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superchunk on 07 August 2009

I'll believe that when I see a significantly larger portion of online capable games that utilize Wii Speak.



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vonboysp on 07 August 2009

if it increases sales of world of goo, bit trip beat, swords and soldiers, and other gems on wiiware, i'm all for it :)



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O-D-C on 07 August 2009

thats good, the Wii's onlien services are seocnd to none (and by that I mean, Nintendo WFC, VC, WW and WiiConnect 24 all together.)



Onyxmeth on 07 August 2009

Nintendo's not going to build up a good reputation by advertising the currently flawed online setup they have. That's merely ignoring the problem and/or thinking there isn't one to begin with. Marketing that crap to me actually says the opposite of them taking online seriously, since they are promoting the continuation of few online enabled titles, few Wii speak titles, and the continuation of the flawed friend codes system. When Nintendo publishes an online enabled game again, wake me up.



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Aion on 08 August 2009

Yeah it's getting decent.



 

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theARTIST0017 on 08 August 2009
Mr Khan said:

To head off the imminent discussion, yes, Nintendo should change their online system, but no, they can't do it until the end of the generation. I mean, they would have to set up a completely different online network, which would raise immense complications, as that would be them maintaining a 3rd network for all their functions (aside from WFC and WiiConnect24), since it's impossible to apply updates retroactively on the Wii, and otherwise they would have to drop online support completely for old titles

 

To address the topic at hand, i agree that Nintendo is trying to promote their consoles' online functions more aggressively. They have that partnership with GameTrailers to promote WiiWare, they have that 1000 Free DSiWare points thing, and i have been seeing more advertisements regarding the online functionality of titles (with AC:CF), but i've also seen their online capability advertised in stranger ways, like when i see a commercial for Comcast High Speed Internet, they show a Wii Wheel when they speak of it's gaming capabilities.

Well then. I guess Nintendo has no chance in even catching up when it comes to online. Hopefully they get it right next generation ad focus onthe online portion of the console (drop friend codes) and add a harddrive and whatever else people want.

 



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Mr Khan on 08 August 2009
Onyxmeth said:

Nintendo's not going to build up a good reputation by advertising the currently flawed online setup they have. That's merely ignoring the problem and/or thinking there isn't one to begin with. Marketing that crap to me actually says the opposite of them taking online seriously, since they are promoting the continuation of few online enabled titles, few Wii speak titles, and the continuation of the flawed friend codes system. When Nintendo publishes an online enabled game again, wake me up.

It isn't up to some arbitrary standard, so they shouldn't let their customers know it exists?

 

What?



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c03n3nj0 on 08 August 2009

I would consider them to have good online until I can have games beside Mario Kart that have online.



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Onyxmeth on 08 August 2009
Mr Khan said:
Onyxmeth said:

Nintendo's not going to build up a good reputation by advertising the currently flawed online setup they have. That's merely ignoring the problem and/or thinking there isn't one to begin with. Marketing that crap to me actually says the opposite of them taking online seriously, since they are promoting the continuation of few online enabled titles, few Wii speak titles, and the continuation of the flawed friend codes system. When Nintendo publishes an online enabled game again, wake me up.

It isn't up to some arbitrary standard, so they shouldn't let their customers know it exists?

 

What?

The OP asked whether Nintendo advertising for their current online setup is a sign of them taking online seriously. My post you quoted is the response to that, and is an emphatic "no". Actions like making more online enabled games, streamlining the system more, and adding important features like Wii Speak is what will make them have a better reputation in regards to online. It wouldn't need to be advertised if there were more games that were online enabled. The reason they need to put these adverts out is because they have a flawed system that requires a tutorial to use and because a large amount of very popular games from Nintendo that should have online multiplayer do not. The solution to getting their reputation up is not to advertise for and explain how to operate the current system, it's to correct it so the same word of mouth that makes Nintendo's titles so evergreen will then work for the online.



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