The painful reality of Nintendo’s pathetic online system

You know what’s an absolute pain? Adding roughly 30 people to your Brawl roster. And then, coordinating and poking and nudging until they finally add you back. Also, attempting to reason with those that are hurt when you don’t feel like adding them because they are relatively new EvAv members and you haven’t participated in […]

Smash Bros. Brawl offline?

Is it just me, or does everyone find this a bit strange? When Nintendo announced Battalion Wars 2 last summer, they confirmed online multiplayer immediately. When Nintendo announced Mario Kart Wii Wednesday, they confirmed online multiplayer immediately. Smash Bros. Brawl was announced over a year ago, and even today — approximately 4 months from its […]

There’s a disconnect here, and it isn’t Nintendo’s fault

I find myself apologizing a lot for the things Nintendo does that the public reacts badly to. But this is just a bunch of pathetic FUD. Yes, that’s right, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption will not have any online multiplayer. And that’s exactly what I wanted to hear. Others, for some reason, not only want to […]

Nintendo to use tin cans and a string for Wii online

I don’t know. I’m not sure what to think about this. LOS ANGELES –(Business Wire)– GameSpy, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, announced today that it will provide multiplayer technology to game publishers developing titles for Nintendo’s Wii(TM) video game system. As part of an ongoing partnership with Nintendo, GameSpy has developed middleware technology to […]