12-17-2006, 10:29 AM
I just came across this article on IGN about Pokemon Battle and I found some distrubing news. Apparently when you want to play online against people you must add a seperate friend's code (not your Wii code) in order to play with them. Below is the part of the article I'm talking about and you can read the whole article by clicking on the source at the bottom.
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Online battles in Battle Revolution are just like the offline kind, except your opponent is being controlled by a real person rather than the computer. Your current battle pass serves as an identity card of sorts when fighting online. In addition to your nickname, you can record your birthday, location and a short self-introduction. Following battle, you have the option of exchanging battle passes with your rival; this is how you get your hands on the friend passes that can be used in the free battle mode.
You have two battle options available to you for online play: battle a randomly chosen opponent, or battle the people in your friend list. There's no actual lobby where you can see how many players are currently doing battle under the various rules of play. I presume Nintendo wants to keep people from getting too close to strangers online.
When battling against a friend, you have a few extra options. Prior to battle, you enter a lobby which lists who's currently online, who's currently in battle, and who's currently searching for sparring partners. There aren't any chatting options -- an unfortunate oversight, given the ease of text input through the Wii-mote.
Strangely, despite the Wii hardware having its own friend list, Battle Revolution uses its own, independent friend list. Each game includes a unique 12-digit friend code, different from your Wii system number. To create a friend, both sides have to input the other's code. How you actually go about exchanging these codes is a mystery, as the information is not included on your battle pass. Once again, I presume Nintendo wants you to only exchange codes with your real life friends.
You have two battle options available to you for online play: battle a randomly chosen opponent, or battle the people in your friend list. There's no actual lobby where you can see how many players are currently doing battle under the various rules of play. I presume Nintendo wants to keep people from getting too close to strangers online.
When battling against a friend, you have a few extra options. Prior to battle, you enter a lobby which lists who's currently online, who's currently in battle, and who's currently searching for sparring partners. There aren't any chatting options -- an unfortunate oversight, given the ease of text input through the Wii-mote.
Strangely, despite the Wii hardware having its own friend list, Battle Revolution uses its own, independent friend list. Each game includes a unique 12-digit friend code, different from your Wii system number. To create a friend, both sides have to input the other's code. How you actually go about exchanging these codes is a mystery, as the information is not included on your battle pass. Once again, I presume Nintendo wants you to only exchange codes with your real life friends.
