Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3448772-20140514211151/@comment-5077288-20140518124031

The only game I play online a lot is SSBB. I think I know why they chose now to do it though, as we all knew it was coming sooner or later. Most people only played MKW and SSBB online and MK8 just got released and SSB4 is coming out for 3DS this summer, followed by the WII U version later. So, it's just one more step in abandoning the Wii in favor of Wii U. The last step is dropping the shop on Wii and DSi. There is some hope for MKW owners, because I hear there is talk of setting up a custom server for online play. How that works, I don't know. I'll have to look into it some more. If it turns out good, hopefully the same will be done for SSBB.