Post by: NWR_pap64 on June 07, 2009, 01:35:50 PM
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=18812
Nintendo has sent Wii messages to players across the United States indicating that on June 30 they will stop accepting player created stages, snapshots and replays for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The official Super Smash Bros. Brawl website has also confirmed the news.
The feature has been available since the game's release in March of last year. The service allowed players to submit their replays of their best times in "Break the Targets" and "Home Run Contest" modes, snapshots they have taken during gameplay, and their custom stages. After that, Nintendo would distribute them across the world.
Despite the service ending at the end of the month, Nintendo will still keep sending players replay data, custom stages, and snapshots as long as players allow their Wiis to receive new content. Players can also exchange content with each other if they have exchanged Wii and Brawl friend codes.
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on June 07, 2009, 08:49:44 PM
Post by: MegaByte on June 07, 2009, 08:55:16 PM
Post by: Mop it up on June 07, 2009, 08:58:54 PM
Still lame to lose such a large component of a big-time game so early.They are still sending out user submissions, they just aren't accepting any new ones. I'm guessing they have received too many to sift through...
By the way, was this news really posted 7 hours ago? I don't recall seeing it...
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 07, 2009, 09:31:39 PM
They are still sending out user submissions, they just aren't accepting any new ones. I'm guessing they have received too many to sift through...way to reword my reply from your thread bump :P
By the way, was this news really posted 7 hours ago? I don't recall seeing it...
& i think they are "back dating" articles. its the staff way of making it seem like they had this news posted before you bumped some old thread to make them aware of it ;)
truth is that the article may have been posted on the main page (but who checks that anymore?) already and just got posted to the forum just now. but they use the time stamp from the front page posting, and thats why its looks like it was here way before it was
Post by: NWR_Lindy on June 07, 2009, 09:53:28 PM
Anyways...
This is pretty weak. What, Nintendo couldn't afford another hard drive? Pffft. As always, Nintendo giveth and Nintendo taketh away.
Post by: NWR_pap64 on June 07, 2009, 10:00:38 PM
This is pretty weak. What, Nintendo couldn't afford another hard drive? Pffft. As always, Nintendo giveth and Nintendo taketh away.
Its not really a game breaker. I doubt those that play Brawl spend their whole time submitting stuff to Nintendo. Plus players will still receive content from Nintendo and the service will go on.
The game has been out for a year now, I am sure they have received more than enough content to supply gamers till the release of SSB 5 on the Wii 3 .
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 07, 2009, 10:13:47 PM
From what I've heard, its a bunch of TreeHouse employees that are sifting through all that user generated content and they have way more content than they need as it is (they are backlogged). If they run out of content to distribute, after they are done sifting through it all (for penis shaped levels and things of that sort), they can always open up the service again. But as of right now, they need to put some Treehouse employees to better use while they sort through the backlog.
Post by: Mop it up on June 08, 2009, 12:18:34 AM
If they could find a way to automatically sort out the obscene submissions then they would have a lot less to look through...
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on June 08, 2009, 12:34:10 AM
The timestamp on the post is from when the story was first created on the site. So in a case when stories are entered and edited on the site itself (not what we usually do), its post time will be old unless somebody manually updates it.
Anyways...
This is pretty weak. What, Nintendo couldn't afford another hard drive? Pffft. As always, Nintendo giveth and Nintendo taketh away.
Many companies take away online functionality from a game period. If you look at any recently EA or Take2 published game, it will say in the fine print on the back of the box something along these lines: "Any online features require internet connection, may be retired on 30 days notice, and may not be available to all ages." That's actually what it says in the fine print on the back of the GTA:Chinatown Wars box.
Post by: Michael8983 on June 08, 2009, 07:14:48 AM
Has the actual online multi-player improved or is still as slow, laggy, crash-y as it used to be?
Also, how have its sales held up? It clearly hasn't had anywhere near the staying power on the charts that Wii Fit, Wii Music, and even Mario Kart Wii have had (which is sad) but I hope it's at least keeping up with Melee.
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 08, 2009, 07:22:09 PM
Post by: Mop it up on June 08, 2009, 07:45:41 PM
1. Has the actual online multi-player improved or is still as slow, laggy, crash-y as it used to be?1. If anything it is worse now.
2. Also, how have its sales held up? I hope it's at least keeping up with Melee.
2. Unfortunately it has sold at a faster pace than Melee but it seems to finally be dying out now.
Post by: TJ Spyke on June 08, 2009, 09:25:07 PM
Post by: Mop it up on June 08, 2009, 09:31:55 PM
That's just me though. ^_^
Post by: broodwars on June 08, 2009, 09:49:02 PM
Because I disagree that it is a great game. I think it is a shoddy, watered-down sequel overstuffed with filler content that lost its focus of multiplayer, charm, and fun, and is undeserving of sales and praise.
That's just me though. ^_^
Eh, my only problems with Brawl were that the Online multiplayer is borderline unplayable and that the stage design really took a dip with this one. Otherwise, Brawl is better in pretty much every conceivable way.
As for the topic at hand, I don't see the big deal. Nintendo's probably just sick of being deluged by mountains of Brawl submissions. They could probably spend the rest of the Wii's lifecyle just putting out new player submissions and...dare I say...re-releasing stages they've already featured. Hell, considering these things are out for only a single day it's not like most people would know the difference.
