Wii gets no online third-party games until 2007

Gamers hoping for an online component in third-party games like Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, are in for bad news, because one isn't planned.

Why? Because Nintendo will not release Wii Wi-Fi Connection libraries to third parties until early 2007. Which might mean that no third party launch title aside from maybe Ubisoft's Red Steel and of course Nintendo's own games will have an online mode. (Red Steel, Wii)

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