Will Wii be getting an unique online community? |
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| BY Matthew Razak Nov. 19th, 2008 | More on: |
If there is one place the Wii has really disappointed just about everyone (and I’m sure there are many places, so let us just save the complaining for later) it’s the online. Even Super Smash Brothers Brawl, a game that seemed destined for greatness online, fell flat thanks to Nintendo’s friend codes and lack of voice support. Third party support of online functions has been even spottier. The one ray of hope Wii supporters have had is Wii Speak, which will at least let us talk with other players on a regular basis, finally.
Get ready for a little more hope all you Wii faithful out there who think that maybe, some day, the Wii could at least have an actual online community and functionality. Reggie speaks, and he speaks of the internets. Talking with Forbes Fils-Aime hits us up with the low down on Nintendo’s plans for community on the Wii. “Nintendo has always had a vision on community,” he said, “The issue is that we define community differently than our competitors. … Our consumers do want a sense of community, and we’re going to deliver that — but in a way that is unique to Nintendo.”
Hear that haters? Community… maybe… sometime… UNIQUENESS!!!! It’s nice to know they’re at least aware of the existence of online communities. Also mentioned in the article is that Fils-Aime notes that the Wii and Wii Fit will probably be in short supply. That’s what I like to call a non-story.
November 20th, 2008
at 2:52 am
(..)thanks to Nintendo’s friend codes and lack of voice support(..)
Unique Friend code is way better than unique nickname, because you can enter it once and have the nickname you want after, so have to Bob or John in your list… yes it’s to bad right now, it’s not unique but at teh same time, it’s not that anoying neither…
lack of voice support: that is what is making (with the fact that you have ot pay) the xbox live experience so Bad right now, and for instance Mario kart online so great (no children or teenager screaming on y tv while playing and having lot of fun).
so i guess we’re not agree with Nintendo approach that i think is free and Great IMO :).
November 20th, 2008
at 4:30 am
It will take them some time to build things up but in the end its going to be difficult for them to catch up with Microsoft and Sony. THE NXE and Home offer a good way to interact with other people while the Wii has its known problems.
Let’s just wait and see what Big-N is up to…
November 20th, 2008
at 8:42 am
“oh look, a nintendo forum on the Wii! It’s just that to see other’s posts, you have to have their friend codes stored up…”
I really hope they don’t screw this.
November 20th, 2008
at 8:55 am
To me the friend codes have always been a mistake. I have my PS3 on all the time for games and movies. Because of that I have a really great chance of finding someone I know to play with. Same really goes for the 360. The ability to communicate with someone not in your current game is priceless. You get to talk with them, find out how much time they have and what they want to play.
If Nintendo decides to implement voice chat and a “lobby” for doing so, I sure hope that they enable in-game, between-game communications along the lines of the 360. The PS3 isn’t quite there, but getting closer with every firmware update.
That being said… I’ll believe it when I see it. Nintendo’s been nothing but full of hot air since the Wii was released IMO. Aside from WiiSports with my family, Mario Galaxy and Zelda, I’ve barely used the damn thing and it pisses me off because up until this generation I was very much a Nintendo person.