Mario kidnapped Bowser. Peach to the rescue.

Deep Mario 2D story.

@sales2099

Battalion Wars, Pokemon, Metroid Prime: Hunters, Mario Tennis 3DS, and Kid Icarus Uprising all have online MP. I'm sure there are more, but those are just a few off the top of my head.

I dunno why NSMBU doesn't have it, but if I had to guess I'd say it's either because they didn't have enough time to implement it, or because their servers just aren't up to snuff. Then again, it's also possible that they just don't think it matters for the NSMB series.

Maybe that's the next big thing for Mario? A Call-of-Duty-like 3D multiplayer game?

Well for one they do not need it. It sells with or without online. I was thinking that if they did make it into an online game they might not do what the fans would have wanted, thus slightly ruining a beloved franchise.

Because they don't have experience with online and doing something that others do hurts the developers artistic egos.

You should always try to resucue a kid first before you make an attempt to start from scratch. They're alot more cost effective and you don't have to wait as long to play with them.

You do realize many Nintendo fans don't want link to have a voice I can understand other characters but not link.

They did many times to problem is no one buys them.

why?

Kid I.,Mario kart, animal crossing, endless ocean,excit truck,Mario strikers which I really enjoyed, and Battalion wars 2.

yeah i think even if they add onilne they wouldn't sell more copies but hopefully they add it someday i think it would be fun to play with random people.

No they said shooters they will let the call of duties do.

"Kotaku got Nintendo to admit in-game chatting on the Wii U would only work on "select games" includingAssassin's Creed III, Call of Duty Black Ops 2, andMass Effect. This gels with previous statements in which Nintendo hinted it would allow third-party publishers to implement their own online gameplay solutions, rather than locking them into a system-wide online solution. It's still a little disappointing that the company has removed any possibility of Xbox Live-style, cross-game party chat, or even casual voice conversations during single-player games."

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/10/nintendo-reveals-baffling-solution-for-wii-us-in-game-chat/

As I said, Nintendo is leaving it up to the third parties rather than having one sweeping online product for the consumers to enjoy. Iwata and Reggie need to make up their minds, because Iwata said Nintendo is not competing with the PS4 and 720 when they eventually come, and will not play their game but rather will focus on making something completely different. That is how they can survive. Reggie said different on CNN when he was boasting how the Wii U is more powerful than current gen consoles, which isnt saying much because next gen third party devs already know they are going to get slayed. I think the truth is somewhere between what Reggie and Iwata are both saying. They dont want to directly face the next Playstation and Xbox but they dont want their fans to depend on them for third party titles either. This is what I am gathering.I doubt they will be able to get all the third party titles they need to keep their fans away though.