yes, it seems with mario kart wii, it still lets you play at normal speed even if the internet is lagging. if your race is laggy, then it means the other opponent will kinda snap around to where they are supposed to be right now and where the were a couple seconds ago.
with brawl, if there ANY lag at all, the game has to pause'slowdown, so both players can stay in sinc. this might have been intended to make it were somebody couldn't cheat the system (because brawl is a very fast pased game. if you lose a splitsecond of time, you could get ko'd on the spot.), but it just makes it frustrating for most people becuase the game usually dosen't run at full speed (even with friend battles, it can happen)
come try out the computer game i've been working on for my high school senior project, titled sling ball. http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=47568
brawl friendcode - 3823-8201-9151
mario kart wii friendcode - 0387-9491-4552
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150vg$ bet(with haggy) mk wii 2009 worldwide sales > any 360/ps3 game released in 2009.
current mk wii worldwide sales (jan 9th): 553k