I got the game like a day or two after it came out in the U.S.. Online play for the first week or so was pretty much flooded with people trying to play, and there were some lag and freezing issues. After that, things were pretty much hit or miss when it came down to playing against random strangers. The majority of the games I played with random strangers worked fine, you'd get some bad lag occasionally, or games that would freeze, but not so much as to stop me from playing online and enjoying it. Playing with friends worked fine, and still does. This was before. As of now, it seems a lot of people in the u.s. and japan have stop playing the game, so many of the people still playing are ones with good connections and no problems (like me), which I love.
Its like this. Your playing random strangers. You don't know anything about their connection, where they are, or who they are. This is a very fast paced, chaotic, competitive, fun, as well as a very strategic game. The fact that I can get online and play against random strangers worldwide in one of the best games ever created is a joy. I've honestly enjoyed the online portion of this game the most, and thats where I've spent most of my time with the game. In fact today alone, I probably brawled with random people for about 5 hours. I've put nearly 50 hours into brawling with random people. Out of all the random online brawls I played today, maybe about 3 times did I have any problems. I had one game just freeze, another started lagging badly for no reason in the middle of the match, then maybe one or two games that had noticeable input lag, in which I simply and quickly dropped from the match and found another group to play with.
I don't even have that good a connection but most of my games run absolutely fine, and I have a great time Brawling online. Its best to play this game when no one else in your house is using the internet. You might also want to figure out whether you have firewalls that block incoming connections, which may interfere with you being able to connect/find online games in Brawl. This is the reason some people are still having problems with the game.
As far as lag and freezing goes, like I said it doesn't happen that much, and if it does, you can simply quit the game, you have no control over anybody elses online accept yours. This game requires that everyone be on the same page during gameplay, so that everything runs smoothly, and everything is fair. If I'm downloading a file on my computer while playing online in Brawl, that means I will not be on the same page with the other players, as it takes longer for the data sent by the other players to reach my wii , which will mess it up for everyone playing. This can also happen if I'm playing a random person that happens to be in Australia (im in houston tx usa). My connection may not be fast enough to send or receive (download or upload) the data at a rate that keeps the game running smoothly.. Keep this stuff in mind. If anyone is having trouble playing this game online, Nintendo can't control people's internet connections, all they do is provide matchmaking so that you can quickly find someone to play with. I'm not sure but I think it looks for connections closer to you first.....
I love this game, and think its a masterpiece. If you don't buy it your missing out.
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