Monster Hunter 3 WiiU has region locked online multiplayer (NA/EU cant play together)
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Just Demon's Souls, as the servers were split up between three different publishers. For Dark Souls, co-op and invasions are handled through peer-to-peer connections, which allows for worldwide online play at the expense of stability. Dark Souls 2 is going back to a server-based setup, but since they have Namco as a publisher for the game in all regions, it should be universal with no issues.
I was already on the fence with how the game doesn't support local multiplayer without a 3DS (If 360 ports can do it..), nor off-tv play with the gamepad (it was a one-screen game on everything but the 3DS..), this solidifies it: no preorder 
Played tons of Tri online with a UK friend who got a US copy. Nintendo region lock is BS.
Played tons of Tri online with a UK friend who got a US copy. Nintendo region lock is BS.
I was already on the fence with how the game doesn't support local multiplayer without a 3DS (If 360 ports can do it..), nor off-tv play with the gamepad (it was a one-screen game on everything but the 3DS..), this solidifies it: no preorder
Played tons of Tri online with a UK friend who got a US copy. Nintendo region lock is BS.
Isnt it just region lock with that specific version? If they get another US version you'd be able to play with them just fine?
Also for the EU crowd worrying about finding people, didnt MH3 sell alot there as well? I know even in NA at crazy early or late hours, there was always some sort of hunting going on.
As long as they also have a NA region Wii U, they should be able to play with people in the US, assuming that an IP lock isn't in place.
Kacho
Member
Why isn't this Capcom's fault but Nintendo's?
What are the odds of me getting a reply to this question?
Little Green Yoda
Member
Wouldn't be surpising. TvC's netcode was sooooo bad.
Must be fun hunting monsters in OP armor. Getting two or three shotted by a monster isn't uncommon especially if you get locked into a combo.
Also, if you don't think lag matters at all in MH, you must never have tried hammering a teleporting monster online. Small amounts of latency can be adjusted for; large amounts is extremely frustrating and ruins the MH experience.
walking fiend
Member
wasn't Persona Arena also region locked?
It's a relative thing. Players are damage sponges when you consider how long it generally takes a monster to two or three shot you compared to being killed in a shooter.
Lag matters, but it doesn't mean a moderately high ping matters. IIRC teleport lag doesn't start happening until your ping is in the 500+ area and you can't get much above that before your connection becomes unstable. Quality of internet service matters here far more than physical distance between the players.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Lets just say you have a better chance of winning the lottery.
The disc was region locked. The online was not.
All Wii U discs are region locked.
MightyKAC
Member
Obviously it's Capcom's fault for implementing this region locked multiplayer BS but Nintendo DOES share some of the blame for allowing this stupidity to go on in a game that it honestly NEEDS to do well.
Because even if it is Capcom's game I'm willing to put money on the fact that Nintendo's got at LEAST that much say in it's execution. I just don't think they thought it was that big of a deal.
I guess time will tell if it actually is or not.
One of the only things Nintendo has going for them with 3rd parties is freedom over online implementation and updates compared to Microsoft and Sony.
Like the hat?
Banned
Wait, it doesn't have off tv play? That was the main reason I wanted it for wii u!I was already on the fence with how the game doesn't support local multiplayer without a 3DS (If 360 ports can do it..), nor off-tv play with the gamepad (it was a one-screen game on everything but the 3DS..), this solidifies it: no preorder
Played tons of Tri online with a UK friend who got a US copy. Nintendo region lock is BS.
gamethriller
Banned
Who cares.....
Shin Kojima
Banned
Read the thread and find out!
dglavimans
Member
Now i hope that people in europe will play online....
I'm pretty sure Nintendo doesn't tell/have a say how other companies choose to make their own games.
Same Microsoft, same with Sony. You have to use Ad-Hoc to play the PSP games online because Capcom couldn't even be arsed to implement it themselves.
test_account
XP-39C²
Yeah, i think this is just Capcom's design choice in the game, trying to reduce the chances that people will experience lag when playing against other online.
I wonder what will happen if you send a game invite to someone in another region.
I wonder what will happen if you send a game invite to someone in another region.
"User does not exist"
Ok, i see. Thanks for clarification.
use a potion/drug and someone uses a powder/horn inmediately after
someone flees the area at the appearance of a second monster
get surprise hit by a renoplos or other small monster while focusing on the large monster
someone ask for an item they should have brought along from the beggining (whetstone, cold drink, tranqs, etc.)
Kill a monster that was supposed t o be captured
Ban Puncher
Member
I just pre-ordered yesterday.
Guess I'll cancel it tomorrow.
Guess I'll cancel it tomorrow.
RagingAvatar
Member
You know, I've been on GAF for a few years now (but don't post *all* the time)..
And GAF tends to get upset, sometimes rightly so, and gets stuff done.
Brothers and sisters of GAF, this is a call to arms, get it done.
Get Capcom to patch this and change it so we can play with our friends around the world!!
And GAF tends to get upset, sometimes rightly so, and gets stuff done.
Brothers and sisters of GAF, this is a call to arms, get it done.
Get Capcom to patch this and change it so we can play with our friends around the world!!
Meesh
Member
malingenie
Member
Holy crap, do you even grammar?
Edit: That was mean.. I must be having a bad day at work. But here:
-Affects instead of effects
-Their instead of there
-Use commas
agreed. anyone have cold drinks????
