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Nintendo To Stop Taking Brawl User Content

Posted Sun, 31 May 2009 by Jonathan Wahlgren

Gonzo on June 30

Gonzo on June 30

No new stuff after June 30.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a game absolutely packed with content, is about to lose a nice little feature soon.

Over at the official Brawl site, this nugget has appeared:

As of June 30th, 2009, the current service that accepts user-generated snapshots, stage designs, and replay data will no longer be available. Please note, however, that we will continue to distribute such data after that date.

It's unfortunate to see this part get cut, but at least we've all got a month to finalize our masterpieces. Better get those compromising Mario/Sonic snapshots in sooner rather than later, folks!

Source: gonintendo.com.

Tags: Wii, Online Play.

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User Comments

pixelman

1. pixelman United States 31 May 2009, 00:44 BST

I don't own Brawl, but that'd probably suck for you that do.

VGP

2. VGP United States 31 May 2009, 00:48 BST

Come on Nintendo. ):

Twilight Crow

3. Twilight Crow Mexico 31 May 2009, 00:52 BST

Who cares?, It wasn't such a great feature anyway, and I can't even play the game on my wii now, nor on my best friend's wii, nor on his girlfriend's wii, seriously that Dual-layer game knows how to break a first edition wii.

Ricardo91

4. Ricardo91 United States 31 May 2009, 01:01 BST

I was wondering why I stopped getting levels and photos when I went on Brawl's online a few days ago. I don't care really though. It was cool seeing people's levels and insane videos, but you couldn't save any of them, and they were gone after a day...

Kawaiipikachu

5. Kawaiipikachu Australia 31 May 2009, 01:02 BST

@Twlight Crow
You & your friends should sent in your Wii's to recieve repears .

Koto

6. Koto United States 31 May 2009, 01:07 BST

ugh damn,i never really used it that much but it was a nice little feature,they better somehow make the servers a lot better in compensation for this thing

Terranigma

7. Terranigma United Kingdom 31 May 2009, 01:08 BST

Oh well, never really used the sharing features. Doesn't matter much to me.

koopa85

8. koopa85 United States 31 May 2009, 01:23 BST

Huh. SSBB is so packed with content that I didn't even realise this feature was in the game. I couldn't give a fig that they are taking it away. Those of you who are whining about Nintendo taking away this service need to read the community rules, says Prosody

TourianTourist

9. TourianTourist Germany 31 May 2009, 01:27 BST

Well, you can still download custom content to your SD card. If you're looking for stages and that stuff go for example to allisbrawl.com

Objection_Blaster

10. Objection_Blaster United States 31 May 2009, 02:31 BST

I'm surprised that so many people are indifferent or oblivious to this feature. You even play the game? ;) Anyway, it's not a huge deal but I don't see why they need to cut it. The game's only a year and some months old.

Big A2

11. Big A2 Australia 31 May 2009, 02:47 BST

I knew it had to happen sometime, they couldn't do this forever, but why so soon?

Tony

12. Tony United States 31 May 2009, 03:23 BST

At least you can still trade levels and photos with people on your friends list

Adam

13. Adam United States 31 May 2009, 03:43 BST

I can definitely live without these features, especially since they'll still be updating it with already submitted content. The only thing I still check on rare occasion is the daily stage, and usually I don't like it anyway. It's hard to make a fun level. The best stages are the simple ones, but those look boring when user-created due to the lack of theme.

wanderlustwarrior

14. wanderlustwarrior United States 31 May 2009, 04:40 BST

@koopa85: nobody's whining.

This was a pretty quick removal of the service. Maybe it would've lasted longer if they didn't highlight stages/photos that suck, or maybe if they showed epic fights in the replays. target test and home-run were old news. I hope the online servers are somewhat better, otherwise i don't see the point.

JohnshiBRPG

15. JohnshiBRPG United States 31 May 2009, 04:48 BST

Randomly selected content by the big boy? I do not think it is such a good idea, and thank goodness we have our own fan-dedicated sites with download-able stages.

chunky_droid

16. chunky_droid Australia 31 May 2009, 06:05 BST

Meh, I never used the on-line component for Smash Brawl myself.

NESGamepro

17. NESGamepro United States 31 May 2009, 06:27 BST

This is something that worries me about modern games with online components. What happens to them when the company gives up on them? It's not like the old school where you invest in a game and it works forever, games that rely on online are a short term purchase in the grand scheme of things.

Kim Jong-Il

18. Kim Jong-Il Australia 31 May 2009, 06:30 BST

@ Johnishi
We have our own fan-dedicated sites with download-able stages!?!?
LINKY PLZ!

Twilight Crow

19. Twilight Crow Mexico 31 May 2009, 07:30 BST

@Kawaiipikachu
Thanks for the advice, but right now here in Mexico that service is expensive, I had problems with Brawl since I got my pre-ordered copy of the game, so I send my Wii immediately after I heard about a "temporary wii's free service for people having trouble with Brawl", it returned working perfectly, but now after several months, mine is having problems again, and my friend's Wiis just started to have them, currently the only game my wii can't read is Brawl; as it seems the maintenance will be needed periodically, so we all were gonna wait, but, sadly, my best friend's Wii suddenly stop reading any games; he'll get it repaired, as soon as he gets some money.

Bensei

20. Bensei Austria 31 May 2009, 08:36 BST

Come on, it was available for just a year (seeing it from Europe's side)!

But I have to admit that it wasn't the best feature...

Mario maniac

21. Mario maniac Australia 31 May 2009, 09:37 BST

It's a shame they're cutting this feature, but I never used it anyway... so I don't really have the right to complain. Still, I don't see why they've cut it this soon.

Starwolf_UK

22. Starwolf_UK United Kingdom 31 May 2009, 10:33 BST

The worst thing when you think about it is South Korea never legitimately (in the eyes of Nintendo^1) got the chance to submit anything since the game isn't out there yet (its not clear if/when they'll get it the release schedule is that wonkey over there I mean they just got Mario Kart Wii and are about to get Wario Ware Smooth Moves)

^1-Imports and pirated copies are easily available there if you know where to look (well, pirated copies are easier to find...)

Charlie The Unicorn

23. Charlie The Unicorn United States 31 May 2009, 12:29 BST

I never even noticed this feature.

Wiiloveit

24. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 31 May 2009, 13:17 BST

I used to love sending in my stuff with the hope that one day others would recieve my goodies... however I stopped recieving new things months ago, so I haven't seen the need to play every day like I used to do. Hmm... I suppose I'll try and get back into the habit for these final 31 days... although at least we'll apparantly still recieve new stuff afterwards!

zss_shadow

25. zss_shadow Canada 31 May 2009, 15:34 BST

Er? The Dojo announcement made it sound like
A) It's going down for only one day
B) They'll be fixing the service/expanding it in someway
Please note, however, that we will continue to distribute such data after that date.
Are they really shutting it down..?

Pikamander2

26. Pikamander2 United States 31 May 2009, 19:23 BST

The stages were always boring, and the snapshots were never anything special. It's not really that big of a loss.

Rally

27. Rally United States 31 May 2009, 21:21 BST

I have Brawl, but i dont havez intrantez.

lolololololololololololool

Ian Daemon

28. Ian Daemon United States 01 Jun 2009, 14:29 BST

Honestly, that feature wasn't much of a big deal. I play Brawl online all the time, but I won't miss the watered-down "Nintendo approved" user stuff...

nintendo87

29. nintendo87 United States 01 Jun 2009, 16:35 BST

maybe they are going to fix the lag online!!!!!

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