The news EVERYONE has been waiting for has finally been revealed today. Smash Bros Brawl will have online multiplayer. There will be two online modes which are With Friends and With Anyone. With the With Friends mode, you can play with the people you've registered to be your friend. In this mode, you can check each other's stats, see if your friend is online and change your icons up. You can also send your friends quick messages using the D-pad as taunts during battles. You just have to create the message before the battle though.
Now here is where Nintendo shows how stupid they still are with their online stance. In With Anyone mode, you can battle with anyone in the world. But you won't be able to see their name, any stats, can't send taunt messages and the most ridiculous part of all this, your battle records will not be recorded at all.
I shouldn't really complain though, the anonymity of With Anyone mode really pales in comparison to how epic this news is. So who else is as giddy as a little school girl now?
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2:51 PM on 09.18.2007
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Still, the fact that there's online period is awesome, and I fully expect to see a D-Toid league once the game is released. :-D
I think the point is to just enjoy playing video games with actual human opponents, and not worry about people quitting the game because they're scared of their record dropping, being called a fag by a 12 year old as Rock mentioned.
It seems to me that the whole thing is the embodiment of STFUAJPG.
yeah, I just started thinking that.
Forget my earlier comment. It's probably a good thing you can't talk to other people in anyone mode.
At the VERY LEAST.
I just can't believe how stupid Nintendo is with online multiplayer.
I mean, the bulk of online is going to be played through random encounters. Sure I know they want to promote the community of friends and family but the truth is I know 4 people with a Wii and the reason I wanted Brawl to be online so badly was because I wanted to compare myself to the world. I never had a chance to go to a Melee tournament and if I did I would probabaly get smashed but that's what I like about the new generation of consoles. I enjoy achievements not for the points, but because it allows me to compare my progress to other people I meet.
Ok, I will know if I mainly win or lose online but it still would be nice to have a record. We all used to sit and compare our stats on melee every now and then on the record pages. Gasping at the hundreds of play hours and such.
exactamundo!!!! and being one this is great news to me!!!
I feel like I'm getting a cake that I've wanted for so long. But when I open the box, I realize the icing is missing.
MOAR CHARACTERS PLZ!
LOL!
Surely if they make it 100% that way, then people are going to be close to 100% cock?
And I need a 360 to do voice chat :(
Who's taunt is gonna be "Also, Cocks"?
It makes no sense..
I was worried that we would never see Online Play, so I am excited nevertheless.
While this does make me super mega happy, the whole thing seems rather...not robust.
Fuck, I wouldn't be surprised if you're actually playing against three CPU players, and Nintendo is only claiming you're playing with your friends. There's no way for them to prove it, cause "Nintendo owners don't care about online play" enough for them to justify putting in a decent online component.
You're better off buying Melee and playing it with three friends. If you don't have three friends, kill yourself.
The van needs to be exploding. It is part of the internet hate machine after all.
Srsly though, as happy as I am about online play, I'm surprisingly pissed at Nintendo about the play anyone mode. Sure it's great that I can play anyone at any time, but not getting their names or their stats fucking blows. The big selling point of online in any game is to form a community and play with others. HOW THE HELL CAN A COMMUNITY FORM WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW THE NAMES OF OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY. You're gonna get bored playing with same people (at least I do after several dozen/hundred times) but there is little incentive in playing with others and getting better in the game when you don't even know the names of those that you're playing against
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Still, good to know I'll be able to play it more often then Melee.
About damn time someone said the truth.
"In With Anyone mode, you can battle with anyone in the world. But you won't be able to see their name, any stats, can't send taunt messages and the most ridiculous part of all this, your battle records will not be recorded at all. Oh and all of the fun is removed."
Fixed.
I already expected online play, and I already expected Nintendo's typical shitty online service, so I could care less. Kind of lame it is taking this long to make a SSBM 1.5. Regardless I will probably buy this since the Wii is still basically a glorified mini-game machine. For the people trying to justify the crappy "With Anyone" mode, thats what unranked matches are for, if you have a non-Nintendo system you should try it sometime, thats the only time you really have fun. I never play ranked unless I want to see how long I can last when the odds are completely against me or if I want to hear a 12 yr old screaming at me for "not pwning those fucking nubs." Oh well, quality online play is something that PCs and consoles made for gamers typically do, so I guess I really shouldn't have been expecting anything from the Wii anyways. Flame if you want, but deep down you know the truth.
I am dumbfounded. This is fucking retarded.
I'm concerned about the lack of stat-tracking for a different reason: matchmaking. I've only played SSBM a few times, so I'll likely be quickly demolished online when SSBB comes out unless they have a way to pit me against noobs. One-sided matches aren't much fun for anyone.
Of course, there are other aspects of online play yet to be announced (maybe they track but don't display stats, or allow you to select opponent experience level?), so I'll just hang out until I can actually, y'know, play the game.
if you got Live, log into a game of Uno and use that as a chat room, as tested by Wombat.