DS online!!!!!!!!!!

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Earlier today Nintendo announced that DS will be going online later this year!! ;D ;D ;D

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11/03/05 11:45]
Ninty embrace online at last! Revolution WiFi details, plus DS online strategy confirmed


Following on from the deluge of Microsoft leaks and confirmations, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has outlined Nintendo's plans for the future in his keynote speech at GDC.

Iwata, who was recently quoted as saying he believed customers didn't want online gaming, has announced that the DS online system will launch later this year, with free access to the system available via WiFi hotspots and home wireless routers.

Iwata confirmed the online system is already in place, and that Nintendo is ready to "provide users with a link to other players across the country, or around the world".

While many DS owners may be without an in-home wireless network, Iwata's news that Nintendo's new console, codenamed Revolution, will feature "built-in WiFi protocols" will solve this problem.

Plugging directly into the user's home broadband socket, Revolution will act as a router, supplying internet access to multiple devices, including DS, via WiFi, providing the handheld with free online gaming capabilities. In comparison, it has been rumoured that Sony's PSP will come with a subscription fee.

In terms of graphical capabilities, with the IBM-developed Revolution CPU (codenamed Broadway) and the ATI-produced graphics chipset (codenamed Hollywood), Revolution is set to "deliver game experiences not possible to date".

ATI president and CEO Dave Orton enthused: "As the leading graphics provider, ATI are committed to delivering exceptional visual performance that enables consumers to interact with new and visually compelling digital worlds. ATI are proud to support Nintendo's innovative contributions to gaming".

Nintendo have always expressed an intention to make Revolution's gaming experience totally different to that of Sony and Microsoft's next-gen offerings. In light of these claims, Iwata was keen to allay any fears developers may have.

"Even though the game experience will be very different for players, developing for Revolution will be familiar," Iwata claimed. "There will be no steep new learning curve. It's a place where the best ideas, not the biggest budget, will win."

With over four million DS units shipped to Japan and the US to date, this figure is expected to rise to six million by the end of March, thanks to the launch of the machine in Europe.

Nintendo DS is released in the UK today for £99.99



I think its sounds great. It sounds like it going to be a really simple online plan, plus its free, so its already sounding good.