It barely qualifies as news by this point, but once again Nintendo has made good on its commitment to always be several years behind the curve.
Our debacle du jour comes from Mario Kart 7 on the 3DS; while Nintendo were powerless to do anything about the infamous snaking glitch in the DS iteration of the racing series, they have every power to patch an oversight in MK7, in which powering into the water at a specific point of Wuhu Mountain Loop allows you to respawn across the other side of the lake, neatly skipping a healthy portion of the track.
Nintendo have refused to apply a patch, saying that it would create an unfair advantage for patch-less players, but this means that either Nintendo can't force updates on players before they take their games online, despite being common practice on pretty much every other gaming device on the market, or they genuinely think that people playing over local multiplayer are going to be powerless to stop cheaters despite being within punching distance of them.
Or maybe they're still not quite getting this online deely. This is starting to get pretty tragic, Nintendo.
Our debacle du jour comes from Mario Kart 7 on the 3DS; while Nintendo were powerless to do anything about the infamous snaking glitch in the DS iteration of the racing series, they have every power to patch an oversight in MK7, in which powering into the water at a specific point of Wuhu Mountain Loop allows you to respawn across the other side of the lake, neatly skipping a healthy portion of the track.
Nintendo have refused to apply a patch, saying that it would create an unfair advantage for patch-less players, but this means that either Nintendo can't force updates on players before they take their games online, despite being common practice on pretty much every other gaming device on the market, or they genuinely think that people playing over local multiplayer are going to be powerless to stop cheaters despite being within punching distance of them.
Or maybe they're still not quite getting this online deely. This is starting to get pretty tragic, Nintendo.
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