Wii Worms not getting online multiplayer

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jan 15th 2008 at 11:30PM }

Worms: A Space Oddity for Wii will not include online multiplayer like developer Team17 had previously announced. ShackNews confirmed the info with THQ and the publisher put some great spin on the situation saying, "Worms: A Space Oddity is a social gaming experience that is best enjoyed locally, in a party-game atmosphere with other players."

Take that online-enabled Worms Open Warfare 2 on DS and PSP! Hey, Worms on XBLA -- online play is so last-gen! So go find yourself some real life friends and enjoy Worms: A Space Oddity on Wii in March.

Tags: team17, thq, worms, worms-a-space-oddity

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Trickob @ Jan 15th 2008 11:37PM

They can't tell ME how to enjoy MY worms! Perhaps I just won't enjoy it on the Wii at all. See how they like that. Good. Fine. Works out for everyone.

DEEZNUTZ @ Jan 15th 2008 11:38PM

PWNED?

Toothpick Guy @ Jan 15th 2008 11:40PM

Real life friends? Do those exist still?

wii for me @ Jan 15th 2008 11:40PM

Who needs online play when you have motion controls!!!

A-Troll-Named-Slickback (Yes the A Troll Named part, and yes every time!) @ Jan 15th 2008 11:43PM

instead of playing a Wii, just go outside

A-Troll-Named-Slickback (Yes the A Troll Named part, and yes every time!) @ Jan 15th 2008 11:43PM

instead of playing a Wii, just go outside

A-Troll-Named-Slickback (Yes the A Troll Named part, and yes every time!) @ Jan 15th 2008 11:43PM

instead of playing a Wii, just go outside

A-Troll-Named-Slickback (Yes the A Troll Named part, and yes every time!) @ Jan 15th 2008 11:44PM

oops browser trouble

BPM64 - The Second Attack! @ Jan 15th 2008 11:48PM

It's forgiven, Slickback.

Erm, I mean... A Troll Named Slickback.

(+ just for name)

schoon @ Jan 15th 2008 11:48PM

Instead of posting comments in forums, go outside

A-Troll-Named-Slickback (Yes the A Troll Named part, and yes every time!) @ Jan 16th 2008 12:24AM

I said that because Wii games require silly movements and unreasonable motions and apparently people want to do it with friends (Via Online), my solution is as follows: GO OUTSIDE
...and it's 12:30 AM where I live so I'll write on these "forums"/this blog...

Thx, K, BAI.

bm @ Jan 16th 2008 12:53AM

"Wii games require silly movements and unreasonable motions"

They require things that seem silly and unreasonable to -you-. Although I don't want to know what else you find silly and unreasonable. To the rest of us (all 15 million) these things add something of value.

Questworld @ Jan 16th 2008 1:35AM

Instead of playing Worms, go outside and play with real worms. :P

xeleion @ Jan 15th 2008 11:55PM

Man, I guess this means I'll have to invite my friends over to play with my Worms... I mean, with my Wii.

Um... nevermind. @.@

Ghen @ Jan 16th 2008 12:40PM

I still call it the revolution in uncomfortable circumstances ;)

UltimateQ @ Jan 15th 2008 11:58PM

Playing almost any type of game online through a console is a waste. Just use your PC the game gods will smile upon you.

Squirrel3D @ Jan 16th 2008 12:05AM

Um no. I think I'll stick with PSU on my X360.

*anticipates flaming responses*

Einhanderkiller @ Jan 16th 2008 12:06AM

Idea of the year:
Team17 should make a 2D, Flash-based, ad-supported but free-to-play Worms with online play with up to 4 people able to play on the same computer.

Shagittarius @ Jan 16th 2008 12:11AM

Diinied!

Sam @ Jan 16th 2008 12:21AM

@THQ:
dum-du-dum-dum move!

one less game I want to buy.
*wallet cheers*

Kendall B @ Jan 16th 2008 12:29AM

Wow, this is right up there with the Hindenburg disaster, except Wii Worms is already in flames well before takeoff.

Oh, the humanity!

hvnlysoldr @ Jan 16th 2008 12:37AM

This setback and the Brawl delay to near my birthday has been repaid ten-fold because Famistu rated Brawl 40/40:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9342879&posted=1#post9342879

Jtenma @ Jan 16th 2008 1:08AM

How did they rate the game if it's not completed yet? Why did they have to delay the game 1 week then(1 month U.S.), did they forget to put up a title screen or something? Surely the testing phase for Japan is over. This brings me to believe that they delayed the game just for shits and giggles.

Ghen @ Jan 16th 2008 12:41PM

maybe the delays are translation based.

Blazur @ Jan 16th 2008 12:38AM

Why am I not suprised. Worms is the perfect game to support multiplayer too, and AFAIK no console version has done so yet.

When will the freaking Wii get with the times enter the age of the Internet?!? This console can be so pathetic some times...

bm @ Jan 16th 2008 12:56AM

lol yeah when Team17 screws up the -Wii- needs to get with the times, right you are!

Blazur @ Jan 16th 2008 1:31AM

Who's to blame...Team17's incompetence or inability to meet a deadline with multiplayer intact, or the Wii's difficulty to establish an easy to implement platform for online play?

You can bet your ass that if this game was on the PC Team17 would have no problem implementing online play...

mian @ Jan 16th 2008 12:41AM

How many consoles do we have to buy before developers decide to start shipping complete games?

outforprophets @ Jan 16th 2008 1:53AM

that's just it - it's not how many consoles we buy that will get through to them, it's how many copies of their games we don't buy that will.

ThornedVenom @ Jan 16th 2008 12:51AM

DUH, of course it's always best to multiplayer in the same room. But some players have no friends.

Dirk Dorkelson @ Jan 16th 2008 4:40AM

Hey, lots of us have friends who live thousands of miles away who we love to game with on our Xbox 360s or PS3s. We'd love to be able to do the same on our Wiis, too. Back off. Just because someone wants to play online doesn't mean they "have no friends." Jerk.

ThornedVenom @ Jan 16th 2008 5:19AM

Who're you calling a jerk? It's not because the online component is appealing to a person with no friends that it directly implies that a person who likes, wants or plays online has no friends.

You fail at logic, jerk.

Dirk Dorkelson @ Jan 16th 2008 7:09AM

Go back and read what you wrote again. On second thought, here:

"DUH, of course it's always best to multiplayer in the same room. But some players have no friends."

The use of "but" suggests that if you can't play local multiplayer, it must be because you have no friends. You fail at grammar.

ThornedVenom @ Jan 16th 2008 7:31AM

It means what it means: that some people don't have friends, and therefore have to rely on the online component for the multiplayer experience.

=> "The use of "but" suggests that if you can't play local multiplayer, it must be because you have no friends."

That's exactly what I meant: if you had friends to play with locally, then you wouldn't be friendless, right? The problem is that YOU don't even remember what you're arguing about in the first place, so let me remind you it for you.

You thought that my statement said that those who seeked an online experience meant that they had no friends, whereas I said that those who had no friends seeked an online experience. It doesn't work both ways.

You fail at arguing your point. But in any case, I don't honestly think that I'm going to convince you any further because you know what they say about arguing on the internet... but still, calling me a jerk in the first place wasn't necessary, Dirk.

Dirk Dorkelson @ Jan 16th 2008 7:59AM

You're right. Calling you a jerk was out of line. Sorry.

ThornedVenom @ Jan 16th 2008 9:11AM

No hard feelings: we're gamers and Joystiq readers after all. =)

bm @ Jan 16th 2008 12:58AM

Well I don't really care about online, but this is still retarded. Are they going to state a -real- reason sometime? LOL yeah, as if.

BigD145 @ Jan 16th 2008 2:00AM

Thanks THQ. Now how many more people are going to b!tch at Nintendo for not having enough online capable games even though Nintendo isn't responsible for this one?

Cyantre @ Jan 16th 2008 2:10AM

Why would I buy a full priced Wii game when I can get Worms for $10 on the XBLA with online multiplayer? Epic fail Nintendo, epic fail

What? @ Jan 16th 2008 4:03AM

because it's the awesome 3d worm's featured in this video here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

Kjin @ Jan 16th 2008 2:13AM

I can't throw a party everytime I want to play Wii Worms... and Worms Singleplayer has always been crap in general. So online play fills a gap between the parties. You can play against other people while having no pants on. That's why I love Open Warfare 2 on my DS.

MysticX @ Jan 16th 2008 5:17AM

EEhhmmm....no Wi-Fi no purchase! It´s just that simple! And it means the game will be 7-everish at reviewers.

baby sea tuna @ Jan 16th 2008 7:44AM

Wow, I didn't realize this many people liked Worms. Personally, I've never played any of them, but if I wanted to, I'd probably just pick up the one on XBLA.

GaryM @ Jan 16th 2008 7:46AM

Nintendo can't hear your complaints because their ears are stuffed with money.

Chase @ Jan 16th 2008 7:49AM

Well, it could be worse. They could have announced an Atonement game with Carrot Top as Keira Knightley and a ground-breaking, expanse multiplayer mode.

knighty @ Jan 16th 2008 9:06AM

Worms has been awful since World Party. The one on XBLA is an absolute disgrace. The physics are just....horrific. WWP was the game in the series that did absolutely everything right, and I don't know what on Earth they were thinking with the more recent incarnations.