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[Houkito]

I need help with Brawl. I apologize if this is irrelevant to the forum.

I'm able to connect wirelessly on my Wii, but I'm unable to view matches on Brawl nor am I able to participate in any. I get 10201 error messages for spectator mode and "seeking" takes too long for battles/matches.

I've read on the internet that it could be because of the router settings. I've tried switching to channels 1 and 11, and even between modes b and g, but nothing still seems to work. Am I missing something or am I doing something wrong?  

[Volkenheim]

Nintendo's servers must've went down for maintenance or some something. But the internet still works if you battle your friends because the Friend system sorta works on a peer-to-peer server format, so until then, you're stuck fighting your friends and receiving other Smash Service data.  

[Houkito]

I don't have any Wii Friends so I haven't been able to try that yet.

I'm more concerned about playing with others... and spectating.  

[Volkenheim]

Well, just now at 4:00 P.M., all the WiFi modes in the game are now back to normal, so I guess it was just a maintenance session that went through the Nintendo servers. But anytime you want to battle, you can PM me; my Friend Code is on my signature. If you don't want to, then I understand.  

[Houkito]

Thanks. c:

Now spectator mode is working-- but I can't participate in team/basic brawl.
GAAAAH.  

[Volkenheim]

Sometimes, the game does that. Due to all the unexpected and constant brawling, Nintendo's Brawl servers often struggle to find other people for you to brawl with. Think of it as a multitask issue that this game suffers from.