Game Impress: Iwata hampering online accessibility?

OK, just read on this IGNDS story about Square "praising" (yawn) Iwata's online plans that:

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<snip> One area that Wada seems to be impressed with is a particularly controversial side of Nintendo's Online plan. In his comments posted at Impress Game Watch yesterday, Iwata states that Nintendo is going through with the idea of letting players connect only to players whom they've met in real life.

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http://ds.ign.com/articles/611/611914p1.html

Craig also adds, that it's "reported" Animal Crossing will allow players to connect to people they have never met. We can only hope. :rolleyes: Let's hope this is just a mistranslation or stupid musing of Iwata's that never comes to fruition. But ya never know, gotta protect the Pokemon babies and their parents from getting offended by strangers.

LOL. Nintendo always somehow finds a way to steal defeat from the jaws of victory. If this goes through, then Nintendo loses.



Forever.

I think it means that they're going to give parents the option to lock out online play for their children, so they can only play people from a buddy list.

Thats the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time. I hope Nintendo does decide to go that route with their online plans. It would be hilarious to see them get their ass kicked by Microsoft and Sony again. They wouldnt even be able to hope to be distant 3rd this time around.

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Originally Posted by Joust Williams

I think it means that they're going to give parents the option to lock out online play for their children, so they can only play people from a buddy list.

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Hopefully. That makes more sense.

I always thought Iwata was a problem ever since he started running the company.

There's a poll at nintendo.com. A lot of the questions ask you if you'd want to play with "People you've never met, people you've met over the internet, people you know in real life."

Get your butts over there and check every box. They seem to care about their surveys.

Haven't you guys figured it out yet?

He is purposely trying to destroy the company.

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Originally Posted by Cowutopia

There's a poll at nintendo.com. A lot of the questions ask you if you'd want to play with "People you've never met, people you've met over the internet, people you know in real life."

Get your butts over there and check every box. They seem to care about their surveys.

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This man speaks the truth, go there now and vote for people you have never met.

lol I have to vote in order to play Nintendo online with strangers, only Nintendo and Iwata could be so clueless. EDIT: Oh well, at least I have a tiny say of some kind.

I'd vote to have Iwata removed, but you won't see a poll like that on their site in this lifetime.

Soon, NOA will debunk what Iwata just said...

It wouldn't be the first time.

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Originally Posted by Cowutopia

There's a poll at nintendo.com. A lot of the questions ask you if you'd want to play with "People you've never met, people you've met over the internet, people you know in real life."

Get your butts over there and check every box. They seem to care about their surveys.

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Waitaminnit, I can't find this poll so far. Just the "which DS game are you most looking forward to."

I recieved the poll in an email.
As for this "Only play online with people you know in real life" crap, just wow.
If this [i]is[/is] true then Nintendo really finds every possible way to fuck up anything that could be completely awesome. Here's hoping it's not true and is a lot like Xbox Live because I really want a good online Smash Bros.

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Originally Posted by Opaque

Haven't you guys figured it out yet?

He is purposely trying to destroy the company.

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Yep and at the end, he is going to pull the mask off scooby-doo style and we find out he was really Ken Kutaragi.

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Originally Posted by Wildkat

Yep and at the end, he is going to pull the mask off scooby-doo style and we find out he was really Ken Kutaragi.

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I WOURD HAVE GORTTEN-U AWAY WITH IT-U, TOO, IF IT-U WASN'T FOR YOU CRAZY AMERICANS!

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Originally Posted by Joust Williams

I think it means that they're going to give parents the option to lock out online play for their children, so they can only play people from a buddy list.

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That's actually a good idea. I just hope Nintendo finally wakes up and realizes that consoles are actually online now. WiFi DS games with someone next to you is fun, but looks very dated next to Live. Heck, it already looks dated next to the PSP, and that's not even 3 months old.

I'll try and find the link...I think I got it off of EvilAvatar yesterday. The poll was definitely scary.

http://www.nintendo.com/user_survey/online.jsp?entry=1

That was the link, but the poll is closed now. Oh well.

Well let's hope most voted for playing with people ya don't know since, heh that kind of is the WHOLE POINT of people wanting to play online. grrrr I'm in a bad mood tonight at work.

I'll play devil's advocate and say Nintendo is not that stupid and it's just a buddy/parental control list option.

Y'know, the idea of making it so that parents have to decide who their kids can play online with is a pretty good one though. I've dealt with several children on Live that should be banished from the internet forever.

Even if it's just a buddy list/parental control function, with so many clueless and utterly worthless parents out there what do think the actual percentage of those who actually use this feature will be?

Better to have a feature that goes underused than not have one at all. I think if this is optional and used really just for parental control then it's a great idea. Less brats on live, the better.

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Originally Posted by Ammadeau

Better to have a feature that goes underused than not have one at all. I think if this is optional and used really just for parental control then it's a great idea. Less brats on live, the better.

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This, and then there's the fact that it's a great way for Nintendo to cover their asses if/when parents complain. It doesn't matter if the parents use it, what matters is that the option is there.

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Originally Posted by Master of 7s

Even if it's just a buddy list/parental control function, with so many clueless and utterly worthless parents out there what do think the actual percentage of those who actually use this feature will be?

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If they have an option to limit the age of the players, it might be a decent idea. The parents can set the limits and put a parental lock on the feature.

Now getting people to enter thier real age, might be a harder feat.

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Originally Posted by gamevet

If they have an option to limit the age of the players, it might be a decent idea. The parents can set the limits and put a parental lock on the feature.

Now getting people to enter thier real age, might be a harder feat.

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The internet!

Where men are men, women are men, and kids are undercover cops (and men).

This reminds me of that throw-away comment made by Kutaragi a few months back saying "I think the PSP will mainly be played in the users home." stating "Oh, we're going to make some bullshit device that only can last a few hours, meaning you should only play mainly at home." This was obviously debunked just a few days later.

This doesn't seem feasable, and I do not believe it.

They should do a poll: Do you intend to play your Revolution in your home, or in another state, or on the other side of the planet? And if people click "in your home," then lock up their Revolutions so they won't function outside your registered home address.

Don't give them any ideas.

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Originally Posted by gamevet

If they have an option to limit the age of the players, it might be a decent idea. The parents can set the limits and put a parental lock on the feature.

Now getting people to enter thier real age, might be a harder feat.

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Make it a trick question. If they enter >12 then the game won't let you play but if you enter <12 then you can play but all online modes are disabled. Everyone wins!