ParaFish
Smash Cadet
I know many of you here are looking forward to Smash Bros. Wi-Fi and the potential it might have. Having now grown up, it is a little difficult for me to find friends in the area to physically go to their house for a game of Smash Bros. To my current knowledge their has been some sort of confirmation of Wi-Fi in SBB. To me this would be one of the greatest things in the world. Like many others on this board, all I really want is a more balanced tweak of Melee with Online Capabilities.
I have seen a lot of games that claim they have Wi-Fi but sometimes it is some tacked on Mini-Game that one could hardly play over and over. For example, the New Zelda DS Game has Wi-Fi but it is some tacked on Mini-Game hardly worth your time. All the Square-Enix games also have pointless Wi-Fi services. I was wondering how upset would you be if some announcement came stating that SBB would have little or no Wi-Fi playability. For me this would really break the game. There is just so much single player one could do. The game would eventually get put on the shelf and I would move on to bigger and better things. A Level 9 computer can only bring so much happiness. So for me, if the Wi-Fi isn't there or is horrendously broken. I would have to say I would lose a huge amount of morale for the game. Wi-Fi isn't the greatest service I've game across and it pails in comparison to something like Battle.net or X-Box Live. Nintendo has never really gotten on the ball with online and I hope it doesn't take a next next gen SB to catch up. I was excited about Metroid Prime 3 but they recently announced no Wi-Fi play. I mean I love single player but it is getting to the point where ya gotta do both. In Halo 2 there is Single Player, Coop, and Online Play. That was last gen as well. Don't tell me the Wii doesn't have the resources to pull that off. The Wii Game Drought is definately a reality and it seems Nintendo is almost having to pump out the games without adding all the features they wanted. I am just worried that because the release of SBB is so soon that it will not reach it's full potential. Especially in the Wi-Fi department. Do you remember Super Mario Kart DS? Yes, it had decent online play but since then Wi-Fi play has been upgraded with a friend system and VOIP. But, because Mario Kart DS is cartridge based software it can never be upgraded and one must play it on Wi-Fi with its flaws. I know we have Super Mario Strikers: Charged to see how the Wi-Fi on the Wii will be but honestly I think they should release a bunch of other Wi-Fi games and perfect the services before releasing something as great as SBB. I mean we have to realize that when it is released... thats it. No changes, no additional features, no balancement. What you buy is what you get. So, to finish off this long post. I want to hear you guys opinions. How much will the Wi-Fi service affect your purchase/opinion of the game? What are your predictions of SBB Wi-Fi play? Do you think they will succceed or will it simply be a prototype like Super Mario Kart DS and the Wi-Fi gameplay will be perfected at a later date on different games. Please, let me know! The anxiety is killin' meh! =)
I have seen a lot of games that claim they have Wi-Fi but sometimes it is some tacked on Mini-Game that one could hardly play over and over. For example, the New Zelda DS Game has Wi-Fi but it is some tacked on Mini-Game hardly worth your time. All the Square-Enix games also have pointless Wi-Fi services. I was wondering how upset would you be if some announcement came stating that SBB would have little or no Wi-Fi playability. For me this would really break the game. There is just so much single player one could do. The game would eventually get put on the shelf and I would move on to bigger and better things. A Level 9 computer can only bring so much happiness. So for me, if the Wi-Fi isn't there or is horrendously broken. I would have to say I would lose a huge amount of morale for the game. Wi-Fi isn't the greatest service I've game across and it pails in comparison to something like Battle.net or X-Box Live. Nintendo has never really gotten on the ball with online and I hope it doesn't take a next next gen SB to catch up. I was excited about Metroid Prime 3 but they recently announced no Wi-Fi play. I mean I love single player but it is getting to the point where ya gotta do both. In Halo 2 there is Single Player, Coop, and Online Play. That was last gen as well. Don't tell me the Wii doesn't have the resources to pull that off. The Wii Game Drought is definately a reality and it seems Nintendo is almost having to pump out the games without adding all the features they wanted. I am just worried that because the release of SBB is so soon that it will not reach it's full potential. Especially in the Wi-Fi department. Do you remember Super Mario Kart DS? Yes, it had decent online play but since then Wi-Fi play has been upgraded with a friend system and VOIP. But, because Mario Kart DS is cartridge based software it can never be upgraded and one must play it on Wi-Fi with its flaws. I know we have Super Mario Strikers: Charged to see how the Wi-Fi on the Wii will be but honestly I think they should release a bunch of other Wi-Fi games and perfect the services before releasing something as great as SBB. I mean we have to realize that when it is released... thats it. No changes, no additional features, no balancement. What you buy is what you get. So, to finish off this long post. I want to hear you guys opinions. How much will the Wi-Fi service affect your purchase/opinion of the game? What are your predictions of SBB Wi-Fi play? Do you think they will succceed or will it simply be a prototype like Super Mario Kart DS and the Wi-Fi gameplay will be perfected at a later date on different games. Please, let me know! The anxiety is killin' meh! =)
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