Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, or WFC, is a service from Nintendo that allows for Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS games and applications to connect to the Internet. Super Smash Bros. Brawl is one of the many games that can use the WFC to brawl online with friends or random opponents, send Snapshots, Replays.
Multiplayer
The Wi-Fi Multiplayer Menu.
Wi-Fi Multiplayer is a feature of SSBB. There are two types: "With Friends" or "With Anyone". "With Friends" is with people that you have exchanged Friend Codes with. You may send various pre-inputted stings of text by pressing it's respective direction on the D-pad, which will combine your text message with your taunt. You may also set your name. "With Anyone" has the same online functionality, only you may not send text or show your name (concealing your identity in this mode). There are no records kept in the "With Anyone" mode. Each player will have 45 seconds to choose their character for the match, and vote for a stage of desire. It will cost one coin to place a vote, while it is free to select a random stage. While searching for opponents and waiting for them to select their characters/stages, a player can practice on Sandbag. Since you can't actually see what selections the other players are making, co-ordinating With Friends Team Battles can be difficult. The game also does not force you to change outfits when two players chose the same character and same colour change. Instead, the second player is simply a lighter shade than the other, similar to what happens when the same character is on the same team.
Error Codes
- 20100: Cannot connect to Internet (after connecting to access point).
- 61010: Cannot connect to access point.
- 86420: Internet connection goes down while waiting for players to join a match (Open ports on your router to reduce this). This code also might mean that a firewall is blocking your Wii from transmitting information.
- 50299: Cannot connect to Internet.