Um, it's not really a 'need.' It's a want. And it's therefore not absolute. It doesn't make it invalid, it just means it's not something that's gotta be in there no matter what.
I am focusing on your posts in particular, but that's because you keep talking about how you think Nintendo is stupid because you don't know what games will and will not be online. We already know at least some of them will be online, but Nintendo isn't run by idiots just because we don't have a concrete list yet.
Looking back through my posts, I didn't actually mention that there are (as far as I know) already plans for online VC games, so I'm sorry if you got the impression that I thought none of the games should be online. I guess I'm trying to say, stop bashing Nintendo because you want all of the VC games possible to be online.
Besides, Mottzilla already showed up my knowledge of online gaming. He's right (and I think I should look into N64 emulators with netplay).
Okay, I apoligize. I misinterpreted your posts, and I'm sorry.
I'm not so sure about the 'lot of money' part. Online games require maintainence and servers. Those are things you keep paying for. On XBL, there's a yearly fee to cover those costs. On the Wii... I'm not sure what they plan to do. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure how they cover the NDS' online service. Do they include it with the cost of the system, with the games, with a little of everything... ?