Today's report from Reuters looks into the issue of Wii's online multiplayer gaming. From the report, George Harrison, Nintendo's vice president of marketing said: "I'm confident there will be third-party titles with online game play by the end of the year. Our first online multiplayer title, 'Pokemon Battle Revolution,' will be out this summer."

While Harrison said plans are underway for Wii online play by summer and end of year, Jamil Moledina, director of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) said "Nintendo's concern is the individual player. There's a danger when you try to match a trend. I think Nintendo's strategy is a good one."

In the meantime, Wii gamers will have to keep with their tupperware-like gatherthings with friends. Is that really a bad thing?

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indeed Written by Guest on 2007-04-05 00:00:00 Im dissapointed by Ninty's ignorance and the fact they would set up a new Online system.

Would have got 360 had I known upfront Written by Guest on 2007-04-08 00:00:00 I totally agree. I love my wii but if I had known it was going to take this long to get online up and running I would have bought a 360. It's fun to have people over but many of my friends live out of state. Nintendo is a fantastic company but they'

Wii online Written by Guest on 2007-04-05 00:00:00 Nintendo needs to get its act together and get the online thing going quickly!!! I would never have bought my Wii if I knew they were going to fail so badly in this area. Would have bought and XBox instead.

Yeah, but... Written by Guest on 2007-05-17 00:00:00 I admit that I've been waiting longer than I hoped, but look at it this way: though online GAMING is taking so long, just think of the online function as a whole. I love all that Wii has to offer, and in my mind, it about evens out. As a matter of fact

actully it already goes online i tired i Written by Guest on 2007-06-24 00:00:00 It goes online now i always use it. I cant bielieve how creative it is i have a fast wireless router    \m/(>.

Written by Guest on 2007-04-12 00:00:00 Of course Harrison is going to say their focus is on "the individual player." He's in marketing (as am I) and knows they don't have a competitive product (or ANY product for that matter) in the online multiplayer space yet.    I love my Wii and the

Bobby Wii Written by Guest on 2007-05-20 00:00:00 Yeah i love my wii however   nintendo is really missing the  mark on this... I WANT ONLINE  for free after this wait does anyone know if they are going to charge for online

nyyankees9322 Written by Guest on 2007-05-14 00:00:00 if call of duty 4 is being made for the wii it should be an online multiplayer game

Annoyed Written by Guest on 2007-04-14 00:00:00 Amazing how easy it was to get the Wii online. Love the games. Great system...    But I was really hoping to golf against friends online, and it doesn't even appear that Tiger Woods 2008 is coming out for the Wii at the same time as other consoles let

Written by Guest on 2007-04-21 00:00:00 is metroid going to be online

richhii Written by Guest on 2007-05-08 00:00:00 come on get wii online...it'd be awsome to play some MoH online

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