Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Impressions

This Christmas I really wanted a Nintendo DS and a copy of Mario Kart. Having received both of those items this holiday season, you could easily guess how eager I was to try Nintendo's new online service for gameplay. Much to my surprise, I was a bit disappointed. The first thing you'll notice when going online with Mario Kart is how slow it takes to try and locate three potential competitors for you to race with. Once you've found someone to race against, it's smooth sailing from there! Mario Kart's biggest upset with online play is that you are limited to racing only! Not only is it impossible to select the gameplay mode, but you also cannot configure any CPU players to compete against. Don't get me wrong. Having human competition is by far the way to go, but it would be nice to be able to do a balloon battle rather than racing over and over again and again. Head-to-head play makes up for this by allowing you to configure the gameplay mode, difficulty, and even a few other rules. Next on my list of grievances is Animal Crossing. Being a huge fan of this game for Nintendo GameCube, I was thinking that this game could have no flaws what-so-ever. However, tonight I wanted to go online and have a virtual meet-up in my brother's town. We could not, for the love of Tom Nook, get our connections to work properly! My town's gatekeeper kept telling me something along the lines of, "This isn't working right now, so you can try again, but it's probably not going to work, so maybe you ought to find something else to do with your time, like writing about how bad the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection sucks with Animal Crossing!" Lo and behold, you're reading about that now. At any rate, despite the early frustrations, Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection seems promissing. The limitations are a deliberate attempt to prevent bad people from messing with you, your children, or chopping down all of your fruit trees. I have nothing but faith that future Nintendo releases that utilize the wi-fi connection will be fine. I'm ranting just to rant.

14 Comments:

At 4/22/2013 11:18:00 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

By dividing up the party at several peoples houses you
make it easy on yourself. You make different challenges like scavenger hunts, food challenges, mazes and races.
The game would begin with them watching the collapse of society and the outbreak
of magic around the world.

Here is my website; movers

 
At 5/08/2013 07:48:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Also the collar is important and should be taken into consideration when you are shopping for sun protection
shirts. Nobody wants to see someone walking around in a bra and underwear or boxers.
It depends, at least in part, on the class river you're going to be headed out to raft.

My web blog: water shoes

 
At 5/09/2013 08:32:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fashion Games of Teen Girls Interested Are Fun These challenges are at times shared amongst buddies.
Even Halloween parties with the very best Halloween costumes can get dry after everyone's seen the costumes to be seen and passed out the candy to the beggars. Cranberry studios developed this sequel while publisher Anaconda brings it to you in stores.

Also visit my webpage bankofamerica com

 
At 5/10/2013 06:26:00 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

' Satanic Ritual - Decorate the space with human sacrifice, goblets of blood, pentagrams, and things draped in black. The game was released on August 3, and is in stores now, but probably is where it will remain, sad to say. Now, one of my co-workers was applying to the Secret Service and I knew that I was down as a reference for her.

Feel free to surf to my web blog - international development

 
At 5/15/2013 12:35:00 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

One thing that you should practice, and the only time that I believe you will
dump your kayak will be when exiting and re-entering the boat.
Some fishermen just take a rod and a few lures along and others like to bring lots of gear along.
Kayaks can also be classified as ocean kayaks, Hobie kayaks, river kayaks,
and tandem kayaks.

Feel free to visit my blog post: home improvement

 
At 5/26/2013 06:32:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

The decor on the inside of the restaurant is absolutely beautiful.

You must definitely be planning to make it special and memorable by keeping a good theme, ordering the best food and choosing the best games.
They feature almost nightly drink specials and some form of entertainment every night
of the week--DJ's, live music, trivia, you name it.

Feel free to visit my website ... pub quiz archives

 
At 5/26/2013 10:58:00 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

In other words, they go against the grain of the careers their parents had.
You must definitely be planning to make it special
and memorable by keeping a good theme, ordering the best food and choosing the best games.
The buccal cavity is a small cavity that has neither jaws nor teeth.


My web-site :: pub quiz austin texas

 
At 5/27/2013 01:22:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

The only hurdle to accessing this is of course human limitations and the fact that the brain does not function solely as
a learning tool for the human being. At the end of each round read out the cumulative scores.
Her father, Bruce Paltrow, produced the critically acclaimed TV series that is considered the precursor
to many medical shows today, St.

My blog: pub quiz austin texas

 
At 5/30/2013 11:53:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Also, we need to determine the rounds of the quiz according to it.
At the end of each round read out the cumulative scores.

8.

Feel free to surf to my homepage - Fun Pub Quiz Names

 
At 5/31/2013 11:40:00 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Some were practical, of course, but others were psychological and
emotional. Local country clubs are offering trivia fun for as
little as forty dollars per couple. Ask your local club to run
this for you.

Feel free to visit my webpage - pub quiz amsterdam

 
At 6/08/2013 03:44:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

In that case, this kind of question should not be taken from any show telecasted in specific country.
Below are listed a few popular pubs where one can chill in Mumbai.
28.

My website great pub quiz names

 
At 6/09/2013 08:35:00 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

The decor on the inside of the restaurant is absolutely beautiful.
Popular prizes include sports tickets, cash and vouchers for
drinks, food - and dollars off of tabs. The food is decent and the drink specials on Tuesdays include $2.


Feel free to surf to my weblog; great pub quiz names

 
At 6/15/2013 11:18:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Some were practical, of course, but others were psychological and emotional.
You must definitely be planning to make it
special and memorable by keeping a good theme, ordering the best food and choosing
the best games. 8.

Feel free to surf to my weblog: free pub quiz and answers

 
At 8/06/2014 07:01:00 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

My family members all the time say that I am killing my time here at net, however I know I am getting know-how
every day by reading such nice articles or reviews.


my website: diy improvements ()

 

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home