too anyone doubting mario can be online, try playing starhawk. In a game like mario, most of the calculation are fixed and level based with only 4 (possibly 8 counting the game pad inputs) variable calcualtions. Starhawk supported 32 player multiplayer with each player having the ability to call down an option of about 10 structures and of those structures multiple vehicles and mechs can be made from all of which on some pretty dam big levels. I highly doubt mario would be much more work than this and this was a ps3 exclusive. Now granted, i'm not a programmer, but i really think this is a good comparison.







