically it would be hackers/cheaters.