Nintendo News | Capcom Talks Wii Download Content [news]

There's only one thing worse than no online feature and that's a very crappy one.

Nintendo really need to sort out their online department because with this, VC pricing and friends codes they are really buggering up their online mode.

It depends on how you see it. Nintendo took its time with its DS online features, and they have been heralded as a major success. I would say thats incentive enough to give them the benefit of the doubt for a while longer.

I agree however, that VC pricing is off-putting. You spend money for points, you then use those points to purchase what you want. The problem is that outside the VC store, those points are useless. On the other hand, spending "points" is a bit easier to take in, as opposed to spending money.

Friend codes need to go somewhere quiet and die a lonely death. I would have been happy if Wii used a system where your "friend code" was the ID number printed on your Wii. One code for everybody, much less hassle.

A major success? Only by Nintendo fanboys, too blind to see its shiteness.

Nintendo do not deserve the benefit of the doubt. Considering online play began last generation and the most they did was have a broadband connection its quite perfetic. Especially when you have a competitor (microsoft) who have been praised by everyone for the service they delivered its not like they have to look far for inspiration. These friend codes are perfetic there is such a simple solution a single password enabled service like the parental controls to allow adults to play anyone they want online. Whilst kids can enter friend codes and suffer on their own.

It's perfetic.

Quite pathetic indeed, given the amount of developers that have now expressed their interest in supporting Nintendo on the new download content front. Why Nintendo is holding back is anyone's guess...but it has to change soon or else developers will get fed up and just support the PSN and XBLA services instead.

sorry Grumbler (pathetic) I forget that people that read and write on game forums mostly consist of the bitchy don't get enough sunlight have to comment on grammar and spelling types. this paragraph isnt up to scratch too, I know; missings caps and the lot. sorry once again.

"A major success? Only by Nintendo fanboys, too blind to see its shiteness."

Look at the figures for number of users. It can not be called anything other then a success.

We might want advanced features, but simple and free is what gets the big userbase.

People forget that Nintendo must be spending *absolutely shitloads* to get Nintendo DS's online free at almost every major hotspot Nintendo in the world.

I mean, the center mile of London is now effectively becomeing one massive free Cloud hotspot...
...which DS users can use for free.

Incidently, while Nintendo should certainly hurry up, dont underestimate how hard it is to get online downloads of new games.
Its not the technical stuff, its the legal shit.
Xbox Live games even when finnished takes many months for microsoft to "approve" them, and for them to be rated, lisenced, and put for download.

meeto_0 said:
sorry Grumbler (pathetic) I forget that people that read and write on game forums mostly consist of the bitchy dont get enough sunlight have to comment on grammar and spelling types. this paragraph isnt up to scratch too, I know; missings caps and the lot. sorry once again.

I apologise for finding your spelling mistake amusing, I'll try and be more po-faced in future.

Don't agree Darkflame. You might be one of those blind sighted fans knightly mentioned in his post. The service so far equates to nothing more than an online shop to buy over priced games. The VC shop hurts to look at. Its really designed POORLY (interface wise). No load bar when downloading shows how far out of water this BIG fish is. No online play has hurt some games so far. 4player split screen on its own is like sooo 1997 lol (that was typed like that deliberately I don't speak like that) What I dont understand is nintendo being so adament that the first online game will be from them. I prbably wont even but mario strikers. Will probably experience online play near xmas and thats sad really.

Nintendo's whole online philosophy is rubbish. Here is a list of XBL Arcade games, all of which are original, or updated versions of oldies. I think it obliterated the VC's content, in terms of quality, variety, and pricing.

"success" is one of those words where they can have different definitions depending on the one using that word. Technically speaking, online play for the DS is a success, just take a look at the numbers. Socially speaking, it's a bit clunky when compared to what Microsoft offers.

VC and online play for Wii are two very different things. One cannot warrant the other.

If the number of users that use the Wi-Fi Connection on DS are any indication of whats to come, I'd say give the big N the benefit of the doubt. They are most likely fine-tuning everything to reduce the number of bugs when it does launch.

So what if they dont offer what Microsoft or Sony offer, you can't expect them to copy everything that everyone else is doing, because then they'd be just like S**y

Hey, don't fuck with our loving Grumbler! *g*

Svensson states he believes the Wii iteration will "be the best version of the four" (GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC and Wii).

Bloody hell, Nintendo really are lazy, & this prooves it, they have so many great opportunities to be equal to XBLA or Sony's Market thingy; but they aren't going to take it because they can't be bothered or something. Surely it's not hard is it?

Sometimes I can't believe it.

I think the big question is will it really be original, or will it be CAPCOM's version of original (As in, another re-make/compilation of an old game like Street Fighter)?

meeto_0 said:
Dont agree Darkflame. You might be one of those blind sighted fans knightly mentioned in his post. The service so far equates to nothing more than an online shop to buy over priced games.