Gamerace on 05 January 2008
Nintendo isn't fixated on the small group of 'core' gamers who appreciate online leaderboards like MS and (to a lesser extent) Sony. Most people's online experience is online flash games and maybe UT or such. They don't care to compete against some 13 yr old boy who has all day to master the game, and is going to play cheap just to move up the leaderboard, they just want to play for fun.
IMO leaderboards are for kids and not the other way around. SSBB doesn't need them and will probably be more fun without them. Now Tournament play though, that would be nice.
