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Nintendo and Gamespy work together again for Wii Online
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gregor7777
Banned
If Satan announced he was working with Nintendo to get titles with online multi I'd say it was great news.
EternalDarko
Member
Wii online is gonna be bare-bones. If you want a full fledged online gaming experience, stick with the 360.
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
EternalDarko said:
I'd rather have a free 'barebones' service that - because its free - has more people playing on it than a 'bells and whistles' (or, 'full of pointless crap' if you'd rather term it that) service that will only ever have -at best - half of its userbase available to play online.
I guess it depends on if you think the important thing in online gaming is having lots of people playing lots of different games, or matchmaking, lobbies, achievements, crossgame messaging, stat tracking etc etc etc but a smaller number of people playing a fewer number of games.
I know why I'm banking on Wii and PS3s online.
gregor7777
Banned
Xellotah said:
Nothing IMO, but I think that to some this looks like a cop out by Nintendo. That is, adding Gamespy this late in the game, when the assumption was that nintendo had been working on their own online system up till now.
Draft said:
Hey come on, it's not that bad, think, they could have went with Xfire, Hahah
Anyway, if the Wii gets a DS + level of online service I wont complain, a simple matchmaking system, a gamespy lite ranking/online scoring system I wont complain, as long as it's free for all games.
gregor7777
Banned
Burnst said:
True.
IMO, I'd rather see a quality, streamlined system by Gamespy than a patchwork, first-time-round-the-block system by Nintendo.
NintenDonut
Member
Why would Nintendo invest time developing internet enabled channels and then outsource this? I seriously doubt Gamespy can provide the same level of polish and integration that Nintendo could do in-house. Unless Gamespy simply powers the lists backend.
By "extend", I assume they mean "add features to", because the DS did not have social and community features. I don't consider talking to 1-4 people on your friends list very communal.
There's a BIG difference between the channels and a full-on online-gaming service. The News and Weather channels are like fancy RSS-feeds, and Everybody Votes is an online poll. They're cool, sure, but online gaming systems are way more complicated.NintenDonut said:
GameSpy has experience in this field; they've been providing this service to dozens of publishers for nearly a decade. Nintendo? They did ehr... no online service. Ever.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
I can see why this development would upset and disappoint many of the GAF audience, but for me I'll be satisified with minor online capabilities. All I want is to connect with a few friends and box/golf/fight/race/bwii against them. I don't need rankings, but it would be nice. I definitely don't need trophies, but I would like a auto-handicapping system (think Smash).
I just don't want to pay for it. I already pay for my DSL. I don't pay to play. One-time only entry fees, thank you very much.
I just don't want to pay for it. I already pay for my DSL. I don't pay to play. One-time only entry fees, thank you very much.
Phife Dawg
Member
Because of Gamespy? I'm not a big fan of Gamespy either but apart from the hassles with the Log-In it gets the job done. A lot of PC games use Gamespy as well.Draft said:
Tchu-Espresso
likes mayo on everthing and can't dance
It seems like ive read this story now every year since the gamecube launched.
vanguardian1
poor, homeless and tasteless
Cripes, whine, b*tch and moan. People clamor for Nintendo to do something or even SAY something about Wii's online gaming, and when they finally do and people whine, b*tch and moan even more. Good thing I don't care about it. I can't even use it. :-/
DeaconKnowledge
Member
I don't see what the problem with GameSpy is.
Nintendo's Wi-fi connection for DS had Gamespy middleware if i'm not mistaken, and it ran without a hitch.
Nintendo's Wi-fi connection for DS had Gamespy middleware if i'm not mistaken, and it ran without a hitch.
richman555
Member
All that this means is that Nintendo probably doesn't have the experience in-house to do a large scale online implementation. A technology partner such as Gamespy is a good thing. Gamespy has been around a long time and their work with the DS was good. Also remember that online on the Wii is free. I think its a good added value to the system and I'm glad to see that online of any kind will be available. 
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Bust Nak said:
Gamespy + Wii's friend code = Dust bowl...
If this means I can give my friend my gamespy account name rather than my wii code, or I can enter my friend's gamespy account name, and it'll automatically ask him for approval (rather than me having to call him to ask for approval...) This'll be great friggin news.
However, what I don't like is that gamespy has been used already with DS, and DS was the worst online video game system ever (friend codes for each game?), I somehow doubt this news will affect anybody! We'll see though!
BTW. The story says Pokemon will be the first game to use gamespy's service, but wasn't that game released in Japan already as an online game? If so, does this mean they used gamespy there?
However, what I don't like is that gamespy has been used already with DS, and DS was the worst online video game system ever (friend codes for each game?), I somehow doubt this news will affect anybody! We'll see though!
BTW. The story says Pokemon will be the first game to use gamespy's service, but wasn't that game released in Japan already as an online game? If so, does this mean they used gamespy there?
Testicular Sound Express
Member
no, the structure wasn't ready so they used the DS like friend code method.fanduck said:
DeaconKnowledge
Member
fanduck said:
Friend codes were Nintendo's implementation, not Gamespy's.
fanduck said:
Pokémon gets online with friend codes, mainly because the DS games use the same system.
mentalfloss
Banned
Gamespy is the de facto standard as middleware for online PC gaming. This is actually really good news for people who want Nintendo to take online seriously.
ElectricBlue187
Member
Saitou said:
my reaction as well
I remember when I has ps2 I had 3 games for it...... Socom 2,THUG 1 and THUG 2 (I sold it because wasteland came with live.)
Anyways I dont know if any of you have played THUG Online and although the socom online experience was better I'd be happy with what they did in THUG as long as they dont go back to the dreaded DS Style. SOme things they had in the online were:
*Freinds List which carried over to the other tony hawk games, if you used the same account.(not sure if this is the case with the other gamespy online games)
*In each server/lobby there was a player list option were you could just highlight there name and add them.
*Multiple "servers" (ie midwest,n00bs,East,Tournaments which was locked for officail tourneaments etc) inside each server it whould have a "chat" room which whould let people type and then it had 3 lists, one showed the players in the actual chat room,the lobby list which showed the games you could join, and then the option list which was: Join game,Watch game,player list
The reason I bring this up, was because I remeber the gamespy logo was plastered all over.
Anyways I dont know if any of you have played THUG Online and although the socom online experience was better I'd be happy with what they did in THUG as long as they dont go back to the dreaded DS Style. SOme things they had in the online were:
*Freinds List which carried over to the other tony hawk games, if you used the same account.(not sure if this is the case with the other gamespy online games)
*In each server/lobby there was a player list option were you could just highlight there name and add them.
*Multiple "servers" (ie midwest,n00bs,East,Tournaments which was locked for officail tourneaments etc) inside each server it whould have a "chat" room which whould let people type and then it had 3 lists, one showed the players in the actual chat room,the lobby list which showed the games you could join, and then the option list which was: Join game,Watch game,player list
The reason I bring this up, was because I remeber the gamespy logo was plastered all over.
Mithos Yggdrasill
Banned
So we can expect a OnLine's structure similar to the Nintendo DS one...
We'll see anyway if there will be differences.
We'll see anyway if there will be differences.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
MrNyarlathotep said:
Honestly, I love the 360 and LIVE, but I really don't give a shit about achievements. I hear people saying "OH I NEED THIS ACHIEVEMENT" and it makes no sense to me at all.
Pokemon Battle Revolution with the online stuff came out in Japan the same month the Wii was released..gregor7777 said:
Oh, and all I want for Wii Online is the ability to see lists of servers (with how many players are playing in them), and that I can manually select one of them (instead of searching for players and randomly joining one). And that I can type in a game, and maybe a very easy to use system that I can add a "friend" while playing together or something.
I actually don't care much for online rankings (takes the fun out of the game if you arn't good enough, so a lot of people will stop playing, especially because of all the non-gamers and such), or voice chat (it seriously only works when you play in a clan or with a friend), or achievements.
But what would be nice if some things of Live were there, such as seeing friendlists and if they are playing or not (and which game), and sending messages or invatations to eachother combined with the Mii characters. But it isn't necessary (or they could always incorporate it later though an Wii update)
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Friend Codes are nowhere near as bad as people make them out to be.
That said, I would love for the Wii to have one unified system code. I know Pokémon BR won't do this, but that's because it's tied to the DS game.
That said, I would love for the Wii to have one unified system code. I know Pokémon BR won't do this, but that's because it's tied to the DS game.
Mithos Yggdrasill
Banned
Even if we are in 2007, I really find OnLine play boring. Yeah, I know, it's me, but I prefer to play with friends in the same room or to play alone.
Outside features like the Virtual Console, OnLine is for me only an add-on.
Of course I'm a minority and I know it.
Outside features like the Virtual Console, OnLine is for me only an add-on.
Of course I'm a minority and I know it.
Plenty of console games run on Gamespy service, even some PS3 games. http://www.poweredbygamespy.com/projects
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