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Joelcool7 on 17 January 2011
MrT-Tar said:
Joelcool7 said:
MrT-Tar said:

I don't get peoples problem with Brawl's online, I've played it for 20 hours and I can't remember experiencing lag more than maybe once or twice.

When did you go online? I bought the game day one and brought it online before doing anything else. I was so excited to play it online. However it lagged and glitched mutliple times and the loading before matches was absolutely horrible. I remember others complaining online about how crappy the gameplay was.

Now I stopped playing it online after like 2-3 days and resorted to only playing with friends locally. I guess the servers were probubly over loaded and since it was right at launch they probubly had some other problems. But it definatly did not make a good selling point for their to be so many problems.

In the next SmashBros I expect up to 8 players , tons more playable and a cool ranking and battle system. Also I expect Nintendo to make sure the online service runs at 100% day one, no glitches no lag. Nintendo needs to better implement Smash Bros online. Also different online modes would be cool to.

I mean maybe a hot potatoe game where you hit someone to pass the potatoe on before it blows. Or how about a hold onto the flag game where one player gets a flag that they loose if hit, the person with the flag the longest wins. Or how about Team Brawl online or maybe online story mode co-op. Nintendo could really make the next SmashBros the best online game on the market, step aside Master Chief Mario and friends are gonna kick your ass.

I went online fairly regularly in the 3 or 4 months following the European launch (June 2008).  I can honestly say honestly saw that I experienced lag rarely.  On the subject of the Wii's online games, I've also never experienced lag on Monster Hunter, Tatsunoko vs Capcom or Mario Kart Wii either.  I haven't really found any lag on any of my online DS games either I play regularly (Mario Kart DS, Pokemon and MP Hunters)

My download speed is 10.6mb per second, which I now is above the national average.  Maybe that contributed?

Actually to be honest Smash Bros was the worst lag I've experianced on the Wii. I haven't really suffered lag on any of the other console games. I did get alittle lag on AC:WW but then that was also right after launch. Also wasn't Brawl released in NA first, they probubly fixed it up for the European launch. I bet it isn't lagging as much now but it sure did a ton at launch.



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Chibi.V.29 on 17 January 2011

R.I.P. - Wii :/ Nah i jk but seriously i dotn think it could have sold much more :/ even if i do think the games a piece of....never mind :nt



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gumby_trucker on 17 January 2011

Allow me to clear up my point, I'm not saying Brawl with additional characters and levels would have sold a lot more copies (I think it's pretty much saturated the market as it is), I'm saying given the huge install base it could have been utilized to help out third parties gain recognition on Nintendo's platform and spur interest in lesser known titles. Just look at sales for Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games, or other cross-overs like DDR Mario Mix as examples.

Of all Nintendo's big evergreen sellers this generation, Brawl is a title that most easily could have accommodated third party content (unlike NSMB, Galaxy, and the "Wii X" series of games). To me that seems like a missed business opportunity to help third parties gain traction and franchise recognition on the Wii. I do agree, however, that this would be pointless if the online system for the game wasn't more robust to begin with.

Then again Nintendo could still do this kind of thing with other games they publish which are "platforms" such as Wario Ware DIY etc.



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Limelight788 on 17 January 2011

I don't think the game could have sold that much more, even with better online and more commercials. The game, like the Metroid and other T rated franchise, is geared at a more core audience then most Nintendo franchises, so it isn't really going to gain too much attentions from the casuals. Plus it's probably one of the very few games where a majority of gamers are actually long-time Nintendo fans. Really, their wasn't that much left to improve the game regardless of how many people complain about it.



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