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Gamecube MMORPG Back From the Dead

Posted by Zonk on from the you-don't-have-the-adapter-and-it-won't-be-released-here dept.

Drakken writes "GamesAreFun.com is reporting that Chunsoft has updated their Homeland website with three new movies, two of them showing off online play. For awhile, Homeland (a GameCube MMORPG) was thought to be cancelled, but it seems it's alive again. This is significant because Homeland will be only the second-ever online GameCube game, making use of the GC's broadband adapter." Probably a JP only release.

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  1. Re:Nintendo's biggest problem by Guppy06 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Gamers want online gameplay. Nintendo says "we are sure that gamers aren't ready for this yet""

    No, Nintendo says "Here's the broadband adapter and here's the modem. If you want anything else, go bug the game companies." The reason we're not seeing as much online games on the GCN as we have on the PS2 and Xbox is that Nintendo isn't bending over backwards to run everything but the servers (or even the servers as well), instead expecting game companies to take a PC-esque "Do it yourself" approach.

    And in many ways this is the same tactic they're taking with the DS: wireless capabilities are provided, but they expect the software companies to be the ones to do something with it.