Is it impossible to play across the pond?

[Deathwizar]

Actually it is there second venture into online on a home console.

The Gamecube was supposed to have 90% of it's games online when it was first released. Obviously this failed, and there is only a handful of games that can actually be played online (such as Phantasy Star Online)

You are partially correct but not. Yes Game cube did do online however Nintendo did not do any of the equipment or stuff itself. The game companies them self were suppose to handle it on there own servers etc. The only thing Nintendo did was give the game cube a port to do it on. This time Nintendo is putting there own games online.

 

[FRuMMaGe]

You are partially correct but not. Yes Game cube did do online however Nintendo did not do any of the equipment or stuff itself. The game companies them self were suppose to handle it on there own servers etc. The only thing Nintendo did was give the game cube a port to do it on. This time Nintendo is putting there own games online.

Mario Kart Double Dash has an online function.

Well kind of, it had a LAN function. If you set up a VLAN (virtual local area network) you could play friends over the internet

 

[Deathwizar]

Mario Kart Double Dash has an online function.

Well kind of, it had a LAN function. If you set up a VLAN (virtual local area network) you could play friends over the internet

1. this is getting way off topic even if this did all require Nintendo to have servers etc. it's nothing compared to Microsoft's equipment etc.

2. Yes Vlan which means there is no server involved. This means it simply makes a lan connection (Vlan just makes your lan extend to another network via the internet) over the internet. There are still no servers. Still nothing that would help with this.