I just want to address the suggestion that Shiggy is changing his story: this is actually the original explanation I heard with regards the ommission of online multiplayer in this game. I not sure if it was on the Nintendo channel interview or some other source but the whole skirt physics and whatever other excuses were proferred came after.
I can understand why people are unhappy with the ommission of online in this game and the 'why not include it' perspective but I still have to ask, with latency issues and no voice chat would it really have worked well?