Super Smash Bros Brawl is online! WiFi Play modes confirmed with friends and anyone worldwide

18 September 2007

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Posted by:Ferry

Super Smash Bros Brawl supports online via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection worldwide. If you connect your Wii to the internet, you can enjoy linked battles with people far away, according to the game’s director Masahiro Sakurai. He apologizes in advance to people playing online multiplayer against each other from long distances (like between Japan and America) because those people could have a slower battle because of internet lag.

Online multiplayer “With Friends”:
Wii friends who have registered one another’s names can play together freely. If you’re registered as friends, you can check each other’s status. If a friend is online and you earn his or her consent, you can enter a battle. You can change your icon and even send short messages during brawls! These short messages are entered in advance, and you send them by taunting. There are four messages for the four directions on the + Control Pad: Up, down, left and right. — With friends, you can brawl any way you like. And there are other modes besides just free-for-alls.

Online multiplayer “With Anyone”:
You can also battle with people you don’t know who are looking for brawls. The most important point here is that you will not know each other’s names. Your opponent will not know your name or any information about you, and neither of you can send short messages. There will also be no battle records kept for this mode, so whether you win or lose, it doesn’t matter. Just sit back and play. — Now, while you’re waiting for a match to start, you can kill time with a little practice on Sandbag.

There are actually a number of other online play modes planned, but those will be revealed gradually when the new modes are announced before launch.