29th May 2005, 9:23 PM
On multiplayer, yes I agree online support is great for games that already have multiplayer. lazy was suggesting something odd though, adding online support to single player games. I'm not sure how that would even work.
Upon thinking more about it, I can see a few things which I will list.
Multiplayer added to those games is pretty much out.
Inviting a guest to watch you play is... interesting, but in the end I really don't care about something like that, nor do I think anyone is really all that willing to watch me play Tetris.
Downloadable content... That's something... However I really doubt that as well. They might as well code a whole new thing, and if they are doing that, why bother asking you to download what is essentially not needed?
Other people being able to see that you are online and invite you to a different game that actually has multiplayer? Now THERE is a feature they can do. Basically "pause" the entire emulation to pop up an out of game window informing you of the invite, or if you really don't want an interruption, a small icon can be superimposed on the image in the corner of the screen telling you there is an invite without pausing the game.
Really though, the biggest option I can think of is downloadable games that are brand new and make use of the Revolution's power. That would need a really large storage device unless you really don't care about things like... decent textures. Anyway, this just brings us back to Nintendo really needing to include, with the system at launch, some manner of massive storage.
Upon thinking more about it, I can see a few things which I will list.
Multiplayer added to those games is pretty much out.
Inviting a guest to watch you play is... interesting, but in the end I really don't care about something like that, nor do I think anyone is really all that willing to watch me play Tetris.
Downloadable content... That's something... However I really doubt that as well. They might as well code a whole new thing, and if they are doing that, why bother asking you to download what is essentially not needed?
Other people being able to see that you are online and invite you to a different game that actually has multiplayer? Now THERE is a feature they can do. Basically "pause" the entire emulation to pop up an out of game window informing you of the invite, or if you really don't want an interruption, a small icon can be superimposed on the image in the corner of the screen telling you there is an invite without pausing the game.
Really though, the biggest option I can think of is downloadable games that are brand new and make use of the Revolution's power. That would need a really large storage device unless you really don't care about things like... decent textures. Anyway, this just brings us back to Nintendo really needing to include, with the system at launch, some manner of massive storage.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)