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Playing the Game Boy DS Online
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."
I checked the link to their forum, about 36 pages of "Please add support for . Going to the sourceforge page didn't reveal any files in the "files" section, and the CVS repository is pretty meager at best.
Hey, editors, lets do a story on duke nukem forever today!
Bleh watch karaoke.
bollocks.
This is practically no different to me building an incredibly long extension cable to link two gameboys together.
Explain to me how tunnelling packets is illegal?
Ahh yes, because we all know that big companies only file valid lawsuits.
There's a Mercedes gap too. I want one and can't afford one, but it's not government's job to do anything about it.
Well, considering this project famously said they would have tunnelling done before Christmas, their progress seems a bit slow. They have what, five days left?
Sounds to me like someone is bitter with Warp Pipe and wants to try and steal theirs and XLink's thunder by announcing a project that never will be.
Slashdot posts a story about a pre-alpha sourceforge project.
Nice... but at least there's code to show they are more than just talk?
Umm... no.
Pre-Alpha... please. How many sourceforge projects are in pre-alpha that have good ideas? And what has ever come out from that?
This is news... when its in beta and have files available and most people can get it running somewhat. Right now its an idea... and that isn't newsworthy.
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
They didn't pass on it. The Nintendo DS has built-in Wi-Fi capability already, and they have stated that online play is possible. The only thing that's stopping it is that no games have been released yet that support internet play. But, considering that the console has only been available for a month now, I would expect some online-enabled games to be released, along with the possibility of a stand-alone e-mail/WWW/IRC client cartridge. The hardware is there, somebody just needs to put it to work.
The Nintendo DS is a mobile gaming console. It's not meant for the gamer to be tied to their house. I dont think many DS owners will spend much of their gaming time at home.
This is the same situation as Oldsmobile's slogan "It's Not Your Father's Oldsmobile." In general, the slogan should be interpreted as "Oh yes it *is* your Dad's Oldsmobile, but we're so desperate to sell it to you that we're trying to convince you that it's not."
When there's a common perception in the market, the advertising folks will typically issue a "no it isn't" campaign in an effort to alter market acceptance.
Because in every story about the DS, if the editors just say "DS" in their summary, then someone will post asking what the hell a DS is, and complaining that they should say Nintendo DS or Gamboy DS in the summary so that they know it's a game thing. One would think that the fact that it's posted in the games section, or perhaps even reading the article itself might be a big clue as to what a DS is, but I guess not.
Here's another "FACT": Whatever Nintendo calls a Gameboy is a Gameboy, whatever they don't call a Gamebody is NOT a Gameboy. They could call their next home console a Gameboy, and that would TRUE. Now stop arguing over something that is clearly arbitrary.