I was meaning it as if they force it to be implemented into 3rd party games. Why would Nintendo charge customers for their own games? From what I can tell its either going to be either only MMOs... which we will only see two or three on any console anyways, or be used as the main network for third parties similar to XBL minus 1st party titles being effected. 

This. And yes it sounds stupid. But MMO games are expensive and I think thee idea is to get MMO's on their console from third parties as well.

They are taking a big freaking risk here. I disagree but a one time cheap fee for a game like Animal Crossing might be alright. To pay for a WWII shooter after a free Brawl? Not going to happen.

 Did you read any of our posts. Its not all games don't get pissed off. 

Wow. There's no way I'm paying for any Nintendo's Wifi services. They're just barely passable as a free service. They had better keep this restricted to MMO's.

Pay and play is for MMO like games not "normal" games like Mario Kart, then there is DLC, nothing new.

Sounds appropriate to me.

Sony is killing themselves with this free online service (just in case people thought I was just being the Wii defense force, I've consistently defended XBL).

Here's the simplest way to put it: look at the profit margins on the Xbox and Playstation brands over the last 2-3 years; they are, collectively, billions upon billions of dollars in the hole. Without doing the math fully, they're likely 4-5 billion dollars in the red combined.

In short: you may think we're paying too much for video games, but it's quite clear that we aren't paying enough. This isn't sustainable. Microsoft and Sony in particular absolutely must find new ways to bring in more money, because the current model isn't enough.

While I don't think Nintendo needs to have a subscription online service, I think it's smart to do so for long term growth.

Now, here's a prediction I think most of you will like better: I predict this move was made specifically to accomodate an Animal Crossing MMO.

Yeah maybe people should read better, before they start screaming ey?

Hm....if this is true..how come Nintendo hasn't posted anything on their website or Wifi website about it?

http://www.nintendowifi.com/global/AboutWiFi_Wii.jsp

"Play for Free
There's no additional charge to use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection"

Again, how is this different from PCs? Any PC gamers here? This is just like PC online gaming. Each developer decides whether or not you'll pay to play their game online. The only difference is you can pay with wiipoints, instead of paying each developer individually with a credit card.

This isn't even new. Games like Phantasy Star online, and Final Fantasy XI already did/do this.

People are freaking out over a complete non-issue.