How to Improve Lag for Super Smash Bro. 3DS Online
Before we get into the ways to help fix the lag, we will discuss a little bit on the mechanic behind online multiplayer in Super Smash Bros 3DS Online. In essence, you are operating on peer to peer connection where both of your connection among all players connected can affect one another. This means that one laggy player can bring down the entire group of people connected.
Below are the methods to help you improve your connection speed and decrease lag while playing Super Smash Bro 3DS online play.
Starting Trouble Shoot
If you are experiencing lag while trying to play Smash Bros 3DS online, keep on trying and alter your playing conditions. Try to pin down the causes that create lags for your game play. Below we will list out some of the common causes for poor online lag performances.
If you cannot find a relatively lag free match after connecting to 10+ different people, then you may want to look into your own connection setting.
Router – Minimize Interference
Playing Closer to Your Router
In essence, try playing closer to your router and remove any objects that can affect your connection to the router such as taking your router out of closets, etc.
Do Not Use Public Wifi
Super Smash Bro Online play will fail tremendously in a public WiFi setting because by playing under the condition, you will more or less violate all the basic rules and obtain lag hell.
Play in Isolated Area
The wireless signals around you can negatively affect your connection. This means that you can find a spot where the least interference is coming in from other devices such as laptops or other streaming devices.
Faster Internet
Get Faster Internet
Now if your connection speed is capped simply because your internet isn’t fast enough. This may solve the problem. However, the internet speed cap required by the 3DS online play isn’t that high because of its own technical shortcoming. You typically will not result a smoother play with 100mb internet speed
Be aware of your bandwidth
You should not download or stream heavy duty stuff while trying to get a smoother play on the 3DS. First, these wireless connections can cause more interference and hamper your speed. Second, you might actually run your internet connection into the cap which leave lesser room for your 3DS. Close those torrent sharing programs and shut down the netflix or other video streaming when at all possible.
Maybe It’s Not You
Once in a while your cable or internet company may mess up and your connections can fail and lag. Try to use some other internet services such as video streaming to see if that is the case.
Multiplayer Consideration
Play with another player with great connection
Lag is experienced by all connected parties as long as one person is laggy. This means that you may actually not be the source of lag. Try to play with players that you know have good connections to be free of lag.
Start with 1vs1
Minimizing the number of people in a game minimizes the chance of someone having a poor connection. Remember, it only takes 1 laggy player to bring down the party.
Hardware Improvement
Below some of the misc remedies that you can try when all else fails.
Playing While Plugged In or High Battery
Some players say that their signal output strength is improved when they play while plugged in. It might be worth a try.
3DS Covers Interfering Signal
It might be your metallic cover for your 3DS that interferes with a weak signal. Try playing while taking the cover off to see if it will improve the lag.