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Michael J. Sherman wrote:
> Vitani wrote:
>
>> Ollie T wrote:
>>
>>> I have heard that since you can play wirelessly with others, it
>>> should be able to work over the net. How would this be achieved? It
>>> would be great to hook your DS to your computer and be able to play
>>> games with your friend far away.
>>>
>>> HDTV games lists and discussions
>>>
http://www.hdtvarcade.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> According to Nintendo, the DS will be an online console.
>
>
> That doesn't exactly answer the question. I'm assuming he's trying to
> figure out how ("How would this be achieved?").
>
> Wireless, so we're talking either 802.11g or bluetooth; most likely
> 802.11, but I haven't heard specifics. Maybe it has some modest TCP/IP
> support and a DHCP client to allow you to just seamlessly use it at your
> home wireless network setup. That'd be sweet.
>
> Every day that Nintendo leaks some new feature for the DS I just cannot
> believe they packed it all in there with such a low price point. I
> don't see how you *can't* buy one. Late November is too far away!
>
Sorry, perhaps I should elaborate a little more.
From what I know/head read/been told the DS will be able to download
"stuff" from any network it is connected to (bare in mind the internet
is just a big network). Stuff could be game demos, game add-ons, or
whatever.
Additionally Nintendo are working with warppipe.com to make the DS fully
capable of playing games online.
The technology Nintendo are using for doing this is 802.11, which will
allow DS's to link together Ad-Hoc (ie DS-to-DS), and also to wireless
network points to connect to networks.
How this is done is anyone's guess, but most likely you will be able to
"scan" for local DS's to play with, or connect to (say) a specific IP
address to play/pictochat with