So you can just turn on the game and play online? What do you mean by play with friends vs. ladder? Thats not so bad if you can just load up the game and click online play or something like that. I wonder if they will allow regions to play with other regions? I still dislike the Wii code thing though
yeah you click the world bowl in the main menu and then choose which mii you would want to use (they have individual friends lists/statistics)
it them loads the rankings etc. and then you can choose to play against friends (haven't tried that yet), or a ladder game or see the rankings of the current season (seasons last 1 week) or manage friends
if you go for the ladder/point game you can further choose to play with a guest (so 2 player on same wii against somebody else online)
and once you've choosen that it search for partners... and if it finds soembody it presents you with the connection status between you two (from 1 to 4 stars) and you can choose if you play against him or not
if both are happy with the connection of the other guy it starts with a 2 out of 3 series
1 victory gives you 10 points
a loss gives you 1 point
a goal gives you 1 point
edit: so for playing online in the weekly season you just have to have a mii character on which you can save your progress
in the statistics menu you can also watch how your friends have been doing and so
so far i have been doing crappy with 3 wins and 5 losses but i haven't played much before hand
charcters now have individual special moves like mario growing or peach making a photograph which freezes palyers for a few seconds etc.
also you can choose the composition of your team with koopas, toads, shy guys individually and thsoe have special shots too
also all charters have their own evasive maneuver instead of a generic dribble like in the first one ... adds a lot depth to the game