The few friends matches i've played only the first few had lag and after sorting out connection problems on my end they've been good.
Matches with random people have been especially good. They connect even faster than friend matches actually. I'm usually not even punching the punching bag for more than a few seconds whereas friend matches I can wait 10-15 seconds before we start. I'm guessing Nintendo has set up a system to find another random brawler close to you.







