Numerous reports from many disgruntled Super Smash Bros. Brawl across the Internet reveal that many are having trouble with the game's online mode, specifically when attempting to battle online against random opponents during peak hours (evenings and weekends). If you've been affected, head inside to find out how Nintendo is addressing the issue, with advice and tips included.
Masahiro Sakurai, the director of Super Smash Bros., explains why he believes online play isn't a good fit for the series.
I feel bad for Smash fans. Those guys have been trying to maintain the scene active for 20+ years and get nothing but hate from Nintendo.
Sakurai explains how he and Nintendo still don't understand how the internet works.
FTFY
Exactly, online play would be wonderful on Smash if Nintendo gave a crap about their online services. To be fair though, Nintendo's online offerings would be great if it were 15-20 years ago lol.
I've always said that Nintendo is either innovative and ahead of the curve
or 20 years behind, no in between
I’m sorry, but if a game is MP then there’s no f*cking argument that can justify no online MP. What he says about competition being different from just playing with friends shows me how out of touch these people are.
It’s not until a new generation that understands things steps in to clean-house that we’ll see some evolution here.
His argument is nonsensical. "You'd be limited to just playing people from your region". As opposed to being limited to playing people FROM YOUR COUCH!
What I don’t get is how do you not have competition and experience the same issue if you have a friend that’s way better than you?
It's a big fighting game so online multiplayer is a must. Competitive smash is the only thing I see fun in these games anymore asides from the big character reveals, singleplayer is laughable and you ain't gunna have people over for couch gaming much.
If Nintendo makes a new smash, it needs a huge evolution for singleplayer/couch play to be enjoyable for me any more. But we all know they'll just do a deluxe edition for their next console lol. They really need to up their servers as well.
I can't imagine Nintendo producing a better smash game than ultimate. Roll it forward with a deluxe edition maybe with an extra character or two and call it a day.
Some other developers can try pushing platform fighters to the next level, because I don't think Nintendo is up to the task.
They already created a better smash brothers game than ultimate when they created melee
he sounds more like is trying to justify Nintendo ineptitude to create a proper network infrastructure in order to Smash Brothers work properly online.
Back in January, fans of Smash Bros Melee got treated to an online tournament event and now it's time for a Brawl-themed tournament event in Ultimate.
Mike thinks certain games go unappreciated in favor of other games in the franchise. Let's fix that, shall we?
srry u ppl must have DSL
But now, they're a little better.
I managed to get my first all 4 human player match online.
There was some lag, but still, there are a lot of people on, and I'm sure as time progresses, and more people buy into Brawl, there will be better server's available.
With that said, when you play a Private game with just friends, the game is flawless. Ultimately, private games are what matters most because of competition with friends, and Nintendo being lame and not including Leaderboards.
I don't think the problem will be solved until nintendo understands what online demand means. They should set their servers up like microsoft's 360 if they want to keep people happy cause i have the same problem.
i dont have any problem too
the online system is a joke. you can't even find an online match. and the friends code thing is a joke too.