Quote (pkboi309 @ Wed, 20 Feb 2008, 04:19)

Well, he didn't want people to kill all the noob for ranking lol.

Iwata: It was quite surprising. (laughs) To me, online gaming had always been a place for the strong. One person would be living it up while hundreds or thousands of people were unhappy. I can’t completely reject this model of course, but as long as things remain this way, online gaming can spread only so far no matter what you do. I mean, even if people thought it looked interesting, most would hesitate to get involved and stay lingering on the sidelines.

Sakurai: Right.

Iwata: Therefore, we tried to think of ways to avoid this form of online gaming and ways to fashion an environment in which parents would feel safe letting their children play games online, debating at length on topics like how to create an online environment free of harassment. As a result, our concept of the WFC slowly began to take shape with two separate modes of play; players could play with friends or play with people they don’t know. It would be more about the fun of sharing rather than simply competing. Amazingly, these were the proposals I found in the first document you gave me.

Sakurai: That’s right. When people think of playing Smash Bros. online, they think about battling opponents to see what happens based on their record of wins or losses, or about holding tournaments online. But I felt that this would make it a service from which only a select group of players could derive enjoyment. For Smash Bros., there are small communities here and there where there’s fun in winning and losing, even when there are more skilled players than others. But if you make an environment where everyone is trying to climb their way to the top of a single tall mountain, it’s clear that the people having fun would be limited to a small number of individuals.

Iwata: Those in the top five might feel pretty good about themselves, but what happens if you’re number 15,398 in the rankings? People considered formidable in their own particular community wouldn’t be the least bit pleased.

Sakurai: Furthermore, since Smash Bros. is likely to have a broad gaming base, those that enjoy playing it within their own community might still end up number 100,000 in the rankings.

Source: http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/ssbb/vol3_page1.jsp

Quote (The_Chao_Master @ Wed, Feb 20 2008, 08:22am)

now we just kil n00bs for fun

no real difference you know

its actually stated that people are gonna D/C for ranking and real fights can't be held that way

but they should D/C= insta loss

Quote (pkboi309 @ Thu, Feb 21 2008, 03:20am)

Still, playing random people is better than playing the same old people that you know. Hope I have time for SSBB when it comes out...

Quote (Nibb @ Thu, Feb 21 2008, 10:09am)

i agree, its still gonna be great

Quote (blue_fire @ Thu, Feb 21 2008, 11:44pm)

ya it will


16 DAYS

Quote (Nibb @ Fri, Feb 22 2008, 01:19am)

does ny1 know if the servers are going to be split?

like between usa, europe, asia?

since there's no rankings i doubt it, but maybe becuase of lagg issues?

(im from holland btw, have to wait fckin ages)

Quote (pkboi309 @ Fri, Feb 22 2008, 07:11am)

Probably, since people have to connect to the Japanese server if they want to play wifi right now. They can't play random battle they have to do friend battles and it lags them badly.