Nintendo DS UK Goes Wi-Fi
From November 25th, British users of the Nintendo DS will be able to benefit from such a luxury as free Wi-Fi gaming. Seems like Nintendo supporters should virtually never have to experience the startlingly empty feeling of not having a gaming partner ever again.
Nintendo, in cooperation with BT Openzone and The Cloud, is making an attempt to deliver Wi-Fi gaming to as many residents in the UK as possible, and there will be several ways of accessing the network…
More than 7,500 shops, restaurants and stations offering access to the Nintendo DS (Buy) Wi-Fi network, excluding hotspots installed at video games retailers. Homes with a Wi-Fi access point are also able to access the delicious Wi-Fi DS servers.
The network as yet only supports the Nintendo DS, but there are future plans
to include the forthcoming Nintendo Revolution, once it’s released. At last, Nintendo is making
an effort to compete with the online function of the XBox. In slight
anticipation, we can’t help wondering what Sony will have to come up with.
If you do not own a Wi-Fi thingy, Nintendo is generous enough to offer
you one of their very own. For only the cheap, cheap price of £30, you’ll get a Nintendo
Wi-Fi USB Connector (TM) that automatically sets up a connection for
you. Or you could just buy a fully functional Wi-Fi router from eBay instead,
contact a computer geek (the user-friendly kind) who will install it
for you. leaving you with enough cash to buy another DS title. Mario Cart DS for example. It supports Wi-Fi, you see…
All this DS Wi-Fi talk is all sweets and candy, but we can’t help having doubts as to how some of the hotspots will be
working. Will game retailers allow anyone to leisurely stroll in and
connect to the Nintendo servers? And what about the restaurant? They’ll probably order the gamer to buy something before they start playing, and gaming and food
doesn’t really mix. Grease and sticky buttons are natural enemies, just like Batfink and Hugo A Go Go.
Hopefully it will turn thumbs up, but we’ll know for sure soon enough. Until then, patience.
Read more:
UK Wi-Fi Connection Partnership Announced – Nintendo Europe
[story by Jimmy Laskowski]
Is the DS any good?
I don’t think so.
I played on a DS and a PSP at the weekend. Guess which one wiped the floor with the other.
Although I do like the DS adverts.
Whatever, Nintendo DS is a lot better than the PSP. Not saying the PSP is bad, it’s just the DS is ’so’ much better! PSP…well, let’s just say it’s OK.
Jesus wept…. Could there be a ‘Your comments’ section on a DS or PSP story, somewhere, anywhere, on the internet, where the utterly futile ‘which one is better’ argument *doesn’t* show up? You know, one where readers discuss the actual story? On that very note…
I’m pretty unimpressed by the news that the DS only supports (virtually transparent) WEP encryption. There’s no way I’m downgrading my wireless LAN
to WEP so I’m going to have to shell out on the USB wi-fi connector despite having a perfectly good hotspot of my own. Big N being a bit thick or just trying to make a bit more cash? Who cares eh? Let’s just justify our purchases by slagging off the competition instead [bangs head on desk]
if you chose the psp over nintendo ds you are……dumb a blind man wouldnt even do that yea the psp has all the looks but nintendo has the games and o yea free online play you do the math. dumb move for playstation messing with nintendo in the handheld market…
Is it possible that they are both shit hot? Yes. Yes it is.
psp sucks balls
the ds is better i think because you can chat and it has a touch screen and it has a longer battery the psp dont,but the psp has better graphices
the whole thing about the wireless DS play was you could just go to a hotspot and play, but i went to all the ones near me and they need WEP keys. i dont even know what a WEP key is.