I feel that many Wii owners have to go through so much trouble and frustration when going to play online.
For example the friend code system, Nintendo should have abandoned this system after the NDS.
There's times were security is needed online, especially with kids playing, but Nintendo needs to realize that there are 6-8 year olds playing Halo online. I'm not saying that is right but security can only go so far. Nintendo also needs to realize that friends can be created online(Look at GBAtemp for example).
I remember playing Metroid Hunters online and I was trying to give my friend code to some guy, I'm playing against, by shooting my gun on the wall and forming numbers, It was a guy I've played 20 straight games with but now I'll never see him again.

In my eyes Nintendo has failed to meet the needs of every Wii owner. Casual gaming has always been apart of the gaming industry but I believe that it has never been as big than the Wii's casual game library. Don't you think, that if Nintendo is willing to release Resident Evil 4 and Manhunt 2 on the Wii, then they should create an online mode that is a little less secure and a lot more flexible. I still have to see if Mario Kart Wii is any good online.

Yes I've heard about the Nintendo Pay to Play, and they will be "collecting fees for some services that will allow us to adapt flexibly." I hope this is true, because I'll gladly pay for these services.

Discuss




P.S. I am not a Nintendo fanboy in distress, It's just that I feel deprived of an amazing online experience with some of my favorite franchises.

P.P.S. This is my 1,000th post

 

There is so much potential in their online system, but they don't want to develop something better. Crazy pedophile scare.

I still have this insane hope that they're secretly developing Nintendo Wifi with all of our complaints alleviated. Pipe dream!

 

Even though there might be 6-8 year olds playing Halo online, pedos aren't gonna target them, they'll try to target Nintendo games. This extra precaution is necessary and justified.

 

Please elaborate on how abolition of the friend code system will lead to pedos finding children.

 

"hey i know your gamertag on wifi, now i am going to rape you! HOW do you feel now without a friend code?"

the will still just visit their child-char-services and find their young childs to rape, nintendo is just too stupid ..

 

i like the mario kart online service a lot. joining races on the fly, seeing the locations of your opponents, and the regional/worldwide time trials records/ghosts is great. the best online from nintendo yet. but with no chat option, i think we will see keyboard chat or voice chat very soon, still with friend codes.

 

I agree. Nintendo Wifi sucks.
I mean also. "We made different friend codes for every game to make the whole thing more private".
I mean thats the LAMEST excuse for LAZYNESS!
I mean they could EASYLI make the Wii consoles number the number for all games.
I mean its so lame that they didn't do that. Thier answar was: "Becourse we want our users to chose who they wanna play with" YEA But the people you add on your Wii is offcourse People you wanna play with..

Nintendo + Online = Fail!

 

It need a lot of improvement, but it's totally free...

 

Welll... its gonna be like that for the paying >

 

I think Mario Kart (Wii)'s online mode gave me new hope for the Wii's online gaming! I think the only reason friend codes sucked is because you have a separate one for each game. (Names would be better, but still) I thought that when the Wii launched it was supposed to use the console's code for every game.