kashikomarimashita
Smash Journeyman
For those who have the game but arent sure how to play Online, this is the guide for you.
First you go to Wi-Fi on the Game Select Menu. Hit yes to the left and the Connection screen will come up. After a few seconds it will take you to the Wi-Fi Menu.
In the Wi-Fi Menu you have the choice of playing Friends (upper right icon) or Anyone (upper left icon). And there is an Options icon below those two. If you click on the Options icon it will bring up two different icons. The top one allows you to give permission for your matches to be replayed for Spectator Mode and such. If you click on it the top is Yes, the bottom is No. The lower icon in the Option Menu asks if you want to recieve Brawl info that will be sent to your inbox. Top is Yes, bottom is No.
Also see here from the Dojo Site for Choosing Anyone Mode and Friend Mode
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamemode/wi-fi/wi-fi04.html
Anyone Mode
If you choose Anyone in the Wi-Fi Menu, it will bring up the Anyone Menu. The icon in upper left is Spectator Mode. The one in the upper right is basic Brawl, and the one on the bottom is Team Battle. Click on Basic Brawl and you will go to the Character Select Screen. You can choose your character and color there. Also in the upper right is the Item Switch which you can adjust to your liking. You can also go back to the Anyone Menu from here by selecting the icon in the upper left corner.
Once the character is selected you go to the Stage Select Screen. You can choose stages from Brawl and Melee here. But no Stage Builder stages.
With a stage selected you will go to the loading screen where you can beat on the Sandbag. In the upper left time counts down until your match. The match never begins until the time counts down completely, even if you have 4 players ready to go. Also if no one else joins in the system will boot you after about 5 minutes
The matches are always 2 min timed. After the match it shows the match results then you return to the Character Select Screen again.
Friend Mode
For Friend Mode, you select the upper left icon in the Wi-Fi Menu. It will take you to the Friend Menu. Then you can enter friend codes with the Friend List icon in the upper right. In the Friend List Menu choose a grey slot and put in the 12 digit Brawl Code, and enter a name for that person.
When the Brawl Code is in you can click on it and three options come up. The top one is to go back to the Friend Menu. The middle is to join a friends room. Its not selectable if this friend does not have a room open. The bottom option is to erase that persons Brawl Code.
Also on this screen if you go to the top you can click on your tab and change you own character icon and name. This is also where you enter in your taunts. Enter each taunt in the box with the corresponding arrow. There are four spaces for four taunts. Each taunt can be up to 20 characters long.
Also See here from the Dojo Site for adding to your Friend List and entering Taunts
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamemode/wi-fi/wi-fi03.html
If you go back to the Friend Menu you can open up your own room. You have three choices for the three modes. The upper left is Basic Brawl. Click on this and the top icon is Create a Room. Or you can toggle down in your friend list below and join in on their rooms if they have one created. If you click on Create a Room it will bring up the Character Select screen. Here you can choose your character and color. In the upper left is the Rules Switch. You can set everything to your liking. You also have the option of setting CP players here.
With your character selected it continues to the Stage Select Screen. You can choose a Brawl or Melee stage.
Then is the Loading Screen. If a friend joins in the match starts up quickly, considerably more so than in Anyone Mode. The player icon will light up when a friend joins. You have to click on yes (left) to allow a them to join. Otherwise they cant enter your Room. You can exit the Loading Screen and return to the Wi-Fi Menu by pressing start and then left - right - A - start buttons. Otherwise the match will begin given that another friend has joined. After the match it shows the match results then you return to the Character Select Screen again.
Back in the Friend Menu at the bottom you can also choose Multi-man Brawl on the lower left, or Home Run Contest on the lower right. This will take you to Character Select screen, then the Loading Screen. Again you have to approve a friend who joins in here.
Note: Too get all the Online Friend Mode Icons, you need to unlock them by getting all 35 characters.
Note: When choosing the Item setting and Stage in Anyone Mode the system will randonly select from the players choices. The system selects them independently so you could get your chosen Stage and not your Item settings, vice-versa, both or neither.
Note: The person who hosts the room in Friend Mode decides the Rules for the match. However the Item setting and Stage is selected randomly from the players choices.
Note: When playing people overseas expect considerable lag. For example a Friend Mode match between America and Japan runs at about 75% normal speed.
Note: For people playing on-line outside of Japan your chances of playing Anyone Mode are close to zero because no one is in your local network. think about it, the game has not been released outside of Japan yet. Thus if you try Anyone mode, you will get to the Load Screen wait around and get kicked out with an Error Code: 85010. Your best bet is to get Brawl Codes through SWF and play on Friend Mode. If friends dont join your room you will get the 85010 Error Message here too.
__________________
I hope this is useful for some people out there.
Also here is my Unlockables Guide, with English translations of the Japanese cues in Challenges Mode and other Unlockables info.
http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=3827850#post3827850
First you go to Wi-Fi on the Game Select Menu. Hit yes to the left and the Connection screen will come up. After a few seconds it will take you to the Wi-Fi Menu.
In the Wi-Fi Menu you have the choice of playing Friends (upper right icon) or Anyone (upper left icon). And there is an Options icon below those two. If you click on the Options icon it will bring up two different icons. The top one allows you to give permission for your matches to be replayed for Spectator Mode and such. If you click on it the top is Yes, the bottom is No. The lower icon in the Option Menu asks if you want to recieve Brawl info that will be sent to your inbox. Top is Yes, bottom is No.
Also see here from the Dojo Site for Choosing Anyone Mode and Friend Mode
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamemode/wi-fi/wi-fi04.html
Anyone Mode
If you choose Anyone in the Wi-Fi Menu, it will bring up the Anyone Menu. The icon in upper left is Spectator Mode. The one in the upper right is basic Brawl, and the one on the bottom is Team Battle. Click on Basic Brawl and you will go to the Character Select Screen. You can choose your character and color there. Also in the upper right is the Item Switch which you can adjust to your liking. You can also go back to the Anyone Menu from here by selecting the icon in the upper left corner.
Once the character is selected you go to the Stage Select Screen. You can choose stages from Brawl and Melee here. But no Stage Builder stages.
With a stage selected you will go to the loading screen where you can beat on the Sandbag. In the upper left time counts down until your match. The match never begins until the time counts down completely, even if you have 4 players ready to go. Also if no one else joins in the system will boot you after about 5 minutes
The matches are always 2 min timed. After the match it shows the match results then you return to the Character Select Screen again.
Friend Mode
For Friend Mode, you select the upper left icon in the Wi-Fi Menu. It will take you to the Friend Menu. Then you can enter friend codes with the Friend List icon in the upper right. In the Friend List Menu choose a grey slot and put in the 12 digit Brawl Code, and enter a name for that person.
When the Brawl Code is in you can click on it and three options come up. The top one is to go back to the Friend Menu. The middle is to join a friends room. Its not selectable if this friend does not have a room open. The bottom option is to erase that persons Brawl Code.
Also on this screen if you go to the top you can click on your tab and change you own character icon and name. This is also where you enter in your taunts. Enter each taunt in the box with the corresponding arrow. There are four spaces for four taunts. Each taunt can be up to 20 characters long.
Also See here from the Dojo Site for adding to your Friend List and entering Taunts
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamemode/wi-fi/wi-fi03.html
If you go back to the Friend Menu you can open up your own room. You have three choices for the three modes. The upper left is Basic Brawl. Click on this and the top icon is Create a Room. Or you can toggle down in your friend list below and join in on their rooms if they have one created. If you click on Create a Room it will bring up the Character Select screen. Here you can choose your character and color. In the upper left is the Rules Switch. You can set everything to your liking. You also have the option of setting CP players here.
With your character selected it continues to the Stage Select Screen. You can choose a Brawl or Melee stage.
Then is the Loading Screen. If a friend joins in the match starts up quickly, considerably more so than in Anyone Mode. The player icon will light up when a friend joins. You have to click on yes (left) to allow a them to join. Otherwise they cant enter your Room. You can exit the Loading Screen and return to the Wi-Fi Menu by pressing start and then left - right - A - start buttons. Otherwise the match will begin given that another friend has joined. After the match it shows the match results then you return to the Character Select Screen again.
Back in the Friend Menu at the bottom you can also choose Multi-man Brawl on the lower left, or Home Run Contest on the lower right. This will take you to Character Select screen, then the Loading Screen. Again you have to approve a friend who joins in here.
Note: Too get all the Online Friend Mode Icons, you need to unlock them by getting all 35 characters.
Note: When choosing the Item setting and Stage in Anyone Mode the system will randonly select from the players choices. The system selects them independently so you could get your chosen Stage and not your Item settings, vice-versa, both or neither.
Note: The person who hosts the room in Friend Mode decides the Rules for the match. However the Item setting and Stage is selected randomly from the players choices.
Note: When playing people overseas expect considerable lag. For example a Friend Mode match between America and Japan runs at about 75% normal speed.
Note: For people playing on-line outside of Japan your chances of playing Anyone Mode are close to zero because no one is in your local network. think about it, the game has not been released outside of Japan yet. Thus if you try Anyone mode, you will get to the Load Screen wait around and get kicked out with an Error Code: 85010. Your best bet is to get Brawl Codes through SWF and play on Friend Mode. If friends dont join your room you will get the 85010 Error Message here too.
__________________
I hope this is useful for some people out there.
Also here is my Unlockables Guide, with English translations of the Japanese cues in Challenges Mode and other Unlockables info.
http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=3827850#post3827850
