If my computer has wirelesss LAN (802.11 b/g) and it can connect to the internet will it be possible to use it to connect to the internet with the DS or do I need a router?
Another thing: While I understand that current games will not be able to get online in the usual way, couldn't we see some software that lets a computer similate a DS to DS wireless connection and can thus allow current games to be played over the internet?
If my computer has wirelesss LAN (802.11 b/g) and it can connect to the internet will it be possible to use it to connect to the internet with the DS or do I need a router?
Another thing: While I understand that current games will not be able to get online in the usual way, couldn't we see some software that lets a computer similate a DS to DS wireless connection and can thus allow current games to be played over the internet? Ghosty_Square
Wireless LAN for your PC means that it is able to pick up signals from Routers enabling it to go online. Your PC has nothing to do with the DS WiFi Online, and yes you will need a wireless router.
No, we will not see games going online all of a sudden unless a new version of the game is released.
I have a DS with a game that plays wirelessly (le'ts assume 1 card play). I am in my house. A friend of mine with a DS is in his house. I start the game and host a multiplayer game. My friend selects download play. Now of course we aren't able to play because we are out of range. However I 've got a PC that has wireless lan. With proper software it connects to my DS as though it was a DS itself and downloads the game data. The data is then send over the net to my friend's PC. In a similar way, his PC connects to his DS as though it was a DS itself and transmits the game data. The same process is repeated while the game is played.
[QUOTE="-WhiteSnake-"]I have one last question, I remember my friend mentioning that you could download other games onto your ds from someone elses...? is this true?matthew_senn
DS has what's called "Download Play". Your friend is right, you can download demos, onto your DS, or if you live in Japan, you could use the Download Service, which let you play demos, donwload content, patches, etc...however you don't and most of us here dont..:( I have no clue if Nintendo will even bother bringing it here, for now, because Japan is a much smaller country, where the US and other parts of the world are much larger.
Well it's a good thing still, because you can play multiplayer on DS games, with one game pak, and it offers more options, than the GBA did. It depends on the game,however Meteos, Bomberman DS and Advance Wars DS, are some of the best multiplayer games so far. IMO.
Thats cool how many demos can you store?
You cant store them, their temporary The DS has 4 KB of RAM built in, so unless they want to release an actually hardware expansion in the form of a GBA cart, I just don't see it happening kid. Don't think GBA expansion paks aren't being thought through though. Daigasso! Band Brothers has a song expansion pak in the form of a GBA cart. Metroid Prime Pinball won't be completely worthless because it will have a rumble pak built in. I don't see extra RAM being built for the DS, but who knows. It's 4MBs of RAM.
I have a DS with a game that plays wirelessly (le'ts assume 1 card play). I am in my house. A friend of mine with a DS is in his house. I start the game and host a multiplayer game. My friend selects download play. Now of course we aren't able to play because we are out of range. However I 've got a PC that has wireless lan. With proper software it connects to my DS as though it was a DS itself and downloads the game data. The data is then send over the net to my friend's PC. In a similar way, his PC connects to his DS as though it was a DS itself and transmits the game data. The same process is repeated while the game is played.
I believe we could see something like that.
Ghosty_Square
I believe that's tunneling. It's illegal, but a great idea!
so the information for the ds to go online with that game is it the ds cgame card it self so could they not make gba cart expansion packs for the other games to go online?
so the information for the ds to go online with that game is it the ds cgame card it self so could they not make gba cart expansion packs for the other games to go online?sarconi
Wait, so if I have 56k internet then I can't play DS wifi AT ALL?! That SUCKS._ChrisMichael_
upgrade to dsl if you have to or broadband for more money. If you cant just warn me that you are about to play mario kart so i can play with different people
Get DSL, its not that much more expensive...dgroundwater
OK when your parents are putting someone through college at $35,000 a year without a full loan, you just bought 4 acres of land adjacent to your house (property around here where I live is VERY expensive), and you still need to pay off your mortgage, add to that gas prices, taxes, taxes on our small cottage up north, then DSL's extra $10/$15 is a lot of money.
EDIT- New Hampshire has such a high quality of life that our taxes have been skyrocketing up each year, so it's no cakewalk.
Okay. Lemme get all this straitened out. I have a cable modem with 10.0 Mbps. If I go to the nearest Radio Shack and get myself a Linksys Wireless router and connect it to the cable modem I can play DS WiFi?
Okay. Lemme get all this straitened out. I have a cable modem with 10.0 Mbps. If I go to the nearest Radio Shack and get myself a Linksys Wireless router and connect it to the cable modem I can play DS WiFi?ColorblindMonk
I have no idea if you can hook it up directly to your router. :|
[QUOTE="ColorblindMonk"]Okay. Lemme get all this straitened out. I have a cable modem with 10.0 Mbps. If I go to the nearest Radio Shack and get myself a Linksys Wireless router and connect it to the cable modem I can play DS WiFi?cubedman990
I have no idea if you can hook it up directly to your router. :| It has a USB port.
i read somewhere on the internet something about game invites. are there going to be game invites or am i going to have to call my friend to play with him? also about the buddy list thing, will I have a list for my DS or one for each of my games? will it say if they're online?
i read somewhere on the internet something about game invites. are there going to be game invites or am i going to have to call my friend to play with him? also about the buddy list thing, will I have a list for my DS or one for each of my games? will it say if they're online?
i read somewhere on the internet something about game invites. are there going to be game invites or am i going to have to call my friend to play with him? also about the buddy list thing, will I have a list for my DS or one for each of my games? will it say if they're online?
everybody knows that Metroid will be Wi-Fi ready right? i mean, i jsut read the first post in this forum and it said its only LAN but thts been changed. so yeah...
everybody knows that Metroid will be Wi-Fi ready right? i mean, i jsut read the first post in this forum and it said its only LAN but thts been changed. so yeah...NickMach9
Whoops! Sorry, I must have missed that change! I know I took it out of the FAQ thoguh...I think...:roll:
[QUOTE="NickMach9"]everybody knows that Metroid will be Wi-Fi ready right? i mean, i jsut read the first post in this forum and it said its only LAN but thts been changed. so yeah...cubedman990
Whoops! Sorry, I must have missed that change! I know I took it out of the FAQ thoguh...I think...:roll:
Thanks again!
Wow, I'm pretty stupid :roll:! I had it the opposite way up there (^)! All fixed!
i read somewhere on the internet something about game invites. are there going to be game invites or am i going to have to call my friend to play with him? also about the buddy list thing, will I have a list for my DS or one for each of my games? will it say if they're online?
sp0inK
Nothing is known at the moment.Yeah, Satoru Iwata guaranteed, however, that we will know all about the Nintendo WiFi Connection in October.
I'll be sure to update this thread ASA that happens!! ;)
Great, my dad mentioned going back to dial up, but I told him we stay on cable or go to DSL. Will DSL work? My dad's friend says it sucks. I don't believe that guy.:(
Great, my dad mentioned going back to dial up, but I told him we stay on cable or go to DSL. Will DSL work? My dad's friend says it sucks. I don't believe that guy.:(ColorblindMonk
[QUOTE="ColorblindMonk"]Great, my dad mentioned going back to dial up, but I told him we stay on cable or go to DSL. Will DSL work? My dad's friend says it sucks. I don't believe that guy.:(ShaneBeck
Yeah, it says on the first page that DSL works.Yes, DSL will work.
As for speed comparisons, it all depends on where you are and who your ISP is. I know around here, Comcast (cable) is 4Mbps, and Verizon DSL is 4Mbps. But it always changes, because Comcast used to be 1.5Mbps. It's all about the competition!
I plan on getting a wireless router just to have the connection for my cable modem. My question is, can you connect a wireless router to a wired router? Or a simplified question, can you connect two routers (any type) together? The modem and my room are on opposite ends of the house, the 3rd floor to the basement.
Well, FINALLY GameSpot is back...I reformatted the thread so it fits w/o a horizontal scrollbar...It's really annoying, because the editor's BG is white but GS's bg (default) is gray. I need to go complain. And I want Arial back as the default!!!
Anyways, I'm EXTREMELY happy about the USB adapter, it helps me!
I want to know if you can chat with people through the wi-fi connection. Also I asked in september if their would be a usb connector and you said i didn't read the first page but now im right.
If I buy the USB thing that Nintendo has recently announced and plug the DS with the USB to my computer, I then will be able to play anyone in the world with the DS.
2 questions about the usb connector that nintendo is releasing, I realize that they haven't given out more info on it, but what do you think will most likely be the answer to these questions:
1. Will you be able to use it on any computer besides my own? Say if I carry it around with my DS and then I go to a friends house who doesn't have a wireless router, could I just plop it into their computer? This will make a difference between me getting a wireless router and the wifi connector (as of now I have no more wireless devices).
2. Do you actually have to have your compter on? I mean, does it plug into your computer's usb port, or the modem's usb port (I have an external DSL modem)?
I want to know if you can chat with people through the wi-fi connection. Also I asked in september if their would be a usb connector and you said i didn't read the first page but now im right.
davwade
Yup, it turns out you were right ;) But back then it was still a rumor...
If I buy the USB thing that Nintendo has recently announced and plug the DS with the USB to my computer, I then will be able to play anyone in the world with the DS.
Is it really that simple?
The_Nintendawg
Yes and no :P
You can plug it in whenn you're online and play anyone else in the world whi is also online then too.
2 questions about the usb connector that nintendo is releasing, I realize that they haven't given out more info on it, but what do you think will most likely be the answer to these questions:
1. Will you be able to use it on any computer besides my own? Say if I carry it around with my DS and then I go to a friends house who doesn't have a wireless router, could I just plop it into their computer? This will make a difference between me getting a wireless router and the wifi connector (as of now I have no more wireless devices).
2. Do you actually have to have your compter on? I mean, does it plug into your computer's usb port, or the modem's usb port (I have an external DSL modem)?
Angelbabe531
1.Yes. It can be used on any computer, I presume, as most computers nowadays have preloaded software to support practically every USB device.
2. Yes, your computer must be on and connected to the internet. I assume, for compatibility (and price issues), that it just goes into your computer and not modems.
[QUOTE="role_model4"]I'm confused, can u only play online when you're plugged into your computer or can u get something so u can play wirelessly in hotspots????cubedman990
Both, you can play in any hotspot and/or the USB adapter's 'WiFi' okay, thanks man
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