Official Nintendo Wii thread

[Aurora]

That's one piece of shit, right there

L!O!L!

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Sorry if I wasn't clear, but I was saying IF they kept it that way. They have no proof to prove ANY way it will be.




I'm about 2 ft. from my wireless router, the signal is as good as it gets. The one time I had no issues getting games going I was on the opposite side of the house too playing upstairs.

What kind of router is it? I had a router (Linksys) where being to close screwed up the connection sometimes.

Is there a firewall on your computer?

[Diff-chan]

l o l

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/25/no...vs-until-2007/

No online support for 3rd-party Wii devs until 2007

Posted Aug 25th 2006 9:55AM by Robert Summa
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii, Wireless, Online, Sports, Competitive Gaming, Business

Buried at the bottom of an IGN preview for the Wii's Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam is the news that not only is this game not going to feature any online component, but every 3rd-party game that comes out for the Wii won't support anything online either. Not until 2007 will publishers be able to offer up Wi-Fi gaming to eager players who picked up a Wii.

Gamers hoping for an online component, however, are in for bad news, because one isn't planned. Activision would not say why, but IGN has separately learned from multiple development sources that Nintendo will not release Wii Wi-Fi Connection libraries to third parties until early 2007, which means that no third party launch title will have an online mode.

Well, that's pretty awful. Seems like a pretty dumb move not to allow your third-party developers to offer online play with your launch titles. Online gaming has arguably become essential for most players and considering your system isn't in high-def or truly next-gen graphics wise, what other incentive besides a different control scheme would a gamer have in picking up your product?


Possible launch titles that could be majorly affected by not having online play:

* Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
* Blitz: The League
* Call of Duty 3
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
* Far Cry
* Madden NFL 07
* Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
* Need for Speed: Carbon
* Rayman Raving Rabbids
* Red Steel
* Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
* Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam

[Josh]

So stupid.

[Chux]

While stupid, their list has nothing I'd buy.

[TobalRox]

I was thinking Crystal Chronicles with Wi-Fi would be amazing.

[Rumpy]

While stupid, their list has nothing I'd buy.

That is a weak list. Plus the games that are multiplatform are going to be leagues better than the Wii version.

[dakidski]

Has the Wii marketing campaign started in the USA?
Around here ps3 is being marketed and is available for preorder.
I asked in several gaming-stores and no-one could answer me anything about the Wii, neither release date, estimated price or when/if preorders would be set into action.

I'm starting to doubt if this thing will make x-mas afterall...

[Rumpy]

Last I heard Nintendo said they were going to talk about all the details of the Wii in September. No date was given, but it's close.

As far as I know, no one is taking PS3 pre orders over here yet. September should be a blitzkreig of info and hype though.

[Geen]

I was under the impression that Wi-Fi Connection was not going to begin for the Wii in till Super Smash Bros Brawl was released.
I also hate to give the normal Nintendo Fanboy tag line, but, well, is anyone here going to miss playing any of these mentioned games online? With the exception of Super Monkey Ball I doubt I'm going to play any of these games off line, none the less online.