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Nintendo Announces Wireless GBA Adapter

Posted by simoniker on from the no-trailing-wires-for-multiplayer dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the Yahoo press release announcing Nintendo is using Motorola technology to produce a wireless adapter for the GameBoy Advance. According to the release, "The 2.4GHz radio frequency (RF) chipset enables up to five players to play each other wirelessly, allowing for flexible, mobile game playing", and it "...will be launched in Japan first half of 2004." Motorola is also hosting a picture of the device, showing how it connects to the GBA.

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  1. wireless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Great. now I have to worry about some students gameboy interfering with our campus' wireless network.
    Like microwaves, and portable phones werent enough.

  2. Re:Data port speed by rabbit994 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Real question is does it matter? If 2k is all you need then your good. Before anyone pulls out Bill Gates 640K quote this isn't a computer, it's a gameboy which can't be upgraded by your common person and like consoles, developers are used to working within requirements. I'm sure the data port is fast enough for all GBA games here and future.

  3. Re:wep? by WegianWarrior · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Frankly, I would believe that I live in a world where even evil terrorist hackers have better things to do than to try and hack into someones handheld game...

    You don't frigging need any security when all you do is trying to outwit your mate in Pokemon. It's not like it's a critical system, or contains personal information. Leave it unsecure, it'll leave bandwidth and CPU power to what matter - the game.

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  4. Shot over Nokia's Bow by swdunlop · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It looks like Nintendo isn't exactly ignoring the threat of N-Gage and Zodiac to its current market niche. Granted, this thing doesn't give the GBA the potential of N-Gage for multiplayer, since it doesn't tie in to GSM/GPRS, nor does it give the GBA any claim to serious business usability. But if they keep the price down, it should muddy the waters enough to ensure both appliances don't get much market share.

    If Zodiac or N-Gage had some actual first-run games, especially a killer multiplayer game, they might still have a chance, but both platforms have been more interested in licensing tried and true games.. A pity, some competition might produce some better games; the GBA's software has been rife with movie tie-ins, console adaptations and sequels.

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