DS Has 2 Million Wi-Fi Users Play 70 Million Times 63
Wowzer writes "Nintendo's wireless gaming service has reached two million unique DS players online. Together they logged more than 70 million individual game sessions in just more than nine months of operation. From the article: 'To put that number in perspective, the population of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection users now surpasses the population of 15 different U.S. states, including Montana, Nebraska and New Mexico.' The more you know, right? Also mentioned are the DS online games released so far: Mario Kart DS, Tony Hawk's American Sk8land, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Tetris DS, LostMagic, Metroid Prime: Hunters, Tenchu: Dark Secret, and today Star Fox Command."
Match making service (Score:2)
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I actually wish all games had this... My rating in Tetris hovers somewhere between 6500 and 6800 usually, and when I get put up against someone with a mid to low 5000 rating I almost feel bad about beating them, heh.
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My rating in Tetris hovers somewhere between 6500 and 6800 usually, and when I get put up against someone with a mid to low 5000 rating I almost feel bad about beating them, heh.
You shouldn't.
I love playing people with a much higher score than me because the points system isn't linear. Take note of your score before and after a game. Especially take note if you play someone that has a big difference in score (either higher or lower). What you'll notice is that when there's a big difference, if the lower sco
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StarFox Command! (Score:1)
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I really like DS wifi, but... (Score:4, Insightful)
I think more communication between players would make the online experience more enjoyable, but although having communication allows people to scream and curse at each other.
Not like we have a ton of obscene Mario Kart logos as it is....
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There was a story a few weeks back about a patent Nintendo filed dealing with converting speech to text... I could actually see this being worked into future Nintendo software, because that way the "conversation" could be monitored and censored. Swearing would be converted to text, then ****'d out so kids couldn't be exposed
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Animal Crossing for the DS does this when texting with others.
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I wonder how "smart" this filter is though. There are just too many ways to say "fuck". Try alternate spellings ("phuck", "fvck") or symbols ("f\/ck", "fu_ck"). Then you've got issues with words like "ass", where you want to block that word, but not others like "bass" or "glass" or "assassin"
Personally, I think the right approach is to have different "zones". It's up the owner of the hardware (DS or console) to
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First of all, if you've played internet games with random match making services for any length of time, then you probably look at this as a feature. I really don't want to talk to whatever idiot is on the other end, I just want to play tetris with them.
For sure, friend codes could use a liftup with perhaps some sort of lobby feature; post a lobby code on your blog or
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I don't really see where there is the risk, people already communicate via the Internet and they won't stop doing so just because Nintendo invented friend codes. The communication still happens, only difference is that it gets much more complicated for those who want to use it for legitimate reasons. Especially since both Wii and DS will get webbrowsers there isn't much Nintendo can do to st
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Gronk?
When? When?
WiFi and Free... (Score:1)
What no homebrew games here? (Score:1)
WPA Support (Score:3, Interesting)
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Requires Windows XP (Score:2)
For that you have to buy a copy of Windows XP. Users of Windows 2000, Linux, and FreeBSD are out in the cold.
What should I get besides Elektroplankton? (Score:1)
I got a DS just so I could play Elektroplankton, and as I'm an avid GP2X coder I've sort of ignored all the latest DS games
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eerrggh.. i hate that.. seems like they just held back on the content or something.
speaking of non- versus open- content creation-based game systems.. hmm. do the WiFi-ntendo game engines promote the players ability to construct content in any way, or is it pretty much just disposable-'avatar' style stuff? i
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Kill? Why? 130 USD for a second DS (or cheaper if you buy used) is much cheaper than the damages in a wrongful death lawsuit.
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Tetris DS (Score:1)
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Infinite spin (Score:2)
Don't feed me any of that. I know the real reason you haven't touched Tetris DS single player: infinite spin [ytmnd.com].
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I'd been addicted to Animal Crossing: Wild World for several months, even though it's completely unlike anything I'd normally play (or admit to playing). I finally broke that streak by discovering Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. At first glance, it's a cheesy 2-d platformer with so-so graphics, in much the same way that Nethack is just a bunch of ASCII characters. It's incredibly fun and deep - far more
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Games I think I'll like is NSMB, nano stray, advanced wars DS, age of empires II, settlers, Castlevania DOS and POR, Megaman ZX, Yoshis Island II, Mario kart DS, Animal Crossing, the err.. what is it called, kind of like animal crossing but with dungeons to
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New Super Mario Bros is great, but not long enough. Likewise for Kirby Canvas Curse (or Kirby Power Paintbrush, in some countries, I think) with the spin that Kirby is a platformer played solely with the stylus. Doesn't sound great? Just try it out, it rocks.
That's for the 2D "classical" platformers. Other very good DS games include Trauma Center, Meteos (much better than Tetris in my opinion, even though Tetris DS is also good), Mario Kart only if you have friends to play with (single player is ok, but ve
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Well truth is that apart from a pair of games (Phoenix Wright, Advance Wars Dual Strike and Mario&Luigi: Partners in Time come to mind) most DS games are geared towards short bursts of playing. You can play NSMB or Kirby by chunks of 2 or 3 minutes and still have loads of fun, and a Meteos games doesn't last at all (most are well under 3 minutes, unless you're good and in a calm environment i.e., not the subway)
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I'm looking forward to the releases of Contact and Final Fantasy III, and most likely picking up Starfox Comma
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If you want silly, keep your eyes open for Cooking Mama in Septe
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Yes, I had to have it
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I always wonder abou
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Also if you like music games maybe "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan" is for you aswell.
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Re:Different wifi quality/stability.More future (Score:2)
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A great service or desperation? (Score:2, Insightful)
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No, that doesn't make any sense. (Score:2)