Just a thought. If Pokemon is meant to be the first game able to go online on the Wii in June/July, does that mean Smash Bros. Brawl will be delayed, have the online play added later or dropped entirely?
I don't see this being a problem. If you run out of lives, you would simply have the option to exit the match any time. You can stay and watch the rest of the match, or you can exit and look for another one to join. If you are spectating and the others stop fighting, just exit.Reason I think there won't be any stock battles is, say you have a 4 player match, and 2 of the people playing are complete rookies, and die off in 1 minute. Nintendo's not just going to kick you out of the battle before it's over, and no one wants to wait around for 2 people to duke it out. Plus, the 2 remaining players could be complete assholes and not even fight, and just stand around forever.
They said that they're thinking about putting online play for SSBB, but no promises. I think the actual words they used was "looking into it" or "would like to" which basically means maybe.