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Boo Destroyer
Posted 12/12/2012 8:16:24 AM
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-12-12-nintendo-land-devs-explain-lack-of-online-support
Hejiru206
Posted 12/12/2012 9:00:07 AM

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1080 Snowboarding? Wow. That would have been surprising.

“Nintendo Land’s multiplayer attractions work because of the communication shared between the people playing them,” Eguchi said, “so they were set up from the start to be something people in the same room could enjoy.”
“We’ve played the games with a ‘no talking’ rule in place,” Shimamura added, “and it’s amazing how much that changes the balance, even with us devs.”


Because there's no such thing as online chat.

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SirNiko
Posted 12/12/2012 3:37:21 PM
I also suspect Nintendo was hoping to replicate the success of the Wii by encouraging lonely gamers to bring their systems over for Thanksgiving dinner and play with their family. If you have online play available, you might not bother to bring it with you because you already got your fill competitive play.
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Mario maniac
Posted 12/13/2012 3:44:06 AM
Hejiru206 posted...
1080 Snowboarding? Wow. That would have been surprising.

“Nintendo Land’s multiplayer attractions work because of the communication shared between the people playing them,” Eguchi said, “so they were set up from the start to be something people in the same room could enjoy.”
“We’ve played the games with a ‘no talking’ rule in place,” Shimamura added, “and it’s amazing how much that changes the balance, even with us devs.”


Because there's no such thing as online chat.


Reminds me of that "reason" why Peach isn't playable in NSMB games. These developers sure like to offer flawed logic for leaving out features in games.
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Boo Destroyer
(Topic Creator)
Posted 12/13/2012 8:05:32 AM
Mario maniac posted...
Hejiru206 posted...
1080 Snowboarding? Wow. That would have been surprising.

“Nintendo Land’s multiplayer attractions work because of the communication shared between the people playing them,” Eguchi said, “so they were set up from the start to be something people in the same room could enjoy.”
“We’ve played the games with a ‘no talking’ rule in place,” Shimamura added, “and it’s amazing how much that changes the balance, even with us devs.”


Because there's no such thing as online chat.


Reminds me of that "reason" why Peach isn't playable in NSMB games. These developers sure like to offer flawed logic for leaving out features in games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSoABxDQPPI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnU2lUmAO08