Is there a reason why they chose not to have online play in Punchout!!?

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liquidninja said:
Because it only makes sense as a single player game or local multiplayer game.

It's not the kind of game you play online with random people.

I don't get that at all, to me it makes no sense.

So the game is meant for my friends to come over and play with me on my Wii but not meant for me and my friends to play together from our own homes with our own Wii's?

Sorry but that just sounds dumb.

 

Either way this instance is no huge deal for me but I would have appreciated it and oddly, I feel as though I should expect it at this point since it is not only 2009 but the Wii is also the market leader.