Post by: Ninja X on April 23, 2003, 06:52:37 AM
Online, to me, is much better than LAN. LAN is fun and all, but online lets you play against a braod userbase at any time. Eight friends are hard to gather, especially during the school year.
This could have been the game that could launch Nintendo's online feature. But, alas, the cost of setting up online is too much. This game alone cannot pay off the cost of online. Still, if Nintendo and a couple other third-parties has more promising multiplayer games lined up after Mario Kart, I do not see the harm in setting up online. The games could pay off the cost of online and finally gve GCN owners who do not have a Xbox or PS2 the chance to go online.
I doubt we'd be seeing that anytime soon though...
Post by: Uglydot on April 23, 2003, 07:10:42 AM
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Post by: Michael8983 on April 23, 2003, 09:42:13 AM
Is it basically just connecting two or more Gamecube's over a phone-line? Is it limited to local areas or could you play against someone over a distance?
Post by: Spyjuice10 on April 23, 2003, 09:48:11 AM
but for this Mario Kart game, u'll also need two copies of the game (one for each system), i also think two TVs (each system will be hooked up to a serperate TV)
having 8-player split screen on one TV is useless...heh
and no, u will not be able to play someone over a distance (that would be WAN [wide area network]) unless u get online through gamespy
Post by: ThePerm on April 23, 2003, 09:53:20 AM
Post by: Nintendo Gamecube on April 23, 2003, 11:50:09 AM
Most LAN's are used to sharing the internet, but they have also been used to connect computer to computer without the service cost of a internet.
All you need is a Broadband Adapter per console. Then you get ethernet cables (known as CAT 5 cables or RJ45 cables. You can clerify any mess at the store, when you go to purchase them.) Once that is done, you connect the cables to the adapter.
I'm note sure if the cables connect console to console, or you use a device to connect the consoles such as a Router or HUB. Maybe someone else can help us out with that.
Post by: Ninja X on April 23, 2003, 12:03:50 PM
Post by: Scyth3r on April 23, 2003, 12:09:02 PM
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I'm note sure if the cables connect console to console, or you use a device to connect the consoles such as a Router or HUB. Maybe someone else can help us out with that.
Well I'm not sure how the GC is setup but to direclty connect two computers you would need a crossover CAT5 cable. While if you hooked up em up through a hub or router, you can use standard CAT5 cables. Regardless, the price is neglible (only a few bucks difference.)
I really do hope Gamepsy makes use of LAN tunneling software. If not, I would think some person or another would set one of these up as long as Nintendo doesn't restrict it.
Post by: Don'tHate742 on April 23, 2003, 12:15:48 PM
I don't care for online as long as the game has a LAN option cuase there are ways of playing online.
Post by: EggyToast on April 23, 2003, 12:20:55 PM
I hav ea 53" widescreen HDTV, and I can play splitscreen already -- TV, DVD, or whatever on one side, GC on the other. So I'd just need another GC, set up the TV to have GC 1 on the left, GC 2 on the right, and tada! 8 player split screen, and each person has their own little 8" TV or so
Post by: manunited4eva22 on April 23, 2003, 01:33:42 PM
Nintendo Gamecube is dead on about LAN gaming. Take his advice.
Post by: kennyb27 on April 23, 2003, 01:44:24 PM
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Post by: AngusPodgorny on April 23, 2003, 02:10:01 PM
You might not need Gamespy or other special software to play Gamecube LAN games over the net. It may just work out of the box (like Phantasy Star Online). It depends on how they're implemented. We'll have to wait and see.
-Angus
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Post by: EggyToast on April 23, 2003, 03:57:24 PM
Gamespy provides software to do just that, using your computer, for other systems.
It's not a perfect system, obviously, but for those who don't have a lot of friends with days of freetime, it's a good way to get some competition.
Post by: Ninja X on April 23, 2003, 04:01:34 PM
Meanwhile, I hope you all know Mario Kart will probably use only one television. Two people share the same mini-screen, since co-op seems to be the theme of the game. The reason two GCNs are necessary are for eight controllers.
Post by: The Omen on April 23, 2003, 04:52:30 PM
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Gamespy would be very valuable if Nintendo used them for online services. But I doubt that any time soon.
Didn't gamespy already say they were supporting the GC, or planning to? There was a thread about it a month or 2 ago that had some info on this. Does anyone remember?
Post by: Ninja X on April 23, 2003, 05:29:28 PM
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Gamespy would be very valuable if Nintendo used them for online services. But I doubt that any time soon.
Didn't gamespy already say they were supporting the GC, or planning to? There was a thread about it a month or 2 ago that had some info on this. Does anyone remember?
Gamespy did say they were supporting the GCN. I meant if Nintendo really helped them set up online services for the GCN, as in partial funding, extra programmers, and such.
Post by: Bloodworth on April 23, 2003, 09:13:29 PM
