DS WiFi connection menu screens!

Max · Post by **Max** » 2005-10-17 09:08pm

Has there been anything as simple as this?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/apreche/sets/1139761/show/

Love it. Adore it. Embrace it.

Just a month to go guys!!

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2005-10-17 09:13pm

Wow, network settings, for a toy!

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2005-10-18 12:21am

You know, after the first six months of no releases, so support, etc, I sold my DS. I lost AU$50 on the deal, but hey.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-10-18 12:23am

Well, isn't that because the video game market in Australia pretty much blows?

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2005-10-18 12:46am

Good, with DS Linux coming along, soon my DS will be a PDA aswell.(with net access)

Loner · Post by **Loner** » 2005-10-18 01:02am

I'm just waiting till I can start ass stomping people in Mario Kart.

Post by **weemadando** » 2005-10-18 01:18am

They haven't even release Meteos down here - that's how shit Nintendo is treating their customers.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-10-18 02:21am

Stark wrote:You know, after the first six months of no releases, so support, etc, I sold my DS. I lost AU$50 on the deal, but hey.

Wasn't a good decision, with 3-4 online games being released in November alone and a half dozen before the end of 2005.

In fact almost every major game release for the DS is scheduled for November.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-10-18 02:23am

Praxis wrote:
Stark wrote:You know, after the first six months of no releases, so support, etc, I sold my DS. I lost AU$50 on the deal, but hey.
Wasn't a good decision, with 3-4 online games being released in November alone and a half dozen before the end of 2005.

In fact almost every major game release for the DS is scheduled for November.

Praxis, you're forgetting the fact that the video/computer game market in Australia is completely retarded.

Lord of the Farce · Post by **Lord of the Farce** » 2005-10-18 04:23am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Praxis, you're forgetting the fact that the video/computer game market in Australia is completely retarded.

The Netherlands can easily fit onto the state of Victoria multiple times, yet it only has 20% less population than the whole of Australia (IIRC, 16 million vs 20 million). At least now and then (but very rarely) we actually do get some games before the US, e.g. "Another Code: Two Memories"/"Trace Memory".

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-10-18 04:26am

Only wep autentication in the DS?

It really need WPA!

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-10-18 04:59am

weemadando wrote:They haven't even release Meteos down here - that's how shit Nintendo is treating their customers.

And this is why I'm glad that the Nintendo DS doesn't have any stupid region lockout. DS games are surprisingly cheap to import, and I'll gladly pay an extra $10 at Burn to get it same day as the US release, rather than waiting 6 months plus.

EDIT: So much for $10 extra. For fucks sake, when Castlevania is cheaper for the import copy than it is for a local copy...that's just wrong.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2005-10-18 06:12am

Praxis wrote: Wasn't a good decision, with 3-4 online games being released in November alone and a half dozen before the end of 2005.

In fact almost every major game release for the DS is scheduled for November.

I'm not paying AU$200 for a paperweight, just hoping maybe Nintendo will release something one day. Oh wait, I already did: never used the damn thing anyway. Too large to be an effective PDA, anyway.

While Spanky is correct, I've been keeping one eye on the net. Six months till decent releases? Fuck that in it's stupid asshole.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-10-18 07:03am

Even if it is that long until we start to get official releases of the latest games, with imports easily available here in BrisVegas (Burn's bricks and mortar storefront is in the Valley), and plenty of good official releases already out, what's your problem exactly?

Okay, so the current games don't have the WiFi connectivity the games coming out in 6 months or next month via import have...so what?

Lord of the Farce · Post by **Lord of the Farce** » 2005-10-18 09:40am

Archaic` wrote:Even if it is that long until we start to get official releases of the latest games, with imports easily available here in BrisVegas (Burn's bricks and mortar storefront is in the Valley), and plenty of good official releases already out, what's your problem exactly?

Okay, so the current games don't have the WiFi connectivity the games coming out in 6 months or next month via import have...so what?

The only reasons to buy Australian versions of DS games rather than imports that I can think of are:
a) Supporting Nintendo's market in Australia.
b) Finding a reliable and affordable importer.
c) Multiplayer (in)compatibility between US and Australian versions.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-10-18 11:34am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Praxis wrote:
Stark wrote:You know, after the first six months of no releases, so support, etc, I sold my DS. I lost AU$50 on the deal, but hey.
Wasn't a good decision, with 3-4 online games being released in November alone and a half dozen before the end of 2005.

In fact almost every major game release for the DS is scheduled for November.
Praxis, you're forgetting the fact that the video/computer game market in Australia is completely retarded.

Good point, although import costs are very low with the DS. I know lots of people who import Japanese games for example.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-10-18 05:36pm

Praxis wrote:
Stark wrote:You know, after the first six months of no releases, so support, etc, I sold my DS. I lost AU$50 on the deal, but hey.
Wasn't a good decision, with 3-4 online games being released in November alone and a half dozen before the end of 2005.

In fact almost every major game release for the DS is scheduled for November.

That's not a very big surprise, considering videogame companies usually have their biggest sales during the holiday seasons.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2005-10-18 05:37pm

Archaic` wrote:Even if it is that long until we start to get official releases of the latest games, with imports easily available here in BrisVegas (Burn's bricks and mortar storefront is in the Valley), and plenty of good official releases already out, what's your problem exactly?

Okay, so the current games don't have the WiFi connectivity the games coming out in 6 months or next month via import have...so what?

I wasn't talking about AU releases: I sold my DS four or five months ago (before last semester finals, anyway), and in the time I had it all I saw was Lik-Sang fill up with 'preorders' or 'coming soons'. Bah.

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2005-10-18 06:33pm

Loner wrote:I'm just waiting till I can start ass stomping people in Mario Kart.

I'll see you online on Nov 12.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-10-18 07:10pm

I might see you on November 12th as well, assuming they have a rear view button in Mario Kart.

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2005-10-18 07:32pm

Praxis wrote:I might see you on November 12th as well, assuming they have a rear view button in Mario Kart.

I'll see you at the finish line.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-10-18 07:44pm

When you finally reach me

(I'm going to look so stupid when I lose after this

)

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-10-18 07:50pm

Lord of the Farce wrote: a) Supporting Nintendo's market in Australia.
b) Finding a reliable and affordable importer.
c) Multiplayer (in)compatibility between US and Australian versions.

I have to admit, a is a problem, but as for b and c....I just linked to a reliable and affordable importer, and c is a non-issue. DS games are worldwide compatible for multiplayer, something you can thank the WiFi network for. A good deal of Nintendo 1st party GBA games are also worldwide compatible, Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald being perhaps the most notable example.

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2005-10-18 10:00pm

I look forward to seeing all you guys stomping me Nov. 12. Assuming I can find a way to get online(I know they'll have something to plug into your comp, but don't know how well it'll work with 56k, and know very little about wireless networks and connectivity)

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-10-18 10:27pm

Don't tell me they don't have McDonalds in your area...

Oh wait, did no one post it here?

http://cube.ign.com/articles/659/659020p1.html

McDonalds will be installing hotspots specificly for the DS (no passwords or payments required like with Starbucks; apparently you can't go online with Starbucks' wireless because you have to pay, and of course, the DS doesn't have a browser which you need on the pay-for-access networks) that are freely available for use.