{"id":118905,"date":"2020-10-04T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/10\/psa_use_a_wired_connection_when_playing_smash_bros_ultimate_online"},"modified":"2020-10-04T05:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T05:15:00","slug":"psa-use-a-wired-connection-when-playing-smash-bros-ultimate-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/04\/psa-use-a-wired-connection-when-playing-smash-bros-ultimate-online\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: Use A Wired Connection When Playing Smash Bros. Ultimate Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/380beb872fb3a\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/380beb872fb3a\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Wired Internet LAN Adapter by HORI\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/380beb872fb3a\/wired-internet-lan-adapter-by-hori.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/380beb872fb3a\/wired-internet-lan-adapter-by-hori.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" alt=\"Wired Internet LAN Adapter by HORI\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Wired Internet LAN Adapter by HORI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the very end of the latest <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong> broadcast, Masahiro Sakurai briefly touched on the game&#8217;s 8.1 update and mentioned how the team made improvements to the online multiplayer.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this, he also advised players to use a <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/22374\/~\/how-to-connect-to-the-internet-using-a-wired-connection#DT:t1-q1a1EP:t1-q1a1-c\">wired connection<\/a> when playing Smash online &#8211; rather than a wireless one:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve also adjusted the connection environment, with the goal of improving latency and matchmaking. However, the best way to improve it is to ensure the player&#8217;s connection environment is optimal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If possible, we&#8217;d like to advise players to use a wired connection rather than a wireless one when playing online.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you would like to follow Sakurai&#8217;s advice, you&#8217;ll need a <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/store.nintendo.com\/wired-internet-lan-adapter-nintendo-switch.html\">wired LAN adapter<\/a>. For extra details about improving your Switch&#8217;s internet connection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/07\/guide_how_to_improve_your_switchs_internet_connection\">check out our guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How do you play Smash online &#8211; wired or wireless? <em>Vote in the poll and leave a comment below.<\/em><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wired Internet LAN Adapter by HORI At the very end of the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate broadcast, Masahiro Sakurai briefly touched on the game&#8217;s 8.1 update and mentioned how the team made improvements to the online multiplayer. In addition to this, he also advised players to use a wired connection when playing Smash online [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}