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The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection thread

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Nintendo better support modern wireless protocols, I aint downgrading my network security to play mario kart
 
Mario Kart DS PR from www.nintendo-europe.com

Mario Kart fans rejoice as the hugely popular racing game comes to the Nintendo DS on November 25, 2005.

Mario Kart DS will drive players new and old to distraction as they race their way around a selection of tracks, including all-new extravaganzas and time-honoured classics from previous versions of the games. What’s more Mario Kart DS will be the first Nintendo DS title to offer gamers online play allowing you to race anyone, anywhere, anytime for free.

Want to show off your skills? Then get excited as Mario Kart DS features both online and wireless multiplayer modes. By using the Wireless DS Single-Card Download Play feature, up to 8 players can link up with just one game card. Alternatively you can battle it out online with three other players either in the comfort of your own home using your existing Wi-Fi broadband; or in the High Street either at Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Access Points in store or at Nintendo Wi-Fi connection enabled public Wi-Fi hotspots. Never before has it been so easy to pick up a games console and challenge friends from all over the world for free!

Nintendo’s unique new Friend Roster enables players to play online with their friends, all you need to do is set up a Friend Code by swapping a number with your friend, they will then be added to your Friend Roster and you can select to play with them online anytime, anywhere. Alternatively you can play with someone of a similar skill level. This is done seamlessly via Nintendo’s servers through the use of a skill mapping system to ensure the environment is open to users of all ages and skill levels.

The Nintendo DS’s double screens are put to perfect use in Mario Kart DS, moving certain features such as the map onto the bottom screen, clearing the top solely for the fast paced action. Mario Kart DS also allows players to see what weapons their opponents have, thanks to a small symbol next to their faces on the lower screen. For the first time ever you will know what item to hang onto and what tricks your opponents have up their sleeves.

Following in the Mario Kart tradition, players must pick up items along the track such as power-ups which they can use to boost their own powers, mushrooms for a speed boost, a star to become invulnerable or shells, bombs and bananas to attack their opponents. Players can use these items to knock their opponents off the track and out of their way. These power ups can dramatically change the outcome of a race, so mastering these can give you the vital edge over your opponents.

Mario Kart DS provides excitement and challenges to keep players, both young and old, entertained and in the driving seat. This highly addictive, fun and fast paced racing game launches on the Nintendo DS in Europe on 25 November 2005, at the estimated retail price of around £30. Also launching on the same date is the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector which will enable players who have Broadband at home to join in the Wi-Fi fun. The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector will be priced at around £30.

Further details on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Access Points and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection public Wi-Fi hotspots will be announced soon.
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£30 for the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector includes tax, approx:

€44
$53
¥6000
 
I'd like to point out that the WiFi USB connecter is the same price as the DS game.

So perhaps it will be $30 over here in the USA?
 
Are some people getting confused with the function of the wi-fi stick or am I?

I saw it as a dongle that allows your DS to connect to the PC and use your existing broadband connection, but others seem to think the dongle itself is connecting to the internet.
 
DavidDayton said:
I'd like to point out that the WiFi USB connecter is the same price as the DS game.

So perhaps it will be $30 over here in the USA?
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that's a good point.

it'll probably retail for the cost of a ds game everywhere.
 
Do I get this right..., Mario Kart DS will release first in Europe and therefore be the first DS online game worldwide!? Or do we have to wait a few days until atleast one online game has been released in the states and Japan, too until we can play online? :lol
 
So what's the official EU Mario Kart DS releasedate? 11 november, or 25 nov?

Also, so general questions about the dongle: does it only work with the DS, or also with other devices (like PSP)? What's the range of this dongle, and will the signal transmit through walls? That way I can just sit and play in the livingroom, instead of the room my PC is in.
 
Nintendo has no interest in allowing other devices (rival devices) take advantage of their hardware or accessories.

I'm only guessing though.

But going by almost everything else Nintendo has done in the past, the Wi-Fi dongle will most likely ONLY be for the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Revolution to connect to (using the same proprietry wireless link that two DS's linked up use.)
 
D3VI0US said:
Does this dongle work for Rev too?
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It wouldn't make sense for it not to, and as someone else pointed out, it does not specifically say that it's for DS only.
 
Spencerr said:
Well that throws my 56k out the window.
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No it doesn't. The dongle will only work with High speed connections.

And yes, this dongle will also work with the Rev.. and the PSP :p (I shouold add a *should* in there)
 
Any of you guys know if this will work with WEP (128) encryption and MAC address filtering? I figure ill have to turn off the MAC address filtering on my cheap ass Actiontec dsl modem/gateway.

Cant wait for mario kart ds....
 
-james- said:
Any of you guys know if this will work with WEP (128) encryption and MAC address filtering? I figure ill have to turn off the MAC address filtering on my cheap ass Actiontec dsl modem/gateway.

Cant wait for mario kart ds....
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Looking at some of the partner pages (Buffalo and NEC) it seems the best it'll do for encryption is WEP 128. Which is disappointing as even the PSP does WPA-PSK these days. No idea about MAC filtering tho.
 
Since this is the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection thread, how about a list of all online Nintendo DS games? That would seem appropriate. I saw a list somewhere on GAF, can't seem to find it. Jarrod?
 
Yeah Ruzbeh, you can read my mind.

Here is a quick summary:

- Mario Kart DS (Nov 2005)
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nov 2005)
- Tony Hawk's Sk8land (Nov 2005)
- Ultimate Card Games (Dec 2005)
- Final Fantasy: Chrystal Chronicles (2006)
- Dynasty Warriors (tba)
- Mario Basketball 3-vs-3 (2006)
- Castlevania (tba)
- Winning Eleven (2006)
- Metroid Prime: Hunters (2006)

Edit (thanks to jarrod):

- Contact
- Tenchu DS
- DS Tales
- Super Monkey Ball DS (really? thought that's only local WiFi)
- Harvest Moon DS for Girls
- Power Pro Kun Pocket 8
- Kojima's DS game

What else?
 
There's also Contact, Tenchu DS, DS Tales, Super Monkey Ball DS, Harvest Moon DS for Girls, Power Pro Kun Pocket 8, Kojima's DS game and some others.
 
thegodsend said:
Yeah Ruzbeh, you can read my mind.

Here is a quick summary:

- Mario Kart DS (Nov 2005)
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nov 2005)
- Tony Hawk's Sk8land (Nov 2005)
- Ultimate Card Games (Dec 2005)
- Final Fantasy: Chrystal Chronicles (2006)
- Dynasty Warriors (tba)
- Mario Basketball 3-vs-3 (2006)
- Castlevania (tba)
- Winning Eleven (2006)
- Metroid Prime: Hunters (2006)

What else?
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The original list had a Harvest Moon game listed...which Jarrod just mentioned.

Do we know to what extent there is online? And, if so, will the US release of the first game feature it?
 
thegodsend said:
Yeah Ruzbeh, you can read my mind.

Here is a quick summary:

- Mario Kart DS (Nov 2005)
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nov 2005)
- Tony Hawk's Sk8land (Nov 2005)
- Ultimate Card Games (Dec 2005)
- Final Fantasy: Chrystal Chronicles (2006)
- Dynasty Warriors (tba)
- Mario Basketball 3-vs-3 (2006)
- Castlevania (tba)
- Winning Eleven (2006)
- Metroid Prime: Hunters (2006)

Edit (thanks to jarrod):

- Contact
- Tenchu DS
- DS Tales
- Super Monkey Ball DS (really? thought that's only local WiFi)
- Harvest Moon DS for Girls
- Power Pro Kun Pocket 8
- Kojima's DS game

What else?
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I take it thats a NEW castlevania game that they announced???
 
Here's the old list... but it's out of date...

Nintendo DS
01 Animal Crossing: Wide World (Nintendo)
02 Bokujou Monotargari (Marvelous Interactive)
03 Bomberman (Hudson Soft)
04 Castlevania (Konami)
05 Contact (Marvelous Interactive)
06 Digimon World (Bandai Games)
07 Dynasty Warriors DS (KOEI)
08 Europa Universalis II (Pocket PC Studios)
09 Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles DS (Square Enix)
10 Jikkyo Powerful Pro Kun Pocket 8 (Konami)
11 Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
12 Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo)
13 Mobile Suit Gundam (Bandai Games)
14 Momotaru Denetsu World (Hudson Soft)
15 Professional Wrestling (Spike)
16 Rune Factory (Marvelous Interactive)
17 Super Monkey Ball DS (SEGA)
18 Tony Hawk's American Sk8land (Activision)
19 Top Spin 2 (2K Games)
20 Tenchu DS (From Software)
21 Ultimate Brain Games DS (Telegames)
22 Ultimate Card Games DS (Telegames)
23 World Soccer Winning Eleven DS (Konami)

24 new Kojima Studios Productions project (Konami)
25 new RPG (Namco)
26 new RTS (Marvelous Interactive)



Publishers
01 Activision
02 Atari
03 Bandai
04 Banpresto
05 Capcom
06 Disney Interactive
07 Eletcronic Arts
08 From Software
09 Hudson Soft
10 KOEI
11 Konami
12 Majesco Games
13 Marvelous Interactive
14 Mastiff Games
15 Namco
16 Nintendo
17 Pocket PC Studios
18 SEGA
19 Spike
20 Square Enix
21 Taito
22 Take 2 Interactive
23 Telegames
24 The Pokémon Company
25 THQ
26 Ubisoft
27 Vivendi Universal Games
 
hey guys, I found this on revolution ign board:

Buffalo AirStation 54 Mbps Wireless USB Keychain Adapter pcmag.com editor's choice

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Bottom line
This AirStation USB Keychain Adapter is a fine-performing, easy to install, very secure 802.11g USB 2.0 wireless adapter. What's not to like?

Pros
Autoinstall of client and driver directly from key—no need for a CD.

Cons
None, actually.

If you have a mobile or desktop PC with no wireless connectivity, or an 802.11b client card (or embedded chipset) but want to upgrade easily to the speed of 802.11g, Buffalo has come to the rescue.

Portability has been the single key benefit of wireless USB client adapters, but chances are that when you find yourself needing to make a quick wireless connection on someone else's PC, you won't have the CD with the drivers you need. And who wants to fool around with loading utilities and drivers from a CD anyway? The new AirStation 54 Mbps Wireless USB Keychain Adapter (WLI-U2-KG54-AI), from Buffalo Technologies, solves that problem for you. Though it looks like a conventional USB 2.0 key, it is also an 802.11g network adapter. The key contains all of the necessary drivers, as well as Buffalo's client app. Just plug it in and the driver and client autoinstall.

The AirStation Keychain Adapter ships with a two-foot USB extension cable for getting optimal reception or getting the key out of the way. In our performance tests, it outperformed most PC card adapters and was on a par with the best of the 802.11g notebooks with built-in wireless. At close distances, the AirStation Keychain turned in 23.4 Mbps of throughput on our non-compressible data test. At the 160-foot mark, we still recorded 4.8 Mbps of throughput.

Buffalo AirStation 54 Mbps Wireless USB Keychain Adapter The Buffalo client utility also has an easy-to-use interface where you can store multiple profiles. Each profile can have a different security setting, ranging from no security at all up through WPA-AES. A handy survey tool helps identify available wireless networks.

The AirStation Keychain also supports Buffalo's excellent AOSS (AirStation One-Touch Secure System) that allows you to configure a secure wireless network at the touch of a button on an AOSS-enabled Buffalo router—if you have one.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1738936,00.asp


So basically they are the same, right? Is Buffalo a Nintendo partner?
 
The same? We are unsure, although it was developed with Buffalo.

However, it is expected to be cheaper than that one, so buying it really isn't much of a savings unless you already own it and it might work. I have a feeling that the one for Nintendo might be specifically for DS and Rev.
 
The question for me is...do I have to buy one of those dongles if I already have a Buffalo router with AOSS?
 
I don't believe for a second that the Wi-Fi dongle will be proprietary. More than likely it will just be an 802.11b adapter that you form an ad hoc connection with and have software on your computer that enables connection sharing.

and does this mean Nintendo by the end of this year will have more true online games than PSP?
 
Argyle said:
The question for me is...do I have to buy one of those dongles if I already have a Buffalo router with AOSS?
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If you already have a wireless router or access point, you don't need at all a dongle :D
 
borghe said:
I don't believe for a second that the Wi-Fi dongle will be proprietary. More than likely it will just be an 802.11b adapter that you form an ad hoc connection with and have software on your computer that enables connection sharing.

and does this mean Nintendo by the end of this year will have more true online games than PSP?
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I think the dongle that Nintendo will sell is just a branded one, and from what I remember Buffalo is in business with nintendo. Also they look very similar.
 
nikoo said:
If you already have a wireless router or access point, you don't need at all a dongle :D
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Well, if what other people in the thread are saying is true (no WPA support) then I'm screwed :(

I thought jarrod said one of the advantages of the DS was that it had WPA support when the PSP didn't (well, at least until the 2.0 update)? Hrm...
 
WPA is at the software level, not hardware level. I can't possibly imagine it won't be included. WPA2 is another story though.
 
Yeah, are there still no details on whether or not the damn thing supports WEP or WPA? I coulda sworn a Nintendo official said it works with secured Wi-Fi networks.
 
Argyle said:
Well, if what other people in the thread are saying is true (no WPA support) then I'm screwed :(

I thought jarrod said one of the advantages of the DS was that it had WPA support when the PSP didn't (well, at least until the 2.0 update)? Hrm...
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this is a thing I can ask, a friend of mine is testing mario kart right now
 
..pakbeka.. said:
add Bleach DS to that list, according to IGN it's online


IMPORT GET
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Yepp, it's developed by Treasure.
Bleach is my favourite anime, ever. DS and GC version are already mine :lol :D
 
MiketheBSG said:
Wait.....is this adapter not USB 1.1 compatible?
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Ok, why do people keep asking stuff like this. Not just about this, but whenever a USB device comes up. ALL USB devices are backward compatible with previous versions. It's *required* by the USB spec, and is one of the key advantages of the interface.
 
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