Nintendo DS wireless network
Nintendo have teamed up with IGN Entertainment to create an easy to use worldwide gaming network.
“With minimum setup procedures, Nintendo DS owners will be able to enjoy Wi-Fi gaming just as easily as if they were playing with their friends in the same room,” explains Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of sales & marketing. “To realize this simple and seamless transition to Wi-Fi gaming, we’re partnering with one of the leaders in the multiplayer gaming world. Accessing the service will require no added Nintendo subscription charges, whether users hook up using a home broadband Wi-Fi connection or access a Wi-Fi hotspot at a coffee shop, library or elsewhere. It doesn’t get any easier than that.”
Using IGN’s “GameSpy” Technology Nintendo DS gamers will be able to link up with anyone in the world on the new network just as easily if they were connecting using the DS’s existing wireless features.
It has already been announced that Animal Crossing DS will use this new service, with announcements of further games coming in the weeks ahead.
For more information see the official Nintendo website.