Ninten-DON'T - Online "Functionaiity":

Mario Kart for the Wii will have text chat - no voice.

Now I know why Nintendo won't charge for online features, they don't have any.

Text while you race?Ragnarok1051

Before it.

[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"]Text while you race?Stabby2486

Before it.

That seems kind of lame though.

Nintendo's online philosophy basically consists of "Who plays games online anyways?".

Nintendo's online philosophy basically consists of "Who plays games online anyways?".

lupinelope

"We're very serious about online, we have Pokemon"

Text while you race?Ragnarok1051

now that is one hell of a challenge.

thery don't care about online because they're not targetting 14 year old shut ins like their competition

and that's fine and seems to be working for them. not my cup of tea though

[QUOTE="lupinelope"]

Nintendo's online philosophy basically consists of "Who plays games online anyways?".

Ragnarok1051

"We're very serious about online, we have Pokemon"

Lol i remember that interview

[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"]Text while you race?psypher22_basic

now that is one hell of a challenge.

Us Americans will win everytime. :P

thery don't care about online because they're not targetting 14 year old shut ins like their competition

and that's fine and seems to be working for them. not my cup of tea though

the_h_bomb

So, I take it their "target" does not like to chit chat with their friends? The SAME friends they sent their Miis to?

Please, this is the dumbest thing they could have done. Don't defend a stupid move.

thery don't care about online because they're not targetting 14 year old shut ins like their competition

and that's fine and seems to be working for them. not my cup of tea though

the_h_bomb

Wow, what an insightful observation. "14 year old shut ins" are the only people who play online nowadays?

Nintendo t3h fails...ROFL!!!!PCGA_FTW

If people like you are going to be typing or talking in my online games, I'd rather there not be any chatting functions at all.

Most of the people that populate the online gaming community are either very, very stupid or very, very young.

[QUOTE="psypher22_basic"]

[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"]Text while you race?Ragnarok1051

now that is one hell of a challenge.

Us Americans will win everytime. :P

No those crazy Japanese would be able to do it about 10X better than us.

[QUOTE="the_h_bomb"]

thery don't care about online because they're not targetting 14 year old shut ins like their competition

and that's fine and seems to be working for them. not my cup of tea though

lupinelope

Wow, what an insightful observation. "14 year old shut ins" are the only people who play online nowadays?

Not really, but that's a hell of a lot of them. Look at CoD4 or Halo 3, for example.

[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"][QUOTE="psypher22_basic"]

[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"]Text while you race?meetroid8

now that is one hell of a challenge.

Us Americans will win everytime. :P

No those crazy Japanese would be able to do it about 10X better than us.

They'll be too busy playing their cell phone games.

[QUOTE="PCGA_FTW"]Nintendo t3h fails...ROFL!!!!princeofshapeir

If people like you are going to be typing or talking in my online games, I'd rather there not be any chatting functions at all.

Most of the people that populate the online gaming community are either very, very stupid or very, very young.

Um, not really. Have you ever played a game with a mute function?

[QUOTE="lupinelope"][QUOTE="the_h_bomb"]

thery don't care about online because they're not targetting 14 year old shut ins like their competition

and that's fine and seems to be working for them. not my cup of tea though

princeofshapeir

Wow, what an insightful observation. "14 year old shut ins" are the only people who play online nowadays?

Not really, but that's a hell of a lot of them. Look at CoD4 or Halo 3, for example.

Not a problem on PC.

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"]

[QUOTE="PCGA_FTW"]Nintendo t3h fails...ROFL!!!!lupinelope

If people like you are going to be typing or talking in my online games, I'd rather there not be any chatting functions at all.

Most of the people that populate the online gaming community are either very, very stupid or very, very young.

Um, not really. Have you ever played a game with a mute function?

Honestly, if the Nintendo fans don't have trouble TYPING out messages, a simple mute button should not be an issue.

is there a wii mic out yet?

maybe they will update when one comes out :?

Why are people making such a big deal about this? Brawl doesn't support any text or voice chat either (except for the little messages you can assign to taunts when you're brawling with friends only). Now all of a sudden because it's Mario Kart and it's already being criticized, this is a big deal?princeofshapeir

A lot of sheep bring up the "Free Online" point. When it shouldn't be, sine it does not have ANY features similar to what you are comparing it to - Live.

So, I take it their "target" does not like to chit chat with their friends? The SAME friends they sent their Miis to?

Please, this is the dumbest thing they could have done. Don't defend a stupid move.

Demetri_OS

Their target audience is non-gamers. People who are intimidated by traditional controllers with complex interfaces. Are you seriosusly trying to claim they give a crap about playing online?

I'm not defending a stupid move because given the nature of the Wii it's not particularly stupid. What's REALLY stupid is claiming that a casual focused party game console suffers a lot from a lack of extensive online functionality, but it's to be expected from a fanboy like you

Wow, what an insightful observation. "14 year old shut ins" are the only people who play online nowadays?

lupinelope

I was exaggerating for effect but it's not exactly news that traditional consoles are targetted towards adolescent males. stop getting so upset

[QUOTE="the_h_bomb"]

thery don't care about online because they're not targetting 14 year old shut ins like their competition

and that's fine and seems to be working for them. not my cup of tea though

Demetri_OS

So, I take it their "target" does not like to chit chat with their friends? The SAME friends they sent their Miis to?

Please, this is the dumbest thing they could have done. Don't defend a stupid move.

Wut? They gave us an option to communicate online they didn't have too you know, I prefer it to all the 13 year olds cursing when they lose a game or get cocky like in FPS off live. Nintendo is slowly working their way to getting an online service and I expect Voice chat sometime down the line but if not this gen that is fine by me too.

Text while you race?Ragnarok1051

[QUOTE="lupinelope"][QUOTE="princeofshapeir"]

[QUOTE="PCGA_FTW"]Nintendo t3h fails...ROFL!!!!Demetri_OS

If people like you are going to be typing or talking in my online games, I'd rather there not be any chatting functions at all.

Most of the people that populate the online gaming community are either very, very stupid or very, very young.

Um, not really. Have you ever played a game with a mute function?

Honestly, if the Nintendo fans don't have trouble TYPING out messages, a simple mute button should not be an issue.

I still prefer to listen to voice chat anyway, in the hope that there is a smart person out there. And anyway, I enjoy throwing popcorn at my computer when I listen to idiots talk.

Seriously, though, I do think that this is kind of lame, but in the long run, at least there is some form of chatting, albeit a slim one.

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"]Why are people making such a big deal about this? Brawl doesn't support any text or voice chat either (except for the little messages you can assign to taunts when you're brawling with friends only). Now all of a sudden because it's Mario Kart and it's already being criticized, this is a big deal?Demetri_OS

A lot of sheep bring up the "Free Online" point. When it shouldn't be, sine it does not have ANY features similar to what you are comparing it to - Live.

If Sheep really are comparing Wii online to Live, they're pretty stupid. The only selling point I see are the Virtual Console, the lack of monthly fees, and it being able to do things that your computer can already do better.

Wow, what an insightful observation. "14 year old shut ins" are the only people who play online nowadays?

lupinelope

I was exaggerating for effect but it's not exactly news that traditional consoles are targetted towards adolescent males. stop getting so upset

I wasn't getting upset I was just commenting on your generalization. BTW, I only play online games on PC where the annoying kids are few and far between.

The Wii's online is barly an improvement over the gamecubes.Relys

Gamecube had online ??? :o

The Wii's online is barly an improvement over the gamecubes.Relys

cept phantasy star

Kinda lame cant even trashtalk my buddies after pwning them in a raceEPaul

Agree. But no reason to complain about how bad the Wii would be at online now. If we felt like it should be an issue for Nintendo to look at, we shouldn't have supported the product until they did better.

The Wii is barly an improvement over the gamecubes.Relys

fixed that for ya.

Why are people making such a big deal about this? Brawl doesn't support any text or voice chat either (except for the little messages you can assign to taunts when you're brawling with friends only). Now all of a sudden because it's Mario Kart and it's already being criticized, this is a big deal?princeofshapeir

People already complained about no voice chat in SMASH. It was a problem then and its still a problem to some people (including me), although its not a big deal, it would be nice to chat to friends while playing with them when they are not right next to you. (Otherwise its like playing against the computer)

[QUOTE="Relys"]The Wii's online is barly an improvement over the gamecubes.stereointegrity

cept phantasy star

I rest my case.

It doesn't seem like they've really learned anything. Atleast more titiles are using it.

[QUOTE="PCGA_FTW"]Nintendo t3h fails...ROFL!!!!princeofshapeir

If people like you are going to be typing or talking in my online games, I'd rather there not be any chatting functions at all.

Most of the people that populate the online gaming community are either very, very stupid or very, very young.

I wasn't getting upset I was just commenting on your generalization. BTW, I only play online games on PC where the annoying kids are few and far between.

lupinelope

Sorry mate, like I said I was just exaggerating for effect

and yes PC gaming rocks (although I don';t play much online).

[QUOTE="Relys"]The Wii is barly an improvement over the gamecubes.Dreams-Visions

fixed that for ya.

Actually, I think the gamecube was better.

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]

[QUOTE="Relys"]The Wii is barly an improvement over the gamecubes.Relys

fixed that for ya.

Actually, I think the gamecube was better.

Sucks that it didn't sell better, We wouldn't have the Wii if Nintendo would have done ok competing on graphics last gen.

well its an improvement over no chat. so i assume u just put a USB keyboard in the back and off u go? and please tell me they havent tied text chat too friend codes (ie if ure playing a random game..u cant chat to anyone). if they implement a system like that then ill fly over to japan and slap iwata-san over the head with a newspaper.

i know its free so i dont expect miracles. what i do expect is a way too comunicate effectively in a game (otherwise whats the point?) and a reliable service. now they do have the latter sorted (ive found the servie to work quite well anyway...if a little slowly in places) but coms needs some serious work. the ability to use a keyboard is a step foreward (and if this was an MMO or somethign that we were talking about then keyboard only would be fine) but for kart, its almost useless. ya cant type while driving unless u want to loose the race. ive tried typing in trackmania...it doesent work for racing games.

[QUOTE="Relys"][QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]

[QUOTE="Relys"]The Wii is barly an improvement over the gamecubes.GundamGuy0

fixed that for ya.

Actually, I think the gamecube was better.

Sucks that it didn't sell better, We wouldn't have the Wii if Nintendo would have done ok competing on graphics last gen.

Technologically...relative to the other systems out at the time, it was drastically superior to what the Wii is in 2008 relative to the competiton. Though I could never get used to the controller with my bigger hands.

Sucks that it didn't sell better, We wouldn't have the Wii if Nintendo would have done ok competing on graphics last gen.

GundamGuy0

sheep crack me up so much

you do realise that the Wii software library is destined to obliterate the Gamecube's?

[QUOTE="Relys"][QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]

[QUOTE="Relys"]The Wii is barly an improvement over the gamecubes.GundamGuy0

fixed that for ya.

Actually, I think the gamecube was better.

Sucks that it didn't sell better, We wouldn't have the Wii if Nintendo would have done ok competing on graphics last gen.

Yeah, the big problem wasn't that. (RE4 looked amazing). It was the bad 3rd party support and online... Sorta like the Wii! The big difference with the Wii is they made it appeal to casual gamers so they could get away with it.

I really did love the gamecube though.

[QUOTE="lupinelope"]

I wasn't getting upset I was just commenting on your generalization. BTW, I only play online games on PC where the annoying kids are few and far between.

the_h_bomb

Sorry mate, like I said I was just exaggerating for effect

and yes PC gaming rocks (although I don';t play much online).

Lol its cool :)... I do know what you are talking about though I used to play a lot of Halo 2 and there were quite a few people online that tried to ruin everyone else's experience, but there were also a lot of cool people too.

The wheel peripheral is bad enough...

now they expect me to be able to text and race at the same time?

I think I'll just use the gamecube controller