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Nintendo dip their Wii toes into the world of online play with an announcement furthering the partnership with middleware matchmaker GameSpy.

 

Whereas Microsoft have embraced online gaming with the mature and feature rich LIVE offering, Nintendo has always been a little gun-shy in this arena.

No more! Up steps the big N, brandishing a proposed GameSpy platform to bring Nintendoites online.  The proposed feature set will include advanced matchmaking, friend rosters comprehensive rankings data and other community features no doubt involving Mii’s.


"This partnership will expand our wireless community of players on Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection," said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. "Millions of Nintendo DS users have already logged on using GameSpy’s technology, and now Wii owners will be able to do the same in a fun and easy-to-use environment."

"Nintendo has been an invaluable partner and we look forward to expanding our relationship with them in the future," said Jamie Berger, Senior Vice President of Consumer Products and Technology for IGN Entertainment. "Our goal is to extend our ground-breaking work on the Nintendo DS to provide Wii users with the social, community and multiplayer tools that we believe will expand the online gaming experience to the mass market."

Pokémon® Battle Revolution, the first Wii game to utilize the technology, launches on June 25, with multiplayer features similar to those leveraging GameSpy technology in several Nintendo DS titles.

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