Miyamoto knows this game will sell better without online. The game forces you to seek people out to play it with because the multiplayer is better than the single player in my opinion.

People have complained about power ups and deaths pausing the game, couple this with online lag and pixel perfect jumps and the online experience would damage the game.

This is easily one of the best multiplayer experiences this gen. I think NSMB Wii is going to outsell Mario Kart Wii.

NSMB Wii local > MK Wii local > MK Wii online > NSMB Wii singleplayer > MK Wii singleplayer

@Mr. Nice

You bring up a good point. My girlfriend barely plays games at all, she is usually too busy studying for her LPN license, but she still bitched tonight when I picked Mario and she saw that her only other choices were Luigi and two identical toads.

She was hoping for at least Peach or since Peach gets captured give her Daisy. No reason to have two of the same exact character. It screams laziness.

I actually agree with you to an extent. LBP doesn't feel the same when I play with total stranger, but when I play with the many people I've met on this site it is very enjoyable for me.

Wii still allows this to happen, playing with people you know over the net. That is what they put Friend Codes for.

Why release Wii Speak and give us friend codes, then take what is possibly the best Wii release thus far (IMO) and have it lack support for both of these?

@Pyro as Bill

What if you can't have 2-3 friends over all the time though? Just screw us then since it wouldn't help Nintendo make more money right?

Why would online not work? It works for numerous games on PS3 and 360. It works for MKWii, it works for SSBB.

Whether or not you think lag, pausing would be a problem, it still shouldn't be cut out from people like me.

You do know that Nintendo can easily remove the pause feature from NSMBWii when playing online right?

I find it hilarious that people call 2 'identical' toads lazy yet their has been no difference between Mario and Luigi for nearly 30 years except for a colour change (ex Mario 2).

Mario 2 was a poor example. Luigi jumps much higher than Mario in Super Mario Bros. 2.

Nintendo has "The most powerful developers", I still find no valid excuse.

I love Nintendo as much as the next guy, but I refuse to excuse them for everything they do.

ex Mario 2 = excluding Mario 2. I exclude it because it's not a 'true' Mario game. True 2D Marios have never had a difference between M and L but for a colour change.

I thought ex: meant example.

Mario and Luigi have different personalities though and fans of the series understand the difference between the two.

The two Toads in NSMBWii just feel out of place.

Anyways, I am gonna go finish up World 1. 

Don't think I dislike the game, I actually LOVE it! I would have just loved to have online co-op.