It wasn't fairly successful as they thought it would. Infact it was pretty hertic with Neowave because the only way to gain the hidden characters(Kim, Vanessa, Ramon, Young Geese, Orochi Team) was to play and play, not only that, it would only work with your card. Thats if, if you even bought one. The good side was...nothing really. AWnet only served as a place for online game rankings and accessing bonus material thats originally locked within a game, which is unlockable via bios.