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Metroid DS Title Not So Much Online

Posted by Zonk on from the what's-the-point,-then? dept.

The much anticipated Metroid Prime: Hunters for the Nintendo DS has been revealed to be slated to release without multiplayer. 1up.com has the story: "Really, we could have made this game online. But Nintendo's vision of online play is different from that of other companies...We wanted it to be free, easy, and easy to access for everybody. To set up the kind of infrastructure that we needed, and to meet the launch date we have for this game, the two just didn't match."

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  1. It DOES come with multiplayer by NekoXP · · Score: 5, Informative


    Don't people read..

    The references state that it simply won't be INTERNET play. You can still
    jump in with 4 DS (and only one cart..) and play with 3 of your friends,
    deathmatching in the same room or office.

    Just not with your friends thousands of miles away in Japan or South Africa, eh?

    Someone tell me why that is a big loss?

    Neko