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Title: Nintendo, GameSpy Partner For Wii Online Multiplayer Post by: Tan on March 13, 2007, 09:40:56 AM IGN's GameSpy middleware division has announced that it will be delivering technology that will power friend lists, matchmaking, and ranking to publishers interested in online multiplayer games for the Nintendo Wii.
No more details were announced about the full range of the toolkit announced by GameSpy, or how it will be inter-operable with Nintendo's already-in-place online components such as the friend codes. The two companies did announce that the forthcoming Wii title Pokémon Battle Revolution, to be released June 25, will be the first to leverage GameSpy technology for its online multiplayer features. GameSpy and Nintendo themselves are no stranger to online partnerships, as they have formerly worked together to provide multiplayer technology for the Nintendo DS -- GameSpy's first move into the portable world. Said IGN senior VP of consumer products and technology Jamie Berger, “Nintendo has been an invaluable partner and we look forward to expanding our relationship with them in the future. Our goal is to extend our ground-breaking work on the Nintendo DS to provide Wii users with the social, community and multiplayer tools that we believe will expand the online gaming experience to the mass market.†POSTED: 06.32AM PST, 03/13/07 - Brandon Boyer - LINK (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13115) Title: Re: Nintendo, GameSpy Partner For Wii Online Multiplayer Post by: Tynstar on March 13, 2007, 01:12:44 PM This could be good for the Wii since Nintendo still has their heads up their ass when it comes to online gaming.
Title: Re: Nintendo, GameSpy Partner For Wii Online Multiplayer Post by: Tondog on March 13, 2007, 02:43:06 PM This is great news! Gamespy would do a much better job with getting the Wii multiplayer going than Nintendo ever could dream of. Hopefully it's all ready to go when Brawl and Metroid Prime 3 comes out.
Title: Re: Nintendo, GameSpy Partner For Wii Online Multiplayer Post by: TraderJake on March 13, 2007, 03:12:26 PM Dear Nintendo:
Don't fuck up the online plan. Most Sincerely, The Gaming Public. Title: Re: Nintendo, GameSpy Partner For Wii Online Multiplayer Post by: Tan on March 13, 2007, 09:01:41 PM Dear Nintendo: Don't fuck up the online plan. Most Sincerely, The Gaming Public. There's a good reason Gamespy is the unwanted bastard child of online services. Let's hope Nintendo doesn't inherit any of those character traits. Title: Re: Nintendo, GameSpy Partner For Wii Online Multiplayer Post by: The Metamorphosing Leon on March 13, 2007, 10:26:48 PM Blech, Gamespy always sucked.
GL '''TENDO! Title: Re: Nintendo, GameSpy Partner For Wii Online Multiplayer Post by: JWKobayashi on March 16, 2007, 08:19:45 PM Well, they used Gamespy for the DS, and look at what happened with the friend code mess.
Nintendo, sure some of your games are for kids, but c'mon already. |