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join:2003-03-20
Winchester, KY
clubs: | Nintendo and McDonald's Lets see how fat we can make the american population...
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tehsleeper
join:2004-04-17
Saint Paul, MN | Re: Nintendo and McDonald's nobody makes the US population fat. they do it to themselves. | |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA | Depends on the game. DDR most certainly does not make you fat. 
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barnett25
join:2004-01-26
Huntington, WV | Nintendo is the only one designing a controller that actually exercises more than just your thumbs. | |
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Potty Time
join:2005-07-03
united state | Goin down!!! Y'all are gonna go down when I get online!!!!!!!;) | |
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imrf
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join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
 ·WOW Internet and C..
| Re: Can't compete with live said by McLovin  :but it can't come close to competing with Xbox live. Who said it was made to compete with Live?
Unfortunately for Nintendo, like 80% of their customers are these sheltered kids who have never played an FPS game in their lives. Where do you get your skewed numbers from? Nintendo caters to all crowds not just kids. Who wants to sit and play FPS all day long anyways?  | |
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Battousai4021
@tn.charter | Re: Can't compete with live Even if it wasn't designed to, it will make a great competitor. Free online play for first-party titles assures that. A Super Smash Brothers title with free online play at launch is pratically a killer app. | |
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imrf
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join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·WOW Internet and C..
| Re: Can't compete with live said by Battousai4021 :
Even if it wasn't designed to, it will make a great competitor. Free online play for first-party titles assures that. A Super Smash Brothers title with free online play at launch is pratically a killer app.
I agree. It's great to see something like this. | |
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Xizer
join:2004-02-05
New York, NY | Re: Can't compete with live The Xbox is portable now?! When did THAT happen? | |
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RailRoadDude
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join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA | Sheltered or brought up correctly? | |
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Xizer
join:2004-02-05
New York, NY | Re: Can't compete with live Correctly?
*pussies who will have a hard time in the real world | |
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| biochemistry
join:2003-05-09
92361 | Have you ever heard of the most revolutionary FPS of all time on a console - Goldeneye for Nintendo 64? | |
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY | So ure trying to say adults are shelter kids when ive seen pleanty of people buying the sytems lol. | |
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RailRoadDude
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join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
1 edit | How can Tony Hawk and Mario Kart be up ? They're not due to be released until Nov.14th and 15th, where did the people playing it get their copies?? | |
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| JSRoman
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join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
| Re: How can Tony Hawk and Mario Kart be up ? I noticed that also. Mario Kart isn't due out till 11/16. Either this is employees's kids with advance copies or something is fishy.
Regrading the service, I think it is kind of cool. My 9 year old has been going to nintendowifi.com almost everyday so he will most likely be happy when he sees it is up and running. I just hope some of the DS games he has at home are wifi compatible by full launch. Right now it looks like they only have 2 on site. | |
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ssj4android
Redefining Reality
join:2002-04-14
Wyoming, MI | Re: How can Tony Hawk and Mario Kart be up ? They gave out copies of Mario Kart DS at least at some press thing they had. | |
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| Bio Lizard
join:2004-04-15
Norfolk, VA | Test runs, press copies, etc. | |
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Mr Dip
join:2005-02-28
Lisle, IL
| Handheld online is just not that appealing to me - and I suspect it's not appealing to many online gamers. One gaming site said Kart was adequately laggy. Since this is a free service, I just don't see them having a solid uptime either. If I want to sit around and have long game sessions with friends, then a 60" HD screen, Xbox360, comfy couch, and a supply of frosty cold beverages is more appealing than this. This is more of a gimicky item - especially with no voice communication for my friends or foes. Too bad Nintendo abandonned their online service for Gamecube in favor of focusing on this. | |
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| biochemistry
join:2003-05-09
92361 | Re: Handheld online Let's see here. $6000 TV + $400 XBox360 + $10 beverages + $10 for Xbox Live = $6,420. Or $130 Nintendo DS + Free WiFi + water fountain = $130. I wonder which option will be more popular... | |
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
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join:2005-06-29
clubs: | Re: Handheld online you forgot about the priceless quote in there..lol  :D:D | |
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FORGOT_COUCH
@airband.net
| Re: Handheld online hey bro, you forgot the cost of the comfy couch...
Whether you believe it or not, this service will be immensily popular.
I can't wait to frag all my friends as I sit at the airport/bus stop/backyard pool/etc... | |
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AuraReturn
Premium
join:2003-08-18
San Francisco, CA
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| said by biochemistry :Let's see here. $6000 TV + $400 XBox360 + $10 beverages + $10 for Xbox Live = $6,420. Or $130 Nintendo DS + Free WiFi + water fountain = $130. I wonder which option will be more popular... :D | |
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join:2005-02-28
Lisle, IL
| said by biochemistry :Let's see here. $6000 TV + $400 XBox360 + $10 beverages + $10 for Xbox Live = $6,420. Or $130 Nintendo DS + Free WiFi + water fountain = $130. I wonder which option will be more popular... $6000 for a TV set? Um, okay. I guess you must come from the school of thought that cheap is more popular, huh? That's okay. I guess in your world people aspire to live in trailers or cardboard boxes because cheap = popular. In MY world, people aspire to have top-end gear, live in nice homes, drive expensive cars, and wear designer clothes. If price is everything to you, maybe video games aren't a good hobby for you. HDTV and the subsequent peripherals that are coming are well within my budget, so the offering of a handheld online experience holds no interest for me. Regardless, the point here is that just because something is cheap, doesn't make it good. Gamecube was the cheapest home console of this generation, but it's estimated sales in North America put it behind PS2, and possibly even Xbox. This itself verifies that cheap does NOT equal most popular.
IGN had a hands on with Kart and it lagged - badly in parts. This is a bad sign. I personally don't like the fact that it's a free service. There is no such thing as a free lunch in life, and anything that is offered as such usually has a catch. In this case, I suspect that there will be minimal service, and/or if it doesn't work at various hot spots, residential routers, or on various ISPs networks, the response from Nintendo will be "Tough luck, it's free - too bad". Can anyone here imagine being at a McDonalds and the connection won't work? Do you honestly expect connection setup support from the McDonalds cashier?? Here's a hint: the answer is NO! | |
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AuraReturn
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join:2003-08-18
San Francisco, CA
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| Re: Handheld online said by Mr Dip :said by biochemistry :Let's see here. $6000 TV + $400 XBox360 + $10 beverages + $10 for Xbox Live = $6,420. Or $130 Nintendo DS + Free WiFi + water fountain = $130. I wonder which option will be more popular... IGN had a hands on with Kart and it lagged - badly in parts. This is a bad sign. I personally don't like the fact that it's a free service. There is no such thing as a free lunch in life, and anything that is offered as such usually has a catch. In this case, I suspect that there will be minimal service, and/or if it doesn't work at various hot spots, residential routers, or on various ISPs networks, the response from Nintendo will be "Tough luck, it's free - too bad". Can anyone here imagine being at a McDonalds and the connection won't work? Do you honestly expect connection setup support from the McDonalds cashier?? Here's a hint: the answer is NO! Hm.... Maybe the catch is $29.99 for tha game? | |
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barnett25
join:2004-01-26
Huntington, WV | I don't know about anyone else, but I am going to buy a DS now because of this. | |
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| Bio Lizard
join:2004-04-15
Norfolk, VA
| The reason it was laggy is because they had a few dozen people around just one hot spot playing against other reviewers in similar conditions. No voice communication is just for the early titles, as Nintendo has talked about it. There's a headset port on the underside (?) of the DS. | |
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ssj4android
Redefining Reality
join:2002-04-14
Wyoming, MI | No WPA sucks They needed WPA and a browser, unfortunentally, we get neither from them. Anyone know how to set up a segregated network with WEP protections using Windows XP and a spare wifi card? One that can only access the internet and not my LAN? | |
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Drivelyne
@alltel.n
| Only WEP support, no thanks... Well according to the official site their Wi-Fi network only supports WEP...
WEP Key is a security setting for your router. WEP is the only security that is compatible with the Nintendo DS Wi-Fi Connection. You will need to set your router for WEP security -- or remove security on your router -- to use the Nintendo DS at this access point.
Leave it to Nintendo to once again shoot themselves in the foot and show that they are behind technologically. I will not even think about temporarily dumbing down the security on my network just so I can use their online service.
Yeah, there may be ways around it, but you know what... I shouldn't have to buy extra hardware just to isolate the DS from the rest of my network because they were to lazy or dumb to add WPA support. | |
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