No Online Coop for Call of Duty: World at War on Wii

[Spawndemon]

WiiHD has reported that the Wii version of Call of Duty: World at War will not feature online coop. Take a look:

"JD", a community manager for Treyarch, has confirmed that the Wii Version of Call of Duty, World at War (WaWii), will feature only 2 player offline coop, rather than the 4 player online coop found in the PS360 versions. In a prior interview with Joystiq, Treyarch told us this:

"But, [the Wii Version] will be the exact [same] experience except for the changes that we need to make for the controls and everything else. (emphasis WiiHD's)"

"And everything else" seems to encompass quite a bit. We warned you not to count on a full feature set for WaWii until you actually see it with your own eyes.

As for a reason why the Wii won't be getting 4 player online coop, JD claims that they opted for more impressive visuals, and in the process had to sacrifice the feature set. The specifically cite DX9 shader tech for the impact on online play.

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[Piemaaan!]

Re: No Online Coop for Call of Duty: World at War on Wii

Luckily I don't have a Wii then :)

Good find.

[thejeran]

Re: No Online Coop for Call of Duty: World at War on Wii

No PC CoOp? WHY?!

[Piemaaan!]

Re: No Online Coop for Call of Duty: World at War on Wii

if you are serious, it means PC offline Co-op. you can Co-op online and via LAN on PC / Consoles.

[The Defeatest]

Re: No Online Coop for Call of Duty: World at War on Wii

So am I right in understanding then that there will be no online co-op for PC?????
seriously WTF???

[MrKLM]

Re: No Online Coop for Call of Duty: World at War on Wii

There is something called reading.

No Online Coop for Call of Duty: World at War on Wii

There is no word yet on the PC version so dont worry.

[imported_Whiskey]

Re: No Online Coop for Call of Duty: World at War on Wii

Where are you guys getting any worry about PC from? As far as I've read, this speaks only specifically about the Wii.

If you're focusing on this specific line:
"...rather than the 4 player online coop found in the PS360 versions",
keep in mind that was made by the WiiHD website, not Treyarch. Since WiiHD is a console-focused site, it makes sense that they would only compare the Wii to the PS3/Xbox360, and not even mention the PC.

I think some of you guys are jumping the gun and panicking over nothing. Until Treyarch specifically gives bad news about PC, I wouldn't worry. People need to read the entire article instead of freaking out over one sentence.

[AlecJ32]

Re: No Online Coop for Call of Duty: World at War on Wii

I guess this is one of the places the Wii's low end hardware has hurt it. The Wii has a mere 729mhz RISC-based IBM CPU, if I remember correctly. That's nowhere near the power of an Xbox 360 or a Playstation 3.

I will say, despite it's meager hardware, the Wii does an exceptional job as a gaming console. The devs really do get as much out of it's hardware as possible.