Warp Pipe Launches With Mario Kart Support 28
jkeyes writes "The Warp Pipe project for playing LAN GameCube games online has just released Beta 0.3 for Windows. This is the first release to support Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, contains significant optimization, and even has region-free play, so you can battle against gamers from Japan or Europe - the first Macintosh beta is planned for next week."
Re:Now I might buy a gamecube (Score:5, Insightful)
Nintendo has stated before that they don't feel the on-line world is quite ready yet. What they want to do is avoid a re-occuring cost for the players. If on-line pay means a subscription, and the service isn't like top-notch (lag?), it's not interesting to Nintendo.
I want on-line play too, but at least Nintendo's thinking about their gamers here.
Re:Now I might buy a gamecube (Score:3, Insightful)
Well maybe, I applaud them for not rushing into some half-assed online service that sucks as well as it blows. What worries me though, is from everything that I have heard about the next Nintendo console, The big N has no intention of pursuing any sort of online plan. This might be ok, but they need to leave the option available to their 3rd party developers.
I say include a broadband/modem option(or sell them seperately) and let the 3rd parties forge the online services. Even if Nintendo themselves don't want to make online games they are going to regret it if they castrate the online possiblity entirely.
Having said this, If Nintendo does go after the warppipe developers they are making a very grave mistake. As pigheaded as they can be about some things, I doubt they would do anything that stupid.
This news (Score:3, Insightful)
For 99, I'd get the latest in home entertainment technologyl, complete with online play (even if still buggy, as I presume it is since it's a beta).
Before unleashing the wrath of the DMCA upon these hackers, Nintendo should think about the advantages brought to it's console at absolutely no cost whatsoever.