Super Smash Bros. DS?!

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Canyarion

But the receiver is already in the DS, so you'll just need the wireless router.

Big hotels have these hot spots most of the time. You could just sit on their doorstep.

Yeah, true. If your setting up home use for JUST the DS only, $50-$75 is all you need.

[Canyarion]

Plus your broadband service that most already have....

[GameMaster]

Don't you have to pay when you're tapping into a hotspot? I mean, don't they have software that can detect who is using their hotspots?

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

Don't you have to pay when you're tapping into a hotspot? I mean, don't they have software that can detect who is using their hotspots?

Yes. But some offer it for free so it varies.

[Vampyr]

That sounds like way too much trouble just to play online.

And for another thing, I dont have broadband....

I think I'll get a DS anyway, but only after I see how well people like the games and if it will even be worth upgrading from my recently purchased SP. (I got it right before the DS was announced....)

[thatmariolover]

Usually your best bet for a free login is someplace like an Internet Cafe.

[DarkMaster]

Kind of diminshes the whole portability feature when you have to stay at a certain place to use it.

[Canyarion]

Well you can ALWAYS use the local wireless link cable () for multiplayer. You can't play online with your PC wherever you want, do you?

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by DarkMaster

Kind of diminshes the whole portability feature when you have to stay at a certain place to use it.

You can still move around. The places do have range on their wireless capability. And don't worry, PSP is the same way with online

[DarkMaster]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

You can still move around. The places do have range on their wireless capability. And don't worry, PSP is the same way with online

I'm talking about actual moving around, not going from your chair to the bathroom, etc. I never sit down and play a portable game, I play it on the go. And I could care less if PSP is the same way.

[Jonbo298]

Well, if your playing single player, it doesnt matter what your doing. But if you want to play online, your gonna have to either sit down and play or if the DS has a method that auto pick's up on new networks that have no encryption and can continue playing. But who knows, Nintendo hasn't said much on online play for DS yet

[thatmariolover]

Right, a Hot Spot is only necessary for online play. You can always just wirelessly link up with your friends if you're hanging out - no Hot Spot necessary.

What else is Nintendo supposed to do for portable online access? They'd have to either put Satellite linkage into the DS (expensive) or use a Cell Phone Tower system to relay the data (also expensive).

You can't blame them - there's no other good way to do it. We're lucky they're doing it at all.

[Canyarion]

That's what I was thinking. Take it or leave it!! There's no alternative.