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A lot of people have been waiting anxiously to see what kind of Online support Nintendo will have. A lot of the Wii's future success seems to be riding on how well their online play works. Nintendo seems to be taking it very seriously as well and have formed a partnership with GameSpy to make sure everything goes smoothly. GameSpy sent out a press release yesterday announcing that they will provide "multiplayer technology" to 3rd party publishers for the Nintendo Wii. Some of the functions will be friend rosters, matchmaking, and ranking data, which is quite similar to what the XBox Live service is doing. Nintendo has also said that they will provide additional services such as in-game chatting and global competitions. I for one am very glad to see this happening and it gives me hope that Nintendo may just get it right after all. I know a lot of people have been worried about "friend codes" getting in the way but this may not be the case after all. Here's to hoping they get it right.

Nintendo partners with GameSpy for enhanced online play - gamespy

Credit to RoosterJCrowley for the find

OMFG! YES NINTENDO YOU ARE SMART!

Man this is looking like Online is going to rule! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

God I'm happy right now! YES!

a good move for nintendo

I couldn't agree more

Way to go nintendo!! Mabye they actually do listen to use! Wii-online FTW!!

EEEEEEEEEE!

I'm still excited! Especially since I'm part of TAGC so I have a feeling I'll be playing some online game! =D

I know this will make some of you sad but take a look at this artical...

The good folks over at GoNintendo are referencing an informal interview by one "Falafelkid", whom they claim to be as reputable as they come. He has apparently spoken with some GameSpy PR people (whom we have attempted to contact and failed miserably), who will be partnering with Nintendo to provide online functionality in upcoming games. The grim, grim news?

Falafelkid: Just one last question to make absolutely sure I have got this right, please. 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, right?

GameSpy: The answer to your question is yes, for the Wii friend lists are game-specific.

Ughhhhh. We don't want to take this as fact, but the mere prospect leaves us depressed and in a need of a rainbow or something to cheer us up. The Wii maintains an internal friends list as is; why can't games simply access said list and use it universally across the platform? Why, Nintendo, why?

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If you ask me, its a load of crap.....I'll belive it when i see an officall anouncement from nintendo......

I agree mr. luben...that's crap. just some loser trying to get attention.

D:<
Please to not being true. If it is though I won't really be angry because this is still better than what I was expecting.

Well, although it may seem bad compared to XBL and PSN, at least we can compare it to PS2 online, although it may have sucked in some cases, it is better than alot of people expected

Wow, I would have to say this is one of the smartest things nintendo has done in a while.

now all thats left is voice, and there online would be good enough for me!

I don't expect Nintendo to surpass XBox Live but I just hope it will be usable and not make me waste so much time trying to set up an online game. I'd love the chat feature in games as well!

WOOO go nintendo..

this has made my day..i was worried about the online for quite some time,because i thought nintendo would take care of the online on their own and make it realy realy restricted

Rumor has it that codes are game specific:

"When asked via email if Wii friend rosters were console specific (read: logical, usable, accessible, you know, fully operational), a representative from Nintendo's online partner replied by saying, "for the Wii friend lists are game specific."" -- Joystiq.com

If true, way to suck Nintendo!!

who gets a wii for online gaming? lol

I didn't, but I'd get smash bros for it. Otherwise I don't think I would, I'm ok with the GC version, unless there be better characters (Snake, 0 Suit Samus and Wario haven't sold me)

Scroll up and you will see that i already posted this.....

Yeah, it's in your post somewhere, do you want a cookie?

Get me one too, chocolate chip pudding please.

Wait but how do we know there talking about Friend codes here? They say "Friends Lists" This could easily mean that you simply have to look up their name and add it to your list for each game.