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Playing the Game Boy DS Online

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

Torrey Clark writes "NitroOnline is a project that is currently being developed that will allow Nintendo DS owners to play Wireless enabled games via the internet. It will require a wireless router, and a wireless card in your PC or laptop to communicate with your Nintendo DS."

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  1. Game Boy DS? by squall14716 · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's called the Nintendo DS. I don't see where the "Game Boy" words came from, but that is not what it is called.

  2. A few comments. by Grey+Ninja · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nintendo DS is NOT a GameBoy. Nintendo has repeeatedly said that the next GameBoy will be out at some point in the future, and Nintendo DS is intended as a 3rd pillar. It's incorrect to describe it as a GameBoy.

    And secondly, the Warp Pipe guys aren't the only ones doing this. The Xlink people are also in development of tunneling software.

  3. Re:Killer application? by ethzer0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Tunneling the traffic doesn't mean you can run your own code. Unless nintendo creates a telephony app for the system, you won't be able to use it as a VoIP phone. The difference between playing it online and playing it simply amongst a local 'pod' of users, is that the traffic is intercepted and tunneled across the wired internet; Where as the ability to play against your local 'pod' depends on the availability of other DS's. For this particular application, There is no modification on the DS side of things.