Miyamoto - On Online Wii Play
New, different types of networked, online play promised
Will we ever be able to properly play Wii games online with Nintendo-loving friends and colleagues across the world? According to the one and only Shigeru 'The Promiser' Miyamoto we will.
Miyamoto explained to a recent GamePro interviewer:
So, as has always been the case with Nintendo, they want to do something new, something different with networked, online play. This is exciting.
The fact that they will continue to be annoyingly vague about it in public announcements and interviews (at least, until they have it figured out themselves!) is the unexciting bit.
Let us know in SPOnG's Forum your thoughts and random ponderings on how you think Nintendo will or should address the issue of networked, online Wii play in future.
Do you even want to play (motion-controlled) Wii games online? Or are you happy enough playing against others in the same room?
Miyamoto explained to a recent GamePro interviewer:
A lot of people have the misunderstanding that Nintendo is not interested in network gaming. What we are interested in isn't so much the idea of creating a game that is online and networked in a way that we have seen online up until now. We are really more interested in this idea of having the household television connected to the Internet constantly via the Wii. I think you are going to see a lot of new possibilities for new types of entertainment, such as new channels for the Wii in that type of network environment.
I think that will give rise to more social-based communities including those created by users, which is going to be a very interesting and exciting area for us to explore.
I think that will give rise to more social-based communities including those created by users, which is going to be a very interesting and exciting area for us to explore.
So, as has always been the case with Nintendo, they want to do something new, something different with networked, online play. This is exciting.
The fact that they will continue to be annoyingly vague about it in public announcements and interviews (at least, until they have it figured out themselves!) is the unexciting bit.
Let us know in SPOnG's Forum your thoughts and random ponderings on how you think Nintendo will or should address the issue of networked, online Wii play in future.
Do you even want to play (motion-controlled) Wii games online? Or are you happy enough playing against others in the same room?
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Ditto 3 Apr 2007 12:22
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I think that will give rise to more social-based communities including those created by users, which is going to be a very interesting and exciting area for us to explore.
So, as has always been the case with Nintendo, they want to do something new, something different with networked, online play. This is exciting.
Does it really sound that exciting or new? Really?
majin dboy 3 Apr 2007 13:16
2/4
i tell u what i think....nintendo have a big gap they NEED to improve if they want continued success,people are getting pissed of at the wii (pardon the play on words) for having really only one must have game since launch. nintendo have a real oppertunity,cmon nintendo give us a service to rival live.talk to the people/the gamers and give us what we want,i think we deserve it.
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realvictory 3 Apr 2007 17:08
3/4
Nah, I think Nintendo know better than you. Otherwise, why don't you make your own games that are more successful? :P
People think they know what they want, but they are only inspired by what they already have played. The people whose jobs it is to create entertainment are (hopefully, but likely) much more imaginative, which is why they make better i.e. more interesting stuff. Also, why would they even want to copy someone else, when they could make something totally different, that is also better? ...You could just buy an XBox?
Although they obviously aren't making something totally new from scratch (there's not much point), what I'm sure they will do is take existing technology and use it in subtly new ways, like they've been recently doing.
Nintendo (and other companies) do often make decisions that seem s**t to people who play the games, but their job is to create new things, not just do what other people tell them. Ideas you have are ideas they've probably had a thousand times before - they want to make something that goes even further beyond that (even if sometimes it turns out to be rubbish).
They do have a big gap to fill though - but I also think they always will have a gap to fill - because they make a new thing, people play it and get bored, then instantly want something newer, so they're always striving to catch up, I think.
For example, the Wii controller is fun to start with, then once you get used to it, what more can be done with it? Or the Virtual Console, which was a brilliant idea, people take for granted nowadays. In the same way, online gaming won't instantly fix everything - you'll get used to it, then ask for something else. I think (hope, really!) Nintendo are looking for the best solution.
People think they know what they want, but they are only inspired by what they already have played. The people whose jobs it is to create entertainment are (hopefully, but likely) much more imaginative, which is why they make better i.e. more interesting stuff. Also, why would they even want to copy someone else, when they could make something totally different, that is also better? ...You could just buy an XBox?
Although they obviously aren't making something totally new from scratch (there's not much point), what I'm sure they will do is take existing technology and use it in subtly new ways, like they've been recently doing.
Nintendo (and other companies) do often make decisions that seem s**t to people who play the games, but their job is to create new things, not just do what other people tell them. Ideas you have are ideas they've probably had a thousand times before - they want to make something that goes even further beyond that (even if sometimes it turns out to be rubbish).
They do have a big gap to fill though - but I also think they always will have a gap to fill - because they make a new thing, people play it and get bored, then instantly want something newer, so they're always striving to catch up, I think.
For example, the Wii controller is fun to start with, then once you get used to it, what more can be done with it? Or the Virtual Console, which was a brilliant idea, people take for granted nowadays. In the same way, online gaming won't instantly fix everything - you'll get used to it, then ask for something else. I think (hope, really!) Nintendo are looking for the best solution.
matt 1 May 2007 14:47
4/4
They're choking on this. If Mario Party 8 isn't online, then they're basically saying to me "since you have no friends you can't play this game." So because all my friends grew up, I'm out. Yes, I could buy a 360, but still can't play Mario Party there. I bought a ps3 and haven't been on the Wii since. I'm not aksing for a miricle, just one online game. JUST ONE.