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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:41 am Post subject: Nintendo DS Wi-Fi for people without Wi-Fi |
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Check this stuff out:
http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2005/10/05/nintendo-wifi-usb-connector
I created a thread on this news topic because Nintendo is doing exactly what I predicted. Or at least close to it.
Now the big question that I have is how Nintendo will keep kids from meeting dirty old men who want to take their boyhood when they're playing Pokemon Online. I'm kinda worried that they're just going to disable or limit the ability to talk to other people, but I've heard they might just eliminate matchmaking and instead only allow you to play with people on some sort of "friends list."
I know there's not a lot of online gamers here but Is anyone excited for this?
-Wes _________________
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Swimmy .
Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:48 am Post subject: Re: Nintendo DS Wi-Fi for people without Wi-Fi |
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SuperWes wrote: | I know there's not a lot of online gamers here but Is anyone excited for this? |
Are you kidding? It's pretty much the reason I have a DS. Nintendo's promised national access points this whole time, and I've been waiting patiently for the day that I could take on my internet friends. I'm usually not interested in online gaming at all, since it's so restrictive and I'm usually not in the mood to be social if I'm sitting at home to begin with. This should change all that. |
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:17 am Post subject: |
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I actually am. If I can play Secret of Mana DS coop with my brother from across the country, well.
That's pretty fucking special. _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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disneyland .
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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< Huge online player, on all platforms. Obligatory, granted, but I do love it.
Despite rampant idiocy.
Nintendo's DS plans are looking great. That entire infrastructure will be in place before the Revo arrives, and it'll piggyback the online system right away. They have a good battleplan. |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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More news! A shitload of new DS games got announced today, confirming at long last that the system is officially the most incredible piece of game hardware of all time.
ASH (Archaic Sealed Heat) (By Sakaguchi's Mist Walker)
Magical Vacation DS
Final Fantasy III
Lost Magic (Ghibli Character Design)
Contact (by Suda 51's Grasshopper)
Gyakuten Saiban 4
DS Tales (Tales of... series)
Castlevania (another one)
Tenchu DS
Yu-Gi-Oh Series
Bomberman Story
New SD Gundam
Puchi Puchi Virus (puzzle game)
Shanghai
Harobots Action!!
Table Game Spirits
Zettai Zetsumei Dangerous Ojiisan
Nobunaga no Yabou DS
Daikoukai Jidai DS (Uncharted Waters)
Rainbow Island DS (Bubble Bobble)
Puzzle Series Vol. 1 Crossword
Puzzle Series Vol. 2 Jigsaw Puzzle
Puzzle Series Vol. 3 Sudoku
Taisen Puzzle "Happinubekutaawan"
San-X Dream Land Theme Park De Asobou
Ys Strategy
Mario Basket 3 on 3
Puzzeloop
Wish Room
Custom Robo DS
Tingle RPG
Densetsu no Starfee 4
Kaitou Wario
Detect Hacker
New Super Mario Brothers
Oideyo Doubutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing)
Motto Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (Brain Training 2)
Eigo ga Nigate na Otona no DS Training (Adult DS training for people who are bad at English)
One oddity though. If 1up is to be believed, Square-Enix is making Mario Baseball. Huh?
Also - Castlevania and Tauma Center come out in the US today. Why do people say that Nintendo is going down?
-Wes _________________
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disneyland .
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Why do people say that Nintendo is going down? |
They clearly aren't paying attention to the 7 million DS systems sold. |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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SuperWes wrote: | Lost Magic (Ghibli Character Design)
Contact (by Suda 51's Grasshopper)
Gyakuten Saiban 4
Castlevania (another one)
Rainbow Island DS (Bubble Bobble)
New Super Mario Brothers
Oideyo Doubutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing)
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Rainbow Island is not Bubble Bobble. This will be awsome though! I mean, I am assuming that you can draw the rainbows, and perhaps even an auto walking or some sort. Like, Rainbow Islands that plays similar to Touch! Kirby. Nice.
Also, how are you sure this is another Castlevania? This list seems to have quite a few re-announced games.
Ghibli, excellent. Seryogin will crap. |
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disneyland .
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 131 Location: Shinsei
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | In the West, the release of Animal Crossing: Wild World has been delayed, making Mario Kart DS the first available Wi-Fi compatible game when it is released in North America on November 14th and in Europe on November 25th. Details list four Wi-Fi multiplayer options for the game, allowing users to play with previously registered “friends”, with random national players, with random international players and with “rivals”.
New games revealed at the Japanese conference include a new Wario Land title and a basketball simulator from Square Enix named Mario Basket 3 vs 3.
Other third-party announcements included the first public showing of role-playing game ASH (Archaic Sealed Heat) from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Mistwalker studio, and the announcement from Square Enix that the Nintendo DS version of NES title Final Fantasy III would feature fully revamped 3D graphics (the company also announced more straightforward conversions of SNES titles Final Fantasy V and VI for the Game Boy Advance). |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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shapermc wrote: | Also, how are you sure this is another Castlevania? |
It's right here. The sixth game from the bottom.
Here are the other two pages:
First Party 2005
Third Party 2005
Third Party 2006
-Wes _________________
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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So ... wow. Who realized how genius this was first, McD or Nintendo? |
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player 2 .
Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 585 Location: Madison, WI USA
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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I hate how hipsters fucking love bubble bobble. _________________ Wii #: 8749 9109 9732 3653
"It is a peaceful way of understanding life, to play"
_Marcel Duchamp |
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Lackey .
Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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i do. and i'm not ironic in the slightest. my family has only worn trucker hats for economic reasons, and not since 1991. _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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my mother loves bubble bobble. _________________
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player 2 .
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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ugh. _________________ Wii #: 8749 9109 9732 3653
"It is a peaceful way of understanding life, to play"
_Marcel Duchamp |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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can we have a serious conversation on the manly sport of videogaming without it inevitably becoming about someone's mother? _________________
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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i should hope not.
you can only push a gamer so far. usually about 10 feet or so, unless there's some stairs in the way, but i'm not really sure how to count vertical drops. _________________
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dark steve .
Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Not to hate on a DS Bubble Bobble preemptively, but has anyone here played one besides the first? Yeech. |
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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player 2 wrote: |
I hate how hipsters fucking love bubble bobble. |
Do hipsters really like Bubble Bobble? I'd like to meet some! _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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dark steve .
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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YEAH IF THEY LIKE IT SO MUCH, WHERE'S THE PLUG AND PLAY TV GAME VERSION HUH? |
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Hubz .
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Ryan - SuperWes' Bane .
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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Mister Toups wrote: | I actually am. If I can play Secret of Mana DS coop with my brother from across the country, well.
That's pretty fucking special. |
Did they actually announce this game for the DS or is this just wishful thinking? |
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GSL .
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 4:47 am Post subject: |
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A DS installment of the Mana/Seiken Densetsu series was announced as part of Square Enix's upcoming World Of Mana project. The game is titled Children Of Mana and continues in the glorious 2D tradition of the series. Brownie Brown may or may not be involved, and screenshots exist... um, somewhere. I hate to advocate IGN, but I think you can find some there. Wireless communication has yet to be announced or confirmed.
Also, the continuation of the series, Seiken Densetsu 4, will appear in 3D on a current-gen console, as rumors have it. PS2 is the crowd favorite, but there's (to my knowledge) been no definite word yet either way. |
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Ryan - SuperWes' Bane .
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:32 am Post subject: |
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But not the original game . .. sad ... |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 1210 Location: Ottawa, ON
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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Well, there's homebrew wifi now, so I can't imagine it being that long before emulators with netplay exist.
Of course, DS homebrew can be a bit of an investment, but so far it's been worth every penny. Really, you needed a GBA flashcart anyway. |
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dark steve .
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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GBA flashcarts can boot DS homebrew?
Tell me more? |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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So... wait. Does this allow ad-hoc tunneling with a real DS? Because... that will be amazing. |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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There's a bit of a boostrapping process, but basically it works as follows:
- Buy one of these, matched to a DS game that you own. You can get an original-blend PassMe for $5 less, but it's basically impossible to tell if your DS has firmware that blocks it or not without testing it, so why take the chance?
- PassMe2 requires you to load up some code into the flashcart's SRAM in order to boot homebrew code. This is obnoxious and you should only bother doing it once to reflash the firmware.
- Reflash the firmware with FlashMe. This not only allows for booting homebrew straight from the GBA flashcart (or Wifi, if you've got a suitable adapter (USB ones don't work) and install the appropriate drivers), it also puts some recovery code into a normally protected area of flash so that you can't brick your DS.
- DS homebrew generally comes in two formats -- .nds.gba, which is suitable for throwing right onto your flashcart, and .nds, which is suitable for wifi booting and can be easily booted on a flashcart with a loader of some kind. This can be as simple as "copy /b ndsloader.bin+game.nds game.nds.gba", or as fancy-pants as something like these. I think maybe Moonshell works too? People seem to like it, anyway, because they can play MP3s and read ebooks while looking at hentai or whatever.
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- DSLinux?
If any of you bother to do this, I'll totally send you my work-in-progress port of Kenta Cho's Noiz. It's awesome! Trust me. |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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Shapermc wrote: | So... wait. Does this allow ad-hoc tunneling with a real DS? Because... that will be amazing. |
You mean, two DSes linking up in homebrew code?
I don't think that's implemented yet. But, the wifi library isn't quite released to the general public, so it's still hard to say. And I think the code is there to do raw 802.11, which is really all you need. (Not that there are a lot of homebrewers who will bother to learn.) |
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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No, I mean playing Ad-Hoc only 2 player games over a wifi connection.
i.e. playing 2 player WiFi on non-wifi enabled games |
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, you mean this.
Yeah, that's on its way. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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yes. this is what i want.
multiplayer meteos. and possibly dig dug and/or mr. driller. _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent! |
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