September 24th, 2007 by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News, Nintendo Wi-Fi
By now, we should have learned never to expect online multiplayer, or really, any online capabilities at all in Wii games, and yet still we hope. Is an online tennis-type sports game too much to ask for? Apparently, yes; Rockstar has confirmed that their Wii version of
Table Tennis will not feature online multiplayer.
So what gives? Why is Rockstar's
Table Tennis port lacking the online mode that graced Xbox Live?
"All the focus is going into making it the most advanced control system on the Wii," said Rockstar reps, in what has to be the most disappointing explanation of the month. It's not like the two are mutually exclusive. The real question here is who's at fault -- Nintendo or Rockstar? -- but we may never know if it's the Wii's basic online infrastructure or lazy developers looking to put out ports as quickly as possible and using controls and "family-oriented" play as an excuse to avoid extra work.
The upcoming Top Spin Tennis doesn't look like it's set to feature online play, either; every time we see the game mentioned, the focus is on that "family-oriented" play, which, in our experiences, means forget connecting with anyone outside your home. We may be waiting a long time to take some sort of tennis or table tennis game online at this rate.
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January 1st, 1970 by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Features
We spent yesterday going through the
big releases that've been announced for next year so far --
Smash Bros. Brawl and/or
Wii Fit likely topping your personal "must get" list -- but what about the second-tier games that don't usually receive much press or attention?
Though
we haven't forgotten about the low-key releases, we've collected a selection of games and media to ensure that these titles stay on
your mind too! Read on for our top ten list of awesome 2008 games that you totally forgot about!
We spent yesterday going through the
big releases that've been announced for next year so far --
Smash Bros. Brawl and/or
Wii Fit likely topping your personal "must get" list -- but what about the second-tier games that don't usually receive much press or attention?
Though
we haven't forgotten about the low-key releases, we've collected a selection of games and media to ensure that these titles stay on
your mind too! Read on for our top ten list of awesome 2008 games that you totally forgot about!
Posted in , EA, kikikaiworld, rockstar, cing, kingstory, marvelous, projecto, ubisoft, joystiqfeatures, civilization, firaxis, 2k-games, vanillaware, Electronic-Arts, eidos, majesco, dr-mario, wii-ware, blast-works, blastworks, ninja-reflex, Bully, scholarship-edition, backbone, budcat-creations, left-field-productions, monster-lab, nitrobike, oboro-muramasa-youtouden, starfish-sd, town-factory, tumiki-fighters, ufo-entertainment | No Comments »
