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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. yeah but will it fly with nintendo by hsmith · · Score: 1, Interesting

    or will they send their hoard of lawyers after this? who knows what their "license" entails

  2. this project is a joke by monkey_jam · · Score: 5, Interesting

    these guys have been hawking this project for weeks now, with nothing to show. They have no site and their entire project seems to revolve around drumming up support from all the 12 year olds in the warppipe forums.

    You want real tunneling with the DS? Team XLINK are working on it..

    The Nitro peeps are claiming 100% comaptibility with all wireless NICs in windows. Now this is impossible as most cards will not support promisc mode in windows, not to mention that they ignore BSS stuff most of the time.

  3. Both router and pc card? by lazn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why would it need both a wireless router and a wireless PC card? It would seem to me the wireless PC card would be enough... (then some form of high speed internet access on the PC)

    ==>Lazn

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

    Well, here's a simple overview. Nintendo has previously had 2 major products. A home console and a handheld. They wanted to make something completely different in a handheld form, but they wanted to give the GBA a longer life. So, the DS was born.

    Nintendo's OFFICIAL statements regarding the DS all say that the Nintendo DS is not of the Gameboy bloodline, and the GBA and the GameCube will still be supported until their replacements arrive. Personally, I think that the next in the Gameboy line will be released alongside the Revolution (Nintendo's next home console). This would allow Nintendo to provide competition for the PSP in the meantime, and allow for greater freedom and flexibility in integrating the Gameboy Next and the Revolution.

  5. Wondering ... by JaCKeL+1.0 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    am wondering if my Nintendo DS emulator will be able to connect online ;) ...

  6. Already been done by seven5 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This has been working for a while now by the all might TeamXlink and their Kai app. Check it out, there are a ton of people on there, and they support the PSP too. http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/

  7. This article is pathetic. Do your research ./! by GFLPraxis · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is completely pathetic. I can't believe this article was even posted.

    1) Nitro Online are complete fools. They continually promise things, then change the story. Check out the current builds, there is hardly ANYTHING there. They have made almost no progress, and make promises that are literally impossible. This article should be about Team XLink, as they are the ONLY ONES who have successfully tunneled the DS.

    2) GameBoy DS? More proof that the guy who wrote this doesn't know what he's doing. The Nintendo DS is N-O-T a GameBoy.

    3) Teamxlink.org. Go there. Now. Seriously, Nitro Online are just trying to steal the limelight.

  8. DS vs. XBox by Borgschulze · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Isn't this the same thing as using a router and a computer to play your XBox over the internet with such programs as XBox Connect and X-Link?

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