Cubed3 2002 - 2009 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:32:12 GMT-1 Latest 10 posts made in this topic. http://www.cubed3.com/ http://www.cubed3.com http://www.cubed3.com/images/button.gif 31 88 jb@cubed3.com (Jorge Ba-oh) en-us http://www.cubed3.com/topic/62234<br/><br/>Besides actually being factually wrong, we don't know the complete details of these games anyway. http://www.cubed3.com/topic/62234On a random technical note, if Googles (now Apaches) Wave protocol caught on, it would make online multiplayer for this stuff a lot easier to make.<br/>(it essentialy allows the realtime sycning of XML data between dozens of users. If that XML data contained co&#45;ordinates and status of Pikmin, you have your multiplayer half done) http://www.cubed3.com/topic/62234Starcraft and any RTS game on PC from the late 90s?<br/> http://www.cubed3.com/topic/62234A game does not need online to be good. Why dont people ever realize this. Putting online into Pikmin 3 would ruin it. http://www.cubed3.com/topic/622343 games in and no effort to even try to put online in, Nintendo really are falling in the pits. http://www.cubed3.com/topic/62234I'm also not sure Pikmin 3 would work online, but it is worrying that the WiiU is only just beginning and we already have Miyamoto saying "no online multiplayer" for a big game.<br/><br/>As long as it doesn't become a habit like it was this gen, I'm not complaining. If Mario Bros and other big Nintendo games get some good online modes and integration I'll be happy&#45; Pikmin isn't something I've ever craved online for. http://www.cubed3.com/topic/62234I hope they have the option of 4 player co&#45;op/battles, 2 player just isn't enough sometimes.<br/><br/>Online would be nice, but it's probably not essential (I'm not a huge fan of online gaming in general though, with a few exceptions). It would be interesting to hear a bit more about the reasons, because, as others have said, every PC RTS game since the mid&#45;90s has had some type of online multiplayer. http://www.cubed3.com/topic/62234<br/><br/>I agree. :)<br/><br/>I was directing it at Pikmin 3. I personally think it's not the sort of game that particularly needs online multiplayer. I'd rather them focus on the single player experience, though that said, I wouldn't have minded if they put it in either. Either way, I'll definitely be getting no matter what. :D http://www.cubed3.com/topic/62234Definitely not all Nintendo games need online &#45; the likes of Zelda and Mario with their own solid single player campaigns can go without, obviously. <br/><br/>That said, they could perhaps have included leader&#45;boards &#45; some sort of speed&#45;run rankings, especially for Mario &#45; level records would be awesome.<br/><br/>Now for games where multiplayer is a strong component &#45; like Mario Kart, it is, imo essential. Mario Kart Wii would be on the shelf if it wasn't for online. Pikmin 3 I can understand it being offline given it's got a strong enough solo campaign, but I do feel it would be a great way of showing the gaming community that Nintendo mean business &#45; right from day 1 &#45; when it comes to online play.<br/><br/>I love online &#45; I would hate to do bots all day, so boring. Even MK Wii with it's limited communication system still feels more human, and I love it. All Nintendo multiplayer games should go online imo &#45; Mario Kart works great, others can surely follow without much hassle.<br/>( Edited 12.06.2012 01:04 by jb ) http://www.cubed3.com/topic/62234To be fair these NSMB games would be quite good with online since the recent NSMB games have co op. I'm not saying it's needed but it'd be pretty good just to pop online with some randoms or friends to do a couple of levels.