Joystiq is reporting that the Wii U eShop game, Cubemen 2, will feature online multiplayer as a few eShop games have already. What makes this particular game unique is that it will be the first game to allow Wii U owners to also play against people playing on PC, Mac, and Linux as well. This is an interesting breakthrough, especially for Nintendo, who is notorious for lacking online support a lot of the time. The game has no price yet on the Wii U’s eShop, but on Steam it’s already available for $7.99.
This isn’t the first game to feature cross-platform play as Monster Hunter 3 allowed for 3DS and Wii U owners to battle it out. But it is the first to allow for multiplayer gaming against non-Nintendo systems. Could this be the start of a new trend this generation? Would you like to see more eShop games with this feature? Or better yet, full games with cross-platform multiplayer? Sound off in the comments!
Wow, that’s an interesting new feature…
Uhh hello! well dont forget this feeature was all reddie in ps3 with portle 2 and PC cros plat form
the sad thing is nobody knows about it and nintendo gamers are more informed than ever.
Uhh hello! yes this is tru!
I approve of this.
Me to. cross platform play needs to be bigger among third party games
woah
That is awesome :O
At least Nintendo aren’t arrogant enough to either make online cost OR limit it to Wii U only.
I remember console fags bitching in Shadowrun when going up against PC users. Good times even if the game was ass.
Uhh hello! this look really cool and now mother cud play on wii u wile i play on pc and wii both be happy and smiling and laghing together because i love her. :)
you must be a really big fan if you’re here everyday.
Uhh hello! i havent bin on for a bit because i was grounded from using the pc and phone :( but my punishmint is over because mother loves mii!
ok your still a big fan though
Uhh hello! i love my nintendo news! every1 on here is like familie to mii. even tho wii fite sum times and have disagreements wii stil love each other so much and were their to give each other a lending hand because wii love one another and every one hear is like my best frend, brother, sister, and uncle. <3 :)
Love is in the air!
And it is spreading like a virus too! I don’t know that is a good thing or not though.
More like spreading like cancer D:
Uhh hello! Shut the fuck up
Uhh hello! Sexy Bob is just up set because he was adopted into the familie. lil sheet.
wait, i have another brother now
Its good and all but question still remains, is the game any good?
well the game is out on steam so check the reviews on youtube or something.
I have the first one and it is a good but hard tower defense (more like the original flash ones, not like Orcs Must Die) game. If you like that type of
Holy Shit!!
This is great but I wont think the big three would want there consoles to cross play
Microsoft is the only one who has a problem allowing it beyond Final Fantasy XI and one other game, I think.
This is why we see cross-platform functionality between PC and PlayStation, mainly. Good to see that Nintendo platforms are getting in on it too.
I doubt we’ll see a day when Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo will allow cross-play between the three of them though. At least, not any time soon.
As far as I know, it has to do with some type of fee to get a service on Xbox Live (the same reason why you need and Xbox Live Gold account to use stuff like Netflix and Facebook).
I believe that is why PS3 players got a Steam code for Portal 2 when they bought that version, but not Xbox users.
It’s not so much the fees (which are also a factor) but the fact that Microsoft likes to have a closed network, strictly controlled or lorded over by them.
Third party games with cross-play, or MMO’s can’t really have all that going on to be efficient, so Microsoft doesn’t like to work with them. It’s why we see more MMO’s, games with cross-play, and free to play games going to other platforms.
Yes microsoft has a closed network with live but its weird for a company that has an OS widely used by computer company to have such a network. Seems like something apple would have.
That would be awesome! So I can play with Simply G whenever he is not tired. :P
Sorry I meant whenever Simply G is playing the game then I can play with him regardless which console he is playing on since I love him, I mean like a friend you know. (Whew, that was a close one.)
I think you mean other game is BlazBlue.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/243279/blog/pc-version-of-blazblue-has-cross-play-with-xbox-360-why-dont-more-games/
Problem is they had to pay to get the game to cross platform play on the Xbox 360 while on Wii U and PS4 its free.
Neat,Ive never heard of this feature.If an indi company can do this why not big publishers?
Valve was gonna do it with counter strike go but microsoft refused if i could recall. So then it dropped the cross play with xbox/ps3/pc.
Maybe now that we can get three big platforms to interact, this will be more common.
Well the good news is that it is becoming more popular.
OK! Now bring Pso2 to WiiU using this feature, if they do that i throw my Vita into trash can.
You got PSO2 for your Vita? I was waiting for a English release but… you know…
I do, it’s great.
English release is in the making now too I believe. This is why I love Sony, none of this crappy region locking :D
I dont have it im waiting english release, i dont understand japanese other than subarashi chin chin mono and btw sony sucks almost like microshit, the only reason why i bought vita was english release of pso2. I wanna throw my vita to trash can.
Oh, you’re a nintendork too. That’s no good. Well I hope Wii U never see’s PSO2 then :D
So both the PS4 (the most awesome and Powerful gaming console) and the Wii U ( the most epic and innovative console) can do Cross-Platform Play yet the Xbox One can’t?… Microsoft is the next Sega ;)
PS4 players vs WiiU or co-op play in monster hunter 5, now that would be epic. Leave the Betamax, VCR cable box out of this. They xboxone owners will have to pay again just to multi-console game with us lol.
everyone says the wii u is dead and nintendo is dead but really, microdick is doomed. they are already in a pit
i just noticed how weird that sounds….think about it…..
Is there actually any cross-platform game coming to PS4 neither? If you have to pay for online gaming it’s propably more closed than it was on PS3.
I’m very happy about cross-platform between Wii U and PC for this game because then there can actually be players online.
Interesting. Is this possible for Xbox vs PS vs WiiU?
Possible? From a technical standpoint, yes. Will it happen? No.
Why does the Dragon’s Crown cannot do this from the technical standpoint? Is the protocol different from the PS Vita version and the PS3 version?
PS4 can do Cross Platform play as well, the Xbox One is the only one that CAN’T do it XD
The problem is Microsoft has some type of fee to allow their service on their console, (think about why you need a Gold account to use Facebook or Netflix with your Xbox)
Why doesn’t more games do this?! It’s genius!
Well I say it is genius for gamers but from the business point, probably not. Think about it. Everyone will be buying games for console with free online than the online that required a fee.
That doesnt make any sense though. Whats stopping them from buying a console with free online right now? Because the games dont have cross play? They’ll just have their own matchmaking pool, is all.
You do make a good point.
Pretty cool.
Oh yeah i’ve had this idea and talked about it for years with friends. Never thought it would happen.
This is SO cool! Day one purchase!
Yes, I think it would be an excellent idea if all game’s multi-player servers could be connected together. It would certainly make for some amusing situations; Nintendo fans vs Playstation vs Xbox vs PC….. charge! :D
First off somebody please ban bensanders! Second this is great news and will hopefully open the doors for some more interesting ways to play in the future.
Uhh hello! EXCUUUUUUUUSEEEE MII! well youve got one heck of a nerv! wat did i ever due two you?!!
When you say he has “Nerv” are you referring to N.E.R.V. Head quarters where they keep Adam and are using Evangelions to initiate the Third Impact?!
Is this a game reference or a bible reference?
This is a reference to an anime that have reference to the bible. The anime is called Neon Genesis Evangelion and the name is basically sum up the the bible references. It is a sci-fic anime show. I don’t want to spoil what it is about.
:D !!!
You are just annoying and a troll and you need to go.
It’s calling all major developers bluff who consistently disappoint where their minimalist or non-existent support for the Wii U.
As long as am playing with the Sonyans, PC orcs, Linux hipsters and Mac Druids it’s all good. Xbots are 12 or grown and sheeples.
aka cross platform multiplayer
well…I dare bond to say something about this.
hes a lil bitch thats only brings up the negative things that happen to nintendo.
I wish every single multiplayer game had this option. Crossmultiplayer
this will be about £20 on eShop no doubt.
This is awesome. Some big publisher like Activision should do this. Call of Duty’s multiplayer would be a fricking battle for SUPREMECY OF THE CONSOLES!!!! Wii U will win. but Microsoft don’t want so….. SONY VS NINTENDO AGAIN!!!!!!!!
YYYEEEAH!!
I think they’ve tried this before with Xbox & PC, but I think the Xbox community complained when they got there asses kicked. Quite sad really.
Obviously, no way the Xbots who are a Subspecies of the PC “Master Race” can even imagine to beat them on their battlefield…
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THERE IS A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LACKING AND NOT PUTTING IT IN FOR THE DARN SAKE OF IT
AND 3RD PARTY GAMES ARE ONLINE OR NOT ACCORDING TO THERE WISHES..NOT NINTENDOS
HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH ANTI NINTENDO INTERNET MYTHOLAGY
SOMEONE GET THE WICKERMAN READY WE ALL BACKWARD MOTHERFUCKERS
This is BIG news. Almost revolutionary. Wii U x PC cross play! It could potentially serve as a new model for cross-platform gaming…
It’s been done before on PS3 and was already announced for PS4 …. Oh wait, going to say Sony copied Nintendo now?
+1
I’d like for this to be a continuing trend for the future. Think about it, it’d be pretty interesting if they did COD Ghosts like that
Except PC side gets filled with cheaters in no time.
Even though I enjoy wii mote more, mouse is still too overpowered for fps games.
Excellent!
High Command has given the orders…
Buy the game, play it and send those CPU “Master Race” soldiers to the abyss!
I know I will…
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