LogFAQs > #913823355

I tried a few games of online matchmaking on Smash, and the online system is really bad. I hope they fix it. From what I understand, you set your "preferred" rules, and it puts you into a game based on that. My preferred was 1v1, stock, no items, so of course I got put into 4 player free for all games with items on some dumb map with a bunch of hazards. And for every matchmaking game you play, it adjusts your rating based on how you did, so my rating went down for playing an item spam free-for-all game, even though that's not how I wanted to play. It was also pretty laggy.

So as it is right now, the only way to consistently play the modes you want, you have to use the god awful friend code system and go to a message board and find people to play against, and in that mode there's not a rating system. So basically you have to go way out of your way to play against someone that may or may not be near your skill levl.

I don't understand how Nintendo has been so consistently awful at online play, and it's been this way forever. The freaking PS2 online was wayyy better than anything Nintendo has ever done. And it's laughable that they charge for this shit now. I know it's "only" $20 a year or whatever, but the fact that they're charging for a shit service that's 20+ years outdated is a complete joke.