Miyamoto on lack of online support in New Super Mario Bros. Wii

[Euphoria14]

RolStoppable said:

Euphoria14 said:

RolStoppable said:

I am 27 years old (no kids though) and I don't have friends around here often anymore. They became slaves of the mighty booze or their girlfriends. But I still play barely online games, simply because online play can't replicate local multiplayer completely. It's just not the same and actually I feel more lonely when playing online than playing alone.

I actually agree with you to an extent. LBP doesn't feel the same when I play with total stranger, but when I play with the many people I've met on this site it is very enjoyable for me.

Wii still allows this to happen, playing with people you know over the net. That is what they put Friend Codes for.

Why release Wii Speak and give us friend codes, then take what is possibly the best Wii release thus far (IMO) and have it lack support for both of these?

Because it is an anti gaming industry decision and that's what made the Wii so popular in the first place. But the main reason is that Nintendo probably didn't have enough time to implement online play, test it and release the game this holiday season. And since third party support can't carry the Wii as we have seen quite clearly this year, Nintendo didn't have much of a choice.

Nintendo has "The most powerful developers", I still find no valid excuse.

I love Nintendo as much as the next guy, but I refuse to excuse them for everything they do.