UltraDol-Fan
03-13-2007, 12:13 PM
In a press release (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) sent out today, GameSpy has announced it will provide "multiplayer technology" to publishers developing games for the Wii. The middleware allows the same online functionality found in DS games but will include friend rosters, matchmaking, and ranking data similar to Xbox Live. It's about time! Looks like Nintendo is finally willing to share (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) their online service with 3rd party developers.
Nintendo has had a toe in the online world since Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) launched in 2005, but game-specific friend codes and the lack of a central hub have made the service a cumbersome (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) experience. Could this mean the end of friend codes and the beginning of a beautiful online experience?
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Nintendo has had a toe in the online world since Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) launched in 2005, but game-specific friend codes and the lack of a central hub have made the service a cumbersome (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) experience. Could this mean the end of friend codes and the beginning of a beautiful online experience?
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