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DS Goes Wayport

October 17, 2005 - Nintendo of America on Tuesday will announce a groundbreaking partnership with Wi-Fi provider Wayport to make available free Internet access to DS owners at McDonald's restaurants across the nation. Nintendo and Wayport will offer complimentary Wi-Fi hotspots at McDonald's establishments, enabling DS owners to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, which launches November 14 in the states, to play online games with or against each other.


Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection marks the company's entry into the online arena. The service is dramatically different from competitors because it is entirely free to consumers who already have wireless Internet access at home, as opposed to Xbox Live, which functions on a subscription model. Nintendo expects to release a variety of DS games this year that will make use of the Wi-Fi Connection, including Mario Kart DS, Tony Hawk's American SK8Land, Animal Crossing: Wild World and Metroid Prime Hunters.


The Wayport deal will make playing DS games online at McDonald's a relative breeze, according to Nintendo. When users want to play an online DS game at a Wayport-equipped McDonald's, they simply launch the title in Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection mode and they're good to go. There is no further setup required and no fees whatsoever.

Nintendo will release more detailed information about participating McDonald's locations at www.NintendoWiFi.com.

time to go eat at mikie dees!

[Null]

be easier to just setup a wifi at home and eat there..

keep eating at mcdonalds to play a game online.. your gunna get fat and die before you can play it that much.




And they wonder why so much of our youth is overweight.... " come on kids! come play your games and eat fast food here!"

[Dyne]

Animal Crossing Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiild Woooooooooooooorld!

Damnit Nintendo I want it now! I'll hold my breath!

[Teuthida]

Wouldn't the DS constantly be slipping out of your hands from all the grease?

[GameMaster]

I will just go there to act as parasite and enjoy free internet service. I will not enjoy a beverage or value meal.

[Krypton]

k, gotta get a DS, then I can have a reason to go to mcdonalds.

[Jason1]

Go here if you would like to see if your local Mcdonalds has wireless internet access.

http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/rest_locator.html

[Dark Samurai]

None of my McDonalds have it...

Time to get a wireless adapter...

[Krypton]

awwwwwww, I don't think any of the ones near me have it

[Jonbo298]

2 out of like 20 have wireless access in my area

[GameMaster]

4 out of 5 have it near me!

[Teuthida]

10 out of 20...but it's not like I ever eat McDonalds...I'll most likely but playing online in my room or during class...Western Civ shall be much more interesting with Mario Kart.

[Teuthida]

Originally Posted by Stephen Colbert

McDonalds will offer free wireless hookups for Nintendo's DS game system so you can sit at McDonalds and play Nintendo.

All you need to know: You're gonna need some bigger pants.

[Null]

odd thing tho... if its just a wireless interenet connection... Anything can use it then.. people could bring thier PDA's, thier Laptops, PSP's, DS, anything that uses wifi.

maybe they can open up only a certain port that the DS uses, but it wouldnt be hard to find what port that is and use it on any of thoes other devises anyway.

[Joeiss]

Originally Posted by Null

odd thing tho... if its just a wireless interenet connection... Anything can use it then.. people could bring thier PDA's, thier Laptops, PSP's, DS, anything that uses wifi.

maybe they can open up only a certain port that the DS uses, but it wouldnt be hard to find what port that is and use it on any of thoes other devises anyway.

If what Null says is true, I would totally hide in a corner at Macdonalds and look at porno on my laptop.