"The news EVERYONE has been waiting for..." woah woah woah i'll stop you there. I couldn't care less about the retarded Wii right now, only Nintendo fanboys care about that turd.

@lightthrower

I'm not a Nintendo fanboy and I care about this game being online, my existance proves your theory wrong.

Plus, if you keep on calling the Wii names it will get upset.

sweet, another game on the wii I must purchase. I still need to get metroid prime 3 >:E

this is exciting, probably the 3rd decent game for the wii

I really don't understand why they couldn't do something similar to Mario Strikers Charged. Or at the very least have some kind of option so if you have a really AWESOME match against someone you don't know, you can "friend" up with them for future bouts... but hey, we should all really just be rejoycing at the fact that they've FINALLY announced flippin' online play. And really, I'm quite happy with that alone. Besides, there are always patches that can get rid of the pesky need for friend codes once Nintendo comes to their senses...

Hey its better than nothing...I guess.

@Jim

No one is as confident about online as Microsoft, it is much harder than Microsoft make it look. As much as I love Nintendo, they have always had irrational fear about online gaming, it's beacuse they are design purists, this is normally a good thing, but in the case of online where you have to learn to let go and allow people get on with it, being a design purist is a hindrance, designers tend to freak out when they can't fully control aspects of their design.

Nintendo have a case of the over protective designers mind, and by now they really should have learnt to let go with online.

Also, Microsoft are in the envious position where they can charge money for an excellent service, most 360 owners are 16-35 year old males who are willing to pay for the best set up/features, Wii owners are too broad to create a perfect specialist online set up that can justify subscription fees.

So yeah, a step in the right direction by Nintendo, but honestly I don't expect anyone to reach the levels of XBox Live, let's say online gaming is the sea, Microsoft have gills whilst everyone else has is using a snorkel.

This both excites me and scares me. I would enjoy playing this online, but I don't have the kind of connection required. I'd have to wait until I moved before I could get such a thing.

But still, the prospect is interesting, though it takes away from the original magic, that you could banter against those you were playing against, something a simple taunt can lack.

What you good people have to remember is primarily, Nintendo make games. Their experience with online gaming will be done in baby steps, with them learning as they go. Either way its great to see SBB going online at launch, with this and Mario Kart, I now need a Wii badly now.

Don't forget, when Sega began this whole online shebang on consoles with DC, there were hiccups, but the online play got better and was fun. While we are used to headsets and such, you don't really need them for every single game. I wouldn't be surprised if such support came along to Wii later for some games, as its still early in its life anyway.

The friend codes I think will eventually go as Nintendo gain more confidence online. Some upcoming games aren't even using them, so in time Nintendo will see what gamers like and don't like.

Oh yeah, one more thing. If there's something you love or hate about Wii, draw up and submit a poll on Everybody Votes channel. Some gamers might feel the same and Nintendo might be listening too. They'd be dumb if they didn't as that's the best way to get their attention.

I hate hate HATE Nintendos online plan!!!

sigh... do u think nintendo will ever change? why cant they just handle online play the way people want. we dont need audio, just dont dump all the stats and fun.

It's actually pretty insulting on Nintendo's part to assume that online gaming is that shallow and simplistic.(sarcasm) See, we just wanna play online, it doesn't matter with who or if I have no idea who i'm playing against. I don't need to chat. After all, online is online. They just wanna play online (sarcasm) 'rolls eyes' Nintendo is so 13th century.

If anyone here can't tell the difference between a computer controlled opponent and a human one in ANY (there are a few exceptions) fighting game, you are a fucktard and need to go back to the kids table, fairy bread is being served. Random will be fun, lack of stat track is dumb, and the ability to add randoms to your friends would be appreciated.

I agree with zardoz about Nintendo being the ovreprotective parents of the online world, to scared to let their kids walk to the park alone, even though their "kids" are 24 and can do it themselves.

However it is all moot, as everyone on this site who gets the game is going to go nuts and start sharing friend codes, whole sites will be built around smash brothers brawl and friend codes. Extra step where there doesn't need to be? True. But it at least a way around it.

Random friend add would be nice for sure and maybe let us chat and everything the "big boy" systems are doing just make it parentally controllable or something. More importantly is that if this is Nintendo's online baby step they better make a leap before battalion wars comes out because as everyone knows a big aspect of the cop op online teamwork side would be lost with only 4 text to direction messages as opposed to being able to shout in someones ear. **********************************************************************

SSBB is revealed to have online multiplayer...

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...and yet people still find reasons to whine and bitch about it.

Way to go, guys, you have successfully amazed me, once again.

Friend Codes do seem overly messed up especially considering their fanbase, tho i suppose random numbers people just wont remember are better for parents than asking why their child is playing with someone called pedobear

Stat tracking i realy done care about, tho its a nice thing to have now and then, DOA4 had some nice non-invasive stats...

Unlike most stat tracking games where it ends up being a bunch of 13 year old american boys comparing internet penis sizes.

However, I still feel smash brothers is a horribly overrated competitive platform game rather than a fighter of any merit.

it's about time.
Now all they need to do is the same thing for soul caliber3(legends) and MP3corruption.