Yeah, Isuka was more of a 'Ruining' factor for GG.

Online play in fighters isn't all it's cracked up to be. The game that does it the best is DOA4 which slows down the action if there is lag, but then it becomes really easy to do the reversals and stuff. In the 'DOA community', there is a distinct difference in strategy between online matches and offline matches.

Pop online on Bleach DS (at least with me :P) and the action of the other character will often be so jumpy. If both ends have T1+ speeds or something, perhaps there would be less lag, but it's not often that you will match up like that.

Lag+fighting games does not mix as well as you might expect.

This is just limited to console online fighters, but even MAME Netplay is laggy. It's still great to be able to play with other folks, but if you were ever considering 'serious' play with these folks, online isn't ready for that yet.

Still, there is no official word that this is coming. The company, 'Aksys', that this has been linked with doesn't know anything about GG.