God.. it's like some of you people don't have friends to play this with..

Wow.. It sound like you actually played these non-released games.

That game simply does not need online, just play it with family and friends its so much more fun playing games and being with people at this same time.

Online gaming bores me to be honest

Nintendo has always been conservative, but what really surprises me and it shouldn't is that Nintendo programmers aren't all that good. I'm not say they are bad, just not good as say Team Ninaj, HVS, Retro, Factor 5....

Over the years (especially since N64) if you examine Nintendos games you won't find hardware pushers. You will find works of art(WW, TP) and extremely fun games(Mario series). But in recollection nothing that wows me on power.

This statement in this context seems to indicate a conservative programmers design rather than a creative process for more. Other companies will show that multi player would be doable on this type of game eventually.

jayderyu, just watch the water in Sunshine... ;)

They are very competent.

And the sentence was added by the bloger. Miyamoto didn't say that ;)

True.  Not sure why people assume if you want online it means you live a sad life and don't know anyone in real life.  When I meet up with friends it's to go out or to talk and not to play games.  The lack of online means I will really only be playing this with my wife who is not going to have much time for games as she has a baby to look after.  So will be playing one player most of the time.  But if they had just included online it would have meant I could enjoy the game in 4 player each time.

Also I don't understand why people think a game with good local multiplayer or which encourages local multiplayer should not have online.  If they offered you two BMWs or 1 BMW which would you take?  Likewise if you were offered the choice of both quality local multiplayer and quality online would you take only quality local multiplayer?

That, to me, is a sign of the sorry state of life at this time.  You can't meet with actually friends EVER, so you have to play over the Internet.  It used to be friends are people you met with in real life.

It's a let down that it won't have online. Local Co-op is of course preferable, but technology and expectations have moved past such simple features. If I buy a car I expect Air conditioning and automatic windows. But what's wrong with having rolldown windows if you have AC? BECAUSE IT'S FUCKING 2009 THAT'S WHY.

If I can't get 3 other people to co-ordinate their schedules to play Mario Bros, but I want to play some co-op action I should have the ability to hop online and play some 4 player co-op. Hell alot of Emulators add that support to old SNES games, and yet a multi-billion dollar corporation doesn't feel that such a feature is necessary or would be appreciated? Sometimes (often times) Nintendo is too damn conservative for their own good. But of course the die hard will defend it as a brilliant decision, it's only the sony fanboys complaining out of jealous spite, and you must be a total pathetic loser if you don't play local co-op 'M I RITE???

I feel like I'd like to see the quote.  Please don't post things like this unless you link to the quote.

7:22 p.m.: Unfortunately, no online mode in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, by the way. Miyamoto just confirmed. Wii is already being overpowered by what's happening on screen in New Super Mario Bros Wii. So no power left for online.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/989/989996p1.html

New super mario brow wii can't support online because is using up all of the wiis processing power

http://kotaku.com/5276497/liveblogging-shigeru-miyamotos-developer-round-table