Wii online gaming: No unified gamertags?
Several hours ago, GameSpy has announced that in line with their partnership with Nintendo, they would be providing game developers for the Nintendo Wii with their online gaming services. This was welcome news during the report, and Falafelkid from Nintendo Revolution blogs just got off the horn with GameSpy for new details regarding the new Wii online service. As the company said to Falafelkid during the inquiry:
GameSpy’s technology does allow for features that could span multiple games. With the Nintendo Wii, however, the multiplayer features are title-specific.
GameSpy further said that the aside from multiplayer gaming, each game’s friend’s list would also be title-specific, which basically means that (as Falafel kid has put it) “If I have a friend roster in one game, that roster will not be available to me in any other game. I have to build up an entirely new list for each title”. This announcement also applies to Pokemon: Battle Revolution, which will be the first to make use of the Wii’s WiFi technology.
Considering that the Wii already has an established online community by way of the Miis, the decision to make friends lists game-specific is coming off as rather strange. Just keep in touch in case we pick up more details on this new detail.
Several hours ago, GameSpy has announced that in line with their partnership with Nintendo, they would be providing game developers for the Nintendo Wii with their online gaming services. This was welcome news during the report, and Falafelkid from Nintendo Revolution blogs just got off the horn with GameSpy for new details regarding the new Wii online service. As the company said to Falafelkid during the inquiry:
GameSpy’s technology does allow for features that could span multiple games. With the Nintendo Wii, however, the multiplayer features are title-specific.
GameSpy further said that the aside from multiplayer gaming, each game’s friend’s list would also be title-specific, which basically means that (as Falafel kid has put it) “If I have a friend roster in one game, that roster will not be available to me in any other game. I have to build up an entirely new list for each title”. This announcement also applies to Pokemon: Battle Revolution, which will be the first to make use of the Wii’s WiFi technology.
Considering that the Wii already has an established online community by way of the Miis, the decision to make friends lists game-specific is coming off as rather strange. Just keep in touch in case we pick up more details on this new detail.
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