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Official DS Website Launched
H0NGK0NGPH00EY writes "Nintendo today launched the official DS website (all flash). Included are additional details about the rumored online capabilities: "Nintendo DS technology also provides for a wireless LAN connection, which could allow a theoretically infinite number of players to connect at a hot spot and compete at a central game hub on the Internet...""
He created the account for the sole purpose of doing that (as shown by his only posts being in the DS discussion yesterday where he spammed his website). He has no actual work on there, and is asking the community to do it for him (and create his logo) in exchange for $1000 which he is most likely getting from ad revenue and from the pre-order commission links on his website.
So, just trying to prevent this guy from getting more clicks than he already has last time he spammed, as it seems likely that he will again this time, most likely under a different uid.
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Nintendo today launched the official DS website (all flash)
:s.
All flash? I don't have flash installed and didn't see a single missing plugin image on the site. Did i click the wrong link or something
I can see myself chatting and gaming with strangers at bars, movie theaters, coffee houses, etc... But that's only if the DS reaches critical mass. It'll make for a better social device than the PSP, thanks to the touch screen and pictochat. I think Nintendo has a winner on their hands.
the cosmos in 20 words or less: thumbuki.com
at least in that game, someone told me i needed to get the blue pages. i can't figure out what's the point of of this site. it took me about 10 clicks before i finally found some real text that said something. and that music. i half expected mario to pipe up with "welcome to zombo com... you can touch anything at zombo com"
This could actually be one of the worst uses of Flash I have ever seen. Its amusing that this is an honest attempt at a website, and not some way conspiracy by flash-haters to undermine its use. Turn those two rectangles on their side and make them boobies, however, and now you're talking.
Have one on preorder, and the more I hear about it the more excited I am to get my hands on it. Yes all these features have been done before to some extent on PDA's, etc. But for the first time it looks like all this technology will just "click" together.
Let's hope the 3rd party support is beefed up so it won't suffer the Nintendo "Syndrome". Great first party, not enough 3rd party "Great" titles. (ie. not counting shovelware).
They're trying to shed the "Nintendo is Kiddy" stereotype. Their entire ad campaign is double-entendres.
After a bad experience with an infinite number of monkeys, I'm quite happy not to have to play any games with an infinite number of humans.
Dual Screen.
You know - many advances are made because of theoretical approaches that, at the time, do not seem practical. I don't see how you are requesting "that server" when you note that they are talking theoretically.
THIS ACCOUNT IS OFFICIALLY RETIRED/RETARDED.
"And still, the meaning of DS isn't clear at all. Down's Syndrome? Desert Storm? Dalkon Shield?"
Dumb Shit?
"Derp de derp."
It is one of the worst designed websites I've seen. The pictures look good, and I like the way it is intuitive, but a button to silence it would be appreciated. My biggest gripe is, at least with this resoloution, all of the text can't be seen - the screen usually follows the cursor, but when the text comes up it is locked and there's still some text that can't be seen both above and below the fold.
I read this article about some of the things that are being done by companies. Notably, the fact that companies have linked 32 handhelds together.
Another thing that piqued my interest is that internet browsing protocols (I'm assuming http and such) are in development. I can't really see the DS actually displaying regular web pages, but this opens up a whole new possibility: MMOARG- Massive Multiplayer Online Alternate Reality Games. ARGs just like the recently finished I Love Bees. Except these could be longer and have more to do outside.
Here's an example: You know that you have to meet with an agent of some spy organization to get a password to allow you into the enemy's internet organization. However, the spy is afraid of getting caught, and as such, does not stay in one place. Armed with a GPS device (or, hell, even one that plugs into the DS,) you wirelessly connect to a pre-designated website (or even something else that has a DS-only protocol) and use that to track the location of the spy, and try to locate him. You'll have other visual clues, of course. Once you do, he gives you a DS card (or even something you load onto the DS card in your system,) and you're off.
The more I hear about this device, the more I wish I had preordered one. Unfortunatly, I didn't have the funds. Hmm, I have a semi-regular paycheck now, and I've been wanting to go on a diet for a while...
lol
Dual Screen, in case anyone is wondering what it *actually* stands for.
Not like it matters. I own a GBA SP, and I have no idea what the SP stands for.
If you had super powers, would you use them for good, or for awesome?
Dude, chill. They said "theoretically" because they don't know yet how many users it can support. I assume they've run some tests in-house. Also, I think it has less to do with hot-spots as games being played over the Internet, which wouldn't be limited to one hotspot.
I kind of understand your point, it's like being told that a battery promises "up to six hours of life," when that's actually a best-case scenario that applies to no-one.
(No, I didn't mean that to be a Sony jab.)
I think you are reading it wrong.
The statement does *not* read "allows you to simultaneously connect to an infinite number of players" - which it seems that you are interpreting them as saying.
Think of e-mail, you theoretically have an infinite number of people available to send an e-mail to.
- that doesn't mean that you have an e-mail client/server that can handle a CC with that much data.
- or that every person on the planet has e-mail
- or that an infinite number of people exist!
While it may not be true, I accept the belief that the internet has the ability to allow me to connect to an infinite number of people (again - not saying simultaneously).
Therefore, any internet enabled device that allows users to find and connect to each other could, theoretically, provide an infinite number of users to connect to.
SMS and the phone system are the same.
The Nintendo DS is just a device attaching itself to an existing network, the internet.
Umm this is a quote from the blurb.
which could allow a theoretically infinite number of players to connect at a hot spot and compete at a central game hub on the Internet
I think it is just a poorly worded comment and was making a joke.
I still believe the blurb does imply simultaneous connections.
Sorry, teleporters just kill you and then make a copy. A perfect, soul-less copy.
And still, the meaning of DS isn't clear at all. Down's Syndrome? Desert Storm? Dalkon Shield?
I'm more confused about all the articles about Paintshop Pro.