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SuperWes

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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Mister Toups · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:17 am Post subject:

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.
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disneyland · . Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 131 Location: Shinsei

< 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.

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:29 pm Post subject:

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 · . Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 131 Location: Shinsei

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject:

Mister Toups · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:34 pm Post subject:

This is the best news pretty much EVER.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

So ... wow. Who realized how genius this was first, McD or Nintendo?

player 2 · . Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 585 Location: Madison, WI USA

Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

Yeah but, lots of everyone love Bubble Bobble.
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dhex · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:05 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:52 pm Post subject:

my mother loves bubble bobble.
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player 2 · . Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 585 Location: Madison, WI USA

ugh.
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dessgeega · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:36 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:04 pm Post subject:

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

Not to hate on a DS Bubble Bobble preemptively, but has anyone here played one besides the first? Yeech.

Mister Toups · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:06 pm Post subject:

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

YEAH IF THEY LIKE IT SO MUCH, WHERE'S THE PLUG AND PLAY TV GAME VERSION HUH?

Hubz · . Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Oklahoma, USA

I'm working on it! Sheesh! Wink

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Ryan - SuperWes' Bane · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:16 pm Post subject:

GSL · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 4:47 am Post subject:

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.

Ryan - SuperWes' Bane · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:32 am Post subject:

But not the original game . .. sad ...

ApM · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:00 pm Post subject:

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.

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

GBA flashcarts can boot DS homebrew?

Tell me more?

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

So... wait. Does this allow ad-hoc tunneling with a real DS? Because... that will be amazing.

ApM · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject:

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.

ApM · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:46 pm Post subject:

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

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

ApM · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:28 pm Post subject:

Oh, you mean this.

Yeah, that's on its way.

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:51 pm Post subject:

yes. this is what i want.

multiplayer meteos. and possibly dig dug and/or mr. driller.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Excellent!