As to the online thing: the problem is money, pure and simple. You may not like it, but Nintendo exists to make money. They're not going to set up a free network for their customers to use. Unfortunately, monthly plans aren't all that popular either. PSO ver. 2 is garnering much less interest than the original because it has a monthly payment plan. Nintendo sees this and knows that online gaming in its current form isn't a viable way to make money. They'll let third parties handle things for now.
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