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Nintendo DS Wifi Details (finally)
Finally some details, ripped from IGN:
October 5, 2005 - To coincide with the details coming from Japan, Nintendo of America has revealed the US plans for the service that will link Nintendo DS games wirelessly all over the world. Already revealed as the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, this internet service will go online starting November 14th in the US, with the first Nintendo-published games, Mario Kart DS, Animal Crossing: Wild World, and Metroid Prime Hunters supporting the network. The first third-party game will be Activision's Tony Hawk's American Sk8land. The service will be free to Nintendo DS owners, requiring no additional charge to play supported games over the internet. Households with Wi-Fi networks can access the service with only a minimal of setup procedures. For households with standard broadband internet access and no wireless router, Nintendo will sell separately the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector that will enable the Nintendo DS systems to connect to the internet. Nintendo of America will also set up thousands of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection hotspots all over the US, and the company will soon reveal the details on where and how players can link up via these hotspots. Nintendo will also use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service for its next generation Revolution console when it ships sometime in 2006. Mario Kart DS and Tony Hawk's American Sk8land will ship on November 14th to kick off the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in the US. Mario Kart DS will support four player over the internet; racers can pick opponents from their roster of friends, match up randomly against strangers of comparable skill levels or simply choose to race against anyone in the world. American Sk8land will feature head-to-head play, enabling players to create custom art for boards and tags as well as track high scores and stats. Animal Crossing: Wild World will launch on December 5th. Players can travel to other players' towns or invite up to three other players to visit their own towns, simply by opening the town gate. The four players then can interact and play together simultaneously in one town. Players must know one another and register to their respective friend rosters before they can connect. Metroid Prime Hunters, the long-in-development first person shooter for the DS, will ship in the first quarter of 2006. The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service will enable players to link up with like-skilled opponents all over the world. Nintendo has taken the online video gaming model and rewritten the definition of community," said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales & marketing. "With easy setup and no added service fees, players far and wide will log in and play with one another as easily as if they were sitting in the same room." |
Awesome. (Yep, that's all I have at this point. Glad I could add to the topic.) I'm actually really excited about this.
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I am mostly interested to see if it lives up to the hype Nintendo has painted for it. The idea of being put in the same classes of players is what I am much anticipating.
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Yeah it sounds pretty good. I haven't been all that interested in any of the online games that have come out on other consoles, but make Animal Crossing Online and you've got my full attention. I really like that its free. But I still can't believe this is coming out in little over a month, they've been working on this in secret for quite some time.
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Sweet! I was reading about this earlier, and I can't wait to start playing you guys online!
edit: I read somewhere that Mario Kart:DS may ship with the wifi adapter. |
Originally Posted by goLUCKY
Sweet! I was reading about this earlier, and I can't wait to start playing you guys online!
edit: I read somewhere that Mario Kart:DS may ship with the wifi adapter. Hmm...I doubt it. As it is not a requirement to have, you can have your own wifi connection, I doubt it if it will be included. Besides, aren't USB adapters still retailing for more than the game would cost? |
Damn me and my old dial up, time to start hunting for a signal to "borrow" but this is EXCELLENT news!
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I'm looking forward to giving this a try, just hoping there's no voice support. If you could just game and have not contact with the morons online, it would be much better.
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Originally Posted by tanman
Besides, aren't USB adapters still retailing for more than the game would cost?
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Also really looking forward to this. Wireless routers can be had for $20-$30 lately. Animal Crossing online + me = :thumbsup:
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I doubt this'll change my outlook on online gaming much.. but I at least think that Nintendo will put out a few games that may persuade me to give it another chance. I'd love to see something like a Four Swords hack and slash or Crystal Chronicles.. but if I have to play with the bottom of the human chain that pollutes Xbox Live, I'll stick my circle of friends.
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Free Online play.... and for those without wireless... they provide a plug and play solution. Way to go Nintendo. MS, taking notes?
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Can I just say how cool it is that you open the town gate in Animal Crossing to let people in? That's the kind of creative and technological solution that makes me love Nintendo.
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I so can't wait for this.
I'm also glad that there's no Wifi at work. Or I'd be fired. Although I could see myself going down to one of the restaurants here with wifi during lunch and playing it there. |
They have a hotspot at the McDonalds across the street. :)
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
I'm looking forward to giving this a try, just hoping there's no voice support. If you could just game and have not contact with the morons online, it would be much better.
I'm definitely being careful about Animal Crossing. It would suck to have some ass come in and start cutting down all your trees or something. |
I'm definitely being careful about Animal Crossing. It would suck to have some ass come in and start cutting down all your trees or something. I am so ready for this release. |
Originally Posted by darkside
I'm betting they will release the headset for Metroid, but I agree I would much rather just play the games and not listen to 12 year olds cursing and acting like asses.
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If this actually ends up working as well as I hope, I will buy a DS. Definitely seems like a unique experience, I mean MARIO KART . . . online. . .
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
Would they even need a headset with the built in microphone?
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Originally Posted by mmconhea
Free Online play.... and for those without wireless... they provide a plug and play solution. Way to go Nintendo. MS, taking notes?
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I agree, this is the ONLY way I'd consider trying online gaming again--free and no hassle.
And like Pixy, I still doubt this will convert me, but I'll give it a shot on something like Mario Kart since it's free and I'm buying that game anyway. |
I don't see myself playing endless online sessions of Mario Kart, but I will try it out online and its nice to have the option. I definitely have no interest in stuff like Metroid Prime Hunters, but online Animal Crossing could really be cool.
I'm honestly crossing my fingers for something like Phantasy Star Online that is also free. I liked PSO, but I'm not paying $10 a month to play any game online. |
Based on the online model for a game like Animal Crossing I kind of wonder how I would ever meet anyone to play with. Particularly if other games like mario kart don't really encourage any sense of community which might allow you to build up a friends list.
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Then, at least for mario kart, you could just do the random matching by skill level.
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