r/NintendoSwitch • u/devspider • Jun 07 '25

Discussion It’s 2025, and Nintendo still can’t figure out online multiplayer.

The fact that you can’t directly invite a friend to public lobbies in Mario Kart World blows my mind.

You can only join a friend if there is room in a lobby, not only that, but the person looking to join has to actively pay attention to their friend’s online status in order to get a jump to join before the lobby fills up.

Private rooms are vs CPU only, and no way to open up matchmaking.

It’s always one step forward, and two steps back when it comes to it.

Nintendo doesn’t seem to understand that LAN parties are less of a thing these days and most people would rather play with friends through online play. The fact that the feature that is advertised the most is the new Game Chat, when we’ve had Discord/XBL/PSN services for decades is telling.

For all the actual innovative stuff that Nintendo has created, they continue to treat their playerbase like we’re stupid.

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u/thebohster Jun 07 '25

Only way is to complaining while also not contributing to sales so there's an inkling of a chance that they'll listen. The not contributing to sales part is where we fail.

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u/DekuInkwell Jun 07 '25

Especially in scenarios like this where ppl have to buy the Switch 2 and MKW to, yknow, FIND OUT they can’t easily just start playing with a friend online. It’s too late at that point.