Will the EA title feature some kind of online play? Head inside to explore the possibilities.

MySims for Wii may be a diversion from past Sims outings in terms of looks and possibly gameplay, but it is really interesting to see how EA use the Wii's features to their full extent. One of these features, however, is online play...and every Nintendo fan would jump at the chance to see some kind of online feature in third party titles. Just to settle their nerves a little.

In a recent IGN mailbag, a fellow gamer asked: Heyaa. I was in EB the other day picking up SSX for Wii & 2k7 for 360 and I noticed they had the MySims display box up. The interesting part to this little story is on the front there was the Wi-Fi network symbol and on the back described how you can go online with your sims and interact etc. Can you guy confirm this? Thanks!

To which the reply from Matt Casamassina was: I recently interviewed EA about the game - I'll post the transcript soon - and the developer wouldn't come right out and say it, but made very clear to me that it is exploring an online component for MySims. The signage you saw only strengthens my belief that the game will have it. Oh, and on a side note, I've chatted with some third parties now who already have online components in their forthcoming Wii projects. It's coming, guys - Pokemon Battle Revolution kicks it off in the near future, but in the next six months you're going to start seeing a wave of third party games that take Wii online, too. Developers have had the online SDK for months now and the next wave of titles will incorporate it.

So, EA may well be cooking something up rather nicely. We'll bring you more information on this as soon as it comes in.