OMG! Awesome right!?!
...Okay that's just fan-made. It's not real.
Link - http://www.imagebam.com/image/208261159161418
Anyways, just want to know what you guys are expecting from the Wii-U online system. Here's the info we've gotten about it since E3:
Reggie:
" Our approach [to online] will be a flexible one, literally taking the best of what each of our third party partners has to offer, marrying that with the best of what Nintendo does, and bringing that versus a more rigid, a more closed type of environment."
Ubisoft:
" The first is the ability for individuals to make accounts. Rather than a machine having an account, each individual user has an account."
" Also the ability to easily find friends. Rather than using friend codes, which we've had in the past, we're able to connect players in a much easier way, which allows us to have a community that's playing together in the game"
Ghost Recon Online System:
-Ghost Recon Online features “always on” online services. It will have a personalized account system, creation as seamless as possible, flexible friends list, ranking, matchmaking, parental controls, ban list, etc.
-The game will also feature a “Ghost Feed”, which means that even if you’re not using the TV, you can get a feed of info on your Wii U controller that will track how your friends are doing, their achievements, as well as your own. You can schedule a match with other players while you’re watching a TV show.
-Wii U controller in Ghost Recon Online used to arm weapons, voice chat through the built-in microphone, mini-map on screen, used for intel gathering and action commands, can control a missile through the gyroscope, etc.
-Are friends list or accounts system-wide or for Ghost Recon Online only? Ubisoft says that’s up to Nintendo to reveal. They want those features for the game, it’s Nintendo’s call if it’s system-wide.
And of course we know they're partnering with EA which probably means the Origin Digital Distribution system will most likely end up on the system. There was a rumour than Valve wants steam onto it as well.
Then there are the recent rumours of an APP store and e-reader. Reggie at CES said they see the controller not just as something with great possibilities for gaming but for a wide range of entertainment as well.
So, what do you expect from Wii U's online? I think it's actually going to be very good. Much better than people are expecting. I can't blame some people for being doubtful though. Nintendo has alot to prove.
