Well finally got a new Firewire card for my PC...which basically just means that I can make/upload videos and whatnot again. Finals are almost over (got one more, Business Law) so im looking forward to the Christmas break. However one thing has gone wrong. The INCREDIBLE amount of lag that takes place in Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkachi 3 online for the Wii. I mean offline the game is amazingly smooth, the Wii controls are vastly improved from the last game...but damn, online the lag is really aggrivating. Not to mention along with the lag, there is a strange decrease in framerate.

However here's the thing: It's due to some sort of error or misperformance by the servers on Nintendo's side of things (according to Atari anyway, which they say they are aware of and have contacted Nintendo...which was about 2-4 days ago). Sometimes you end up getting a match up thats reasonably clear of lag and framerate glitch, and thats where the game shines. Its got a really deep fighting system now, most characters play different, and there are tons of combo possibilities/counter attacks.

Either way, i've been trying to stir up a "fix the lag" crusade, and it seems to be working so far...gonintendo.com has reported on it, and more and more gamefaqs/gamespot members are helping out by calling Nintendo support.In one of my recent phone calls (the first actually), after talking for awhile,the techwent to talk to some higher ups. They said they were aware of the problem, and are attempting to fix it. However there is no timeframe for the repair. Anyway going to try again onTuesday to see whats up.