JiWire helps DS owners get connected

Nintendo licenses hot-spot-finding directory service for use with Wi-Fi Connection.

Have a DS but don't know where you can hop online with Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection service? Help has arrived. Wireless Internet hot-spot-finding service JiWire today announced that Nintendo has licensed its directory to let DS owners find the nearest free hot spots with ease. DS owners in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Panama, and Chile can log on to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Web site and enter a street address and zip code to find the closest hot spots.

27 Comments

  • swedish-marine

    Posted Jan 14, 2006 2:32 am PT

    This prooves that Nintendo is at all making an effort to make their consumers (and big fans) think that to spend some money on their console isn't that a waste of money. Sony would never ever even think about something like this becuase they're so freaking into their square thinking in console sales and their economy that they just doesn't give a darn about their consumers. Nintendo takes the whole gaming to an new level with everything they do, becuase they know what they do and does it.

  • tchkd7

    Posted Dec 22, 2005 2:56 pm PT

    more like happy hour

  • QuakeOne

    Posted Dec 11, 2005 4:19 pm PT

    it is a great service in the UK too I found my local pub is on there with Wifi happy days

  • crimson-spider

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 11:14 am PT

    I have a wireless router which lets me go on Wi-Fi but my computer does not do WEP so I have o manually change it and that is annoying.

  • stiker71

    Posted Dec 9, 2005 7:38 am PT

    they already have one of these on nintendo wi-fi.com unless this is that one ur talking about but it came out a long time ago

  • limpbizkit818

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 1:06 pm PT

    thank you nintendo.

  • ZephyrSB

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 10:48 am PT

    It most likely does. I guess I'll be getting the USB adapter then.

  • Owt_Ytrof

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 6:02 am PT

    Since I am already aware of this, it is inconceivable to me how anyone else on this planet could NOT be. Also, I feel obligated to let everyone know just how superior I really am.

  • Video_Game_King

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 3:51 am PT

    So where's the news?

  • BorgMind00

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 1:11 am PT

    just like Nintendo, talk about customer service

  • Jamesinclair

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 9:01 pm PT

    ZephyrSB

    If your university requires you to enter a username and password to use the wifi network, youre out of luck.

  • Homsar13

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 8:54 pm PT

    there's a mcdonalds in my city that's a hotspot! sssssweet!

  • Death1234567890

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 5:50 pm PT

    awsome but... I need Metroid to be sure on the DS. then I won't even think about PSP.

  • bassplayer27800

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 5:45 pm PT

    coo.

  • ZephyrSB

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 5:41 pm PT

    Could I just use a wireless hotspot like one in a university building? The university I'm at has several buildings with wireless access, would these work? There aren't any hotspots really nearby me, and even if there were, I don't think I'd want to go into a McDonald's and stay there for an extended period of time.

  • meteorgun7

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 5:30 pm PT

    Now there is a chance for me going wifi.

  • StanleyL GameSpot staff member

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 5:00 pm PT

    Looks like a McDonalds restaurant locator to me.

  • Jason____

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 4:42 pm PT

    the_pixelator: The Nintendo DS does support WEP encryption. You can use any "hotspot finder" you like for the DS. Also, the DS gets FREE McDonalds access and the PSP does NOT.

  • videogamr49

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 4:32 pm PT

    I guess it's great but I don't have that problem.

  • the_pixelator

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 4:20 pm PT

    The PSP already can use free (or secure, unlike the DS) hotspots. You can use any 'hotspot finder' service you like.

  • TrifoceisWithin

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 4:14 pm PT

    Isnt this a lil old? I did that litrally a month ago! lol =D good tho

  • Genexi2

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 4:12 pm PT

    Makes you wish Sony would bring out a real effort for making wifi hot-spots available for its PSP system....oh well, their loss.

  • sacredBed

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:53 pm PT

    great!

  • gonzalezj1

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:50 pm PT

    I did that a week ago on the Nintendo wifi website. Is this something else? More detailed or something?

  • JLuke360

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:46 pm PT

    Sweet, especially for people who havent invested in the wi-fi stuff, but have wi-fi compatable games.

  • woohooforme

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:46 pm PT

    Awesome!

  • Knight42092

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:43 pm PT

    That's great news!

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