Miyamoto on lack of online support in New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Madusha - 47 days 1 hour ago

Agreed. I barely ever go online (probably because of the real bad speeds and bandwidth offered in New Zealand). But the majority of people like online play.

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sidar - 47 days 1 hour ago

Perhaps their engine wasn't optimized for it.
Do keep in mind that those games you mentioned have some visual effects down or any other settings.

Plus there is some physic works going on as well.
So perhaps its not as impossible as you say it is.

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Maddens Raiders - 47 days 1 hour ago

this is unacceptable and you know it. That is all.

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sidar - 47 days ago

Well maddens,
It really depends, while i do think it would have been a nice feature, its still something played best with people in the same room.

(saying otherwise may just imply you dont have any friends or loved ones that like to game with you xD)

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YLOD Service Tech - 46 days 22 hours ago

You can't spin this sidar. Too bad. NSMB Wii would have been amazing with an online multiplayer component. Look at Mario Kart Wii for example. Aside from the ocarina cheaters, the online mode was pretty damn fun.

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Shadow Flare - 46 days 20 hours ago

Basically, when it comes to online, nintendo couldn't give a ....

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scissor_runner - 46 days 14 hours ago

It is common knowledge that fast paced games are not prediction friendly to network code. All online code uses some form of prediction to keep things moving. This is not good for most games from the 16 bit era because the action is alway fast and every second counts.

There are still fighting games that suffer from this even on the hd consoles and yes too are 2d.

Then couple this with the fact that most cheating is done by exploiting the prediction code.

Simply put online is simply not fast enough for every game. Yet if they all ran belowe 30 frames then that would make things easier. But we actualt like fast game play rather than floaty physics.

Another thing is if it is so easy then why does hd gaming still have so many problems with online?

Another thing is maybe you should learn how to make real friends.

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NecrumSlavery - 47 days 1 hour ago

BRAWL online was crap but MKartWii ran smooth.

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Fierce Musashi - 46 days 20 hours ago

Hey, bafoon. If you actually played Mario Kart Wii, you would know that's a load of horse sh*t.

What sets Brawl and Mario Kart Wii apart is the fact that Brawl was one of the first online Wii games out there. Naturally it would have a high chance of being laggy.

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oobob - 47 days ago

Go on ebay and buy controllers from asia or somewhere else. They work on your console. I got 2 wiimotes + nunchucks unopened for 70 dollars.

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n4f - 46 days 15 hours ago

well cause gamecube contoller doesnt have motion and that wii mote use motion. because the game use motion too.
happy ?

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sidar - 47 days ago

I have to ask...if you were an owner of an IP that is selling over 20 years...would you let it go?

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oobob - 47 days ago

There are more COD games in 2 gens than 2d mario games ever.

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Fierce Musashi - 46 days 20 hours ago

Ninteno, a lame developer? You have got to tell me wht you are smoking over there. Must be some strong stuff.

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DigitalAnalog - 47 days ago

There's a similar case regarding the PSP's version LBP.

Ref: http://n4g.com/psp/News-428...

Quote:

“The system is physically capable of doing multiplayer, but perhaps not with the full physics system. On the technical side of things you lose a third of the processing power or a third of the system memory just to do multiplayer at all. With those limitations we couldn’t achieve it".

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oobob - 47 days ago

Comparing the processing required for 2d mario and LBP is a hell of a stretch. The online games on wii are much more processor intensive (see any fps) than 2d mario. LBP has intensive chain reactions that sometimes skip on my ps3. Mario is much more limited.

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DigitalAnalog - 47 days ago

But the "concept" should be there isn't it? Let's say both LBP for the PSP and SMB are using 100% of the PSP/wii's processing power. Then both would suffer the same outcome had they gone "multi-player" wise.

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oobob - 47 days ago

That's why I used the qualifier almost. You have to sync the systems. In Mario there is little to sync. In LBP there is much more.

I would accept your argument if the submitter didn't just guess that was part of the reason. Mario kart online and SSBB has much more data to sync and they have online. As does every FPS ever.

PS2 is slower than wii and has online. I played Myth (bungie game) online with a 200mhz Mac performa with 10x the amount going on and little lag. This is nonsense.

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DigitalAnalog - 46 days 23 hours ago

But here comes the question... How would you know that?

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ReservoirDog316 - 46 days 22 hours ago

LittleBigPlanet is based heavily on physics and a bunch of things going on in general. Try making a level to see how much effort it takes to make anything happen.

Nothing can convince me that a simple platformer (of offense to King Mario) has more going on than LittleBigPlanet.

It's just common sense.

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