We have been waiting for almost a full year to hear details about how Super Smash Bros. Brawl will play online for the Nintendo Wii. Super Smash Bros. Brawl supports Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection as stated at E3 some time ago. This has FINALLY been confirmed again over at the official Super Smash Bros. Brawl website (smashbrosdojo).
Here are all of the details of Wi-Fi play for Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii...
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wi-Fi Details:
- Play with Friends or With Anyone.
- You can select icons.
- Connect speeds depends on what country each user is from (US, Japan, UK).
- Players can taunt others with messages.
- Playing with Non-Friends will not save stats or you will not ba able to message. :(
- while you’re waiting for a match to start, you can kill time with a little practice on Sandbag.
Detailed Wi-Fi Info:
If you connect your Wii to the Internet, you can enjoy linked battles with distant people! But because this form of communication is greatly affected by the distance between you and your opponent, your brawls may not run smoothly if you’re really far apart—like, for instance, if you’re connecting between Japan and America. The more distant you are, the worse your connection becomes, and the slower it feels. I apologize, but I hope you understand.
This is the main menu for Wi-Fi!
There are two primary connection methods. The names of these methods are "With Friends" and "With Anyone." The menus and structures of each method are pretty different. Wii friends who have registered one another’s names can play together freely. If you’re registered as friends, you can check each other’s status. If a friend is online and you earn his or her consent, you can enter a battle.
You can change your icon and even send short messages during brawls!
Send messages and taunts during gameplay.
These short messages are entered in advance, and you send them by taunting. There are four messages for the four directions on the + Control Pad: Up, down, left and right.
The taunt menu.
With friends, you can brawl any way you like. And there are other modes besides just free-for-alls. You can also battle with people you don’t know who are looking for brawls. The most important point here is that you will not know each other’s names.
If you think of your opponent as a simple scarecrow, any psychological barriers may melt away. Your opponent will not know your name or any information about you, and neither of you can send short messages. There will also be no battle records kept for this mode, so whether you win or lose, it doesn’t matter. Just sit back and play.
Now, while you’re waiting for a match of Super Smash Bros. Brawl to start, you can kill some time with a little practice on Sandbag.
While some may be disappointed by the Super Smash Bros Brawl Wi-Fi details, hopefully we will hear more details from TGS 2007 this week. I am very surprised that there was no mention of voice talk, which is something the Wii REALLY needs for online play. Xbox Live thrives on voice chat during games, it brings the games to a whole new level if you ask me... Guess we will see...
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