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The Top Ten Best Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Games [top ten]
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05/21/14, 01:06 Edited: 05/21/14, 01:05
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Pokémon Platinum/HeartGold/SoulSilver |
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It might seem a bit like cheating to have not one, not even two, but three games as one entry, but the reason for it is that the online portion is the exact same for all three, and all three could link up with one another. Although Diamond and Pearl were the first to bring the Pokémon series online and were a good start, these three games brought it to the next level by including the Battle Frontier, which is by far the most fun thing about Pokémon. In it, there were five different modes in which to team up with a friend and tackle all the hardcore trainers. As every match was a double battle, planning with my teammate was vital, ensuring that our moves compliment each other and don't cause any hindrances, and I had a lot of fun doing so. Combined with the usual trading and battling options made it the complete package.
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Animal Crossing City Folk |
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Animal Crossing is a series I never paid attention to, because it sounded exceedingly boring. When a friend of mine had to take a few months off work to recover from surgery, she told me about a game she had bought to help pass the time, and that it had online play. This game, of course, turned out to be Animal Crossing City Folk. Despite it sounding uninteresting, I decided to buy the game to help her out. It ended up making for the perfect format to talk and hang out, and we had a lot of fun showing off our clothing and houses, and sharing our discoveries of fish, gyroids, and other such things. It's the kind of game that is shaped completely by the people with whom it's played, and those few months were some of the best gaming I've experienced.
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The venerable kart racer zoomed to the Wii in style, bringing with it a robust online as part of its list of additions and alterations. I've never been a fan of this series, but this one stood out way above the rest to me for various reasons, one such part being the online. Upping the total racer count to twelve, there was never a dull moment on the road, with a large assortment of items flying about. Win or lose, I just loved the unpredictability of it all, having to be ready for anything that rocketed my way. With both regional and worldwide options, it was always easy to find players. I joined the GameFAQs board for the game for a few years, and joined in many creative private rooms that set up a lot of great races. And though I typically placed in the back ranks, it was still a tonne of fun. Even battle had its fun moments as I aspired for 9999BR, and the new team setup worked well for online. The leaderboards gave me a glimpse of how my friends were faring in time trials, and we could even exchange ghosts to show each other tactics and shortcuts. The twice-a-month tournaments also helped provide even more reason for popping in the game again and again. Out of all these games, this is the one I'm truly sad to see go. For my taste, it just got nearly everything right, which was far from the case with every other Mario Kart game. At the same time though, it's tough to complain about the value this game brought from six years of free online.
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Some honourable mentions include: Battalion Wars 2, Bomberman Blast, Call of Duty Modern Warfare Reflex Edition, Conduit 2, Dr. Mario Online Rx, Endless Ocean Blue World, Fortune Street, Goldeneye 007, The Last Story, Picross 3D, Tetris DS. Farewell to Nintendo Wi-Fi. I hope that Nintendo Network gets some replacements for these games soon! URL to share (right click and copy)
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05/21/14, 01:06 Edited: 05/21/14, 01:05 |
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@Zero@PogueSquadron Yeah, Mario Kart VII and Luigi's Mansion 2 are Nintendo Network, and can still be played online. This is Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection which is the online for Wii and DS, all 3DS and Wii U games use Nintendo Network so they are still running. @Shadowlink They're honourable mentions at least! Sorry mate, but I didn't feel Goldeneye was better than the two shooters I mentioned. Battalion Wars II is too limited, if it had a full co-op campaign then it would probably be on here somewhere. Or if you knew how to take out bombers. :P @GameDadGrant I have Bomberman Land Touch but I had no idea it had an online mode. If I had known that, I would have tried it! @r_hjort The thing about Conduit 2 is that they made the game more like Halo/Call of Duty and less like its own thing. They added in things like a sprint button and loadouts, which I don't really like, and removed things like weapon sets. So that, to me, makes it worse. |
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NinTemple_Maxi said:I think I played most of these games with you other then PSZero,Black Ops, and Echos of time Mop it up and I think I had the most fun with you playing Monster Hunter Tri and Animal Crossing:City Folk. Monster Hunter Tri for its co-op play and team work and just chatting and having fun with the game.For Animal Crossing I think it was just chatting about what has been going on with our lives and making up various games to play within the game. It was a nice bonding game that brought together the community. Those were the days. You, me, Mop it up and sometimes Thatguy, Golden Phoenix and others over at Nintendo World Report. What a blast those days were. And really, that was a very dark time in my life and being able to interact with you guys and develop friendships was one of the things that got me through those rough spots. I do hope we can have a few reprises down the road in the new games. Mop it up said:@Anand I did try the multiplayer in Zelda Phantom Hourglass, even though I haven't played the single player. I didn't like the controls for Link, but otherwise, it was a fun and interesting setup. I felt like it was harder to play the role of the statues than Link however, but it may just be because I didn't know good strategies yet. I adored the multiplayer for Phantom Hourglass. I had a very high score up until the end. It is a pity we don't see it's style of multiplayer return in some form. You could almost create a full retail release out of all the mini-games and multiplayer offerings in Zelda. "Zelda Party", anyone? |
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Anand said:Monster Hunter Tri would top my list, as well.
@stratos Ooo, it could include Tetra's Trackers and Four Swords Vs. mode, too!
Phantom Hourglass was pretty sweet. I never actually tried Spirit Tracks multiplayer, though. It's a local, 4P variant of the idea, right? Except not asymmetrical?
Those were exactly the other games I was thinking of when I posted that thought. Tetra's Trackers, Four Swords Vs, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, Fishing, Bomb-Chu Bowling, Archery, Cuccu Shenanigains, Horse Races... The list goes on and on. They just finished over saturating Metroid, so maybe we can get an over saturation of Zelda next. ( Half-Kidding ;) ) |
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@Mop it upYeah, it was pretty good - but it was "just" classic Bomberman. Had nothing to do with the main game. Which could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your like or dislike for classic Bomberman. And actually, I just thought of another game that had an online mode that was rather fun and under appreciated: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. It had online co-op Boss Rush mode, which I suppose was kind of a forerunner to Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. |
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