Nintendo is still reluctant to embrace online wholeheartedly. Wii Wii U Chat comes with the console and it works well, so Nintendo obviously has the technical capabilities to pull this off but because they want everything to be so simple they made an application that is almost worthless on a console.
“Simple” also perfectly describes Dr. Luigi’s online battles. When you choose your mode you are stuck with it. If you want to make any variations to your game you have to sever the connection entirely and one of the two of you has to choose to host a game again. In this case, simplicity leads to making everything much more complicated.
Nintendo has made the process of setting up a game very easy and playing Dr. Luigi online worked flawlessly, but with zero voice chat and no way to stay connected, it feels like the company actually does not want to recreate the “couch” online experience.
Nintendo came through with a surprise announcement just this morning. Lego Luigi is going to be dropping later this year in 2021. There were a couple of leaks that surfaced over the last couple of days, along with the Lego Mario firmware update that had Mario calling out Luigi’s name, but finally Nintendo have made an official announcement.
"There's something about dropping 2-tile puzzle pieces only to set up and trigger a cascade of combos that's super-satisfying so let's take a look at these 2 classic puzzler franchises and figure out which one is superior." - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums
Puyo Puyo gets my vote. I always preferred Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine to Dr. Mario. It was a Sonic themed Puyo Puyo game so that's why I mentioned it.
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Ironic considering Nintendo was the first console maker to embrace the net with Randnet and the 64DD cup.
I think gamers overemphasise the value of online, but Nintendo could offer more to strike a balance. Really, the last thing I want is for Mario Kart 8 to have a bunch of faceless morons hurling racist and homophobic abuse at everyone. It's so commonplace and boring.
One thing Nintendo have done right is not charging for online. I think people/parents will get tired of paying for it on the other consoles and eventually see that as a valuable asset in a Wii U purchase.
Consumers haven't a Sony machine to fall back on for that this time around. I'm sure there will be a very high percentage of parents only realising about the PS Plus compulsory charge AFTER their purchases.
"But our online infrastructure is in another castle"
But that other castle doesn't exist...
Honestly... not. Not everybody likes to play online. I love single player games like Zelda or Metroid. And I don't want these games to go multiplayer just because everything else is that way.
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I still think Pikmin 3 bingo battle online could have been something extra special. It's a shame. Still a good game though but online would have made it sooo much better. I don;t always have a person at home to play against.