“The power of Game Boy Advance, the power of GameCube and the power of connectivity. This is why Nintendo will be a great success,” said Nintendo president Satoru Iwata at E3 this year.
He neglected to mention that, in all fairness, the power of connectivity lies hidden within the mystifying world of the Internet, not in hooking up a load of consoles in your living room.
However, it looks like Nintendo’s anti-online stance is wavering somewhat, with the announcement that a deal has been struck with quasi-viral ISP AOL, who will act as the preferred provider of online support for “future GameCube titles.”
Developers wishing to make use of the reams of dusty broadband modules will now receive a development kit from AOL that has been co-developed with Nintendo to enable easy access to the thrilling world of peer-to-peer gaming. As to whether the kit will stick to the GameCube development kits like glue, impossible to remove unless a complete reformat is carried out, remains to be seen.
Hopefully we’ll bring you more details of can be expected from online GameCube in the coming weeks.
He neglected to mention that, in all fairness, the power of connectivity lies hidden within the mystifying world of the Internet, not in hooking up a load of consoles in your living room.
However, it looks like Nintendo’s anti-online stance is wavering somewhat, with the announcement that a deal has been struck with quasi-viral ISP AOL, who will act as the preferred provider of online support for “future GameCube titles.”
Developers wishing to make use of the reams of dusty broadband modules will now receive a development kit from AOL that has been co-developed with Nintendo to enable easy access to the thrilling world of peer-to-peer gaming. As to whether the kit will stick to the GameCube development kits like glue, impossible to remove unless a complete reformat is carried out, remains to be seen.
Hopefully we’ll bring you more details of can be expected from online GameCube in the coming weeks.
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