Show Of Hands: Wii Online

vashivihan · 04-03-2008, 12:34 PM

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Along with many of you, I've been playing quite a bit of Super Smash Bros. Brawl since it's been released. All in all, I'm impressed by the update more than I thought I would be. And the stiff platforming elements sorta grew on me.

But wow. Online play. That's not working too well, is it? Last night, I finally decided to give online a spin. I gave up after trying to join several games and waiting 5 to 10 minutes a pop for other players that never showed. Later, attacking with more resolve, I finally I got into one match—felt like a lottery winner—only to find that lag makes the hyperactive game completely unplayable. So I just wanted to run a quick poll to catch reader impressions of Wii's online services and see if I'm the only one having issues:

the linkage has a poll in it. please go there and select "bad"

wezeles · 04-03-2008, 01:21 PM

HA HA HA all the things you can vote for are just different levels of bad...

I honeslty have not had any real issues with Brawl online. The first day I had one game lag and that was the last I saw of that. Beyond that usually takes me no more than 2 minutes to find a match and start playing, and unless everyone drops out I can play with the same group for half and hour or so without a hitch.

14luke14 · 04-03-2008, 02:26 PM

The poll is waaaay too biased, I have no problems with my online connection no matter what the game... it maybe has a little freeze on a game once in a while, but thats to be expected with the amount of people playing online

13ofHEARTS · 04-03-2008, 07:24 PM

im not having ne problems online either. i havent used it too much, so i probably cant make a true review of online play, but the bit that i did use it, i had no trouble finding matches, and the ones that i played had a little tiny bit of lag, but i wouldnt deem any of them even close to unplayable

CantGetAWii · 04-03-2008, 08:00 PM

I'm not having problems either, but people should add Wii #'s and not play in the Anyone mode then. That way you can add who you want to play against, which hopefully is people who don't live too far away and the match is lag free.

cyberzomby · 04-04-2008, 08:25 AM

What I hate about Brawl random online is that it could just as well been a computer match. Theres nothing that tells you you are playing online. The guy you are playing against could have disconnect right at the start and now hes filled up with a computer >.<