[Nintendo DS 36] De games blijven maar komen

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Op vrijdag 14 oktober 2005 20:47 schreef Strolie75 het volgende:
AW vraag.

Ik ben lekker aan de gang maar haal niet bij elke missie een S-rating. Kun je die later nog opnieuw proberen?

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Op maandag 17 oktober 2005 19:05 schreef Dj_Day-V het volgende:
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Op maandag 17 oktober 2005 19:01 schreef H.Flick het volgende:
Kan dit nou of niet? Want ik baal van mijn B-rating in missie 5 .

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IGN: How would you play DS online at other establishments with hotspots?

Beth Llewlyn: The beauty of working with Wayport and having the service available at McDonald's is that you literally walk into McDonald's, you turn on your game, there's Mario Kart, you click on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, and you go. It's very simple.

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 07:46 schreef BMH het volgende:

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 08:24 schreef Morthill het volgende:

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Werkt dat hier ook zo, want bij de McDo in NL zit je met die T-Mobile hot spots, maar daar moet je voor betalen. (Kan niet eens rustig gratis internetten op mijn werk )

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 08:26 schreef BMH het volgende:

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Bij die T-mobile hot spots moet je eerst betalen, daarna een USB wifi adapter in je laptop stoppen om te spelen. Maar bij open wifi connecties kun je zo je DS openen en spelen. De wifi connecties in de Amerikaanse MCdonalds worden alleen voor de DS gratis.

Zou Nintendo MCdonalds hebben gekozen zodat Sony dit later niet kan doen?

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 09:10 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:

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Blergh, ik ben wel klaar met XY/XX na deeltje 1

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DS Goes Wayport
Eat hamburgers and play Mario Kart online at McDonald's across the nation.
by Matt Casamassina
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.

"This agreement with Wayport will bring countless people together to play games in a single, simultaneous wireless community," says Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing. "Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is simple to use. Beginning with free access at participating McDonald's, we have removed one of the major barriers that have kept people from going online to play games."

"By enabling Nintendo DS customers to access Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection via our Wi-Fi World network and business model at McDonald's, we are continuing to drive more customers to the restaurants we serve and increase the relevancy of Wi-Fi to a broader customer base," says Dave Vucina, CEO of Wayport. "Nintendo is a pioneer in providing a new way for their customers to play the games they want to while away from home or the office, and McDonald's is the perfect venue based on their ubiquity and accessibility."

Perhaps just as interesting to fans of the Big N is the first official confirmation from the company that its forthcoming console will also utilize the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. "Nintendo DS is just the first Nintendo system to connect via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection," the company stated in an official press release. "The same service will be incorporated into Nintendo's next-generation home video game console, code-named Revolution, which is set for release in 2006."

Stay tuned for much more on the news as it breaks.

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October 17, 2005 - Nintendo on Tuesday is set to announce a deal with Wi-Fi provider Wayport to offer free online play for DS owners at McDonald's across the nation. We chatted with the company's senior director of public relations, Beth Llewelyn, about the news, the future of DS online play, and what it means for Revolution.

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IGN: The Wayport deal with McDonald's is very intriguing. We already can't wait to try it out. But what made you go with McDonald's and not, say, Starbucks?

Beth Llewlyn: Well, we made the deal with Wayport, which we're very excited about, and we think it's the perfect way to kick off this program. We'll be in nearly 6,000 Wayport-enabled McDonald's locations around the country. They reach a broad demographic, especially those playing videogames, so we felt it was just a perfect partner to kick off the Wi-Fi Connection.

IGN: How would you play DS online at other establishments with hotspots, such as Starbucks?

Beth Llewlyn: Well, you can still use the DS anywhere there's a Wi-Fi connection. You just would have to set it up through a laptop and use the USB port adapter. So, if you're in Starbucks and have a laptop, you would still have to perhaps pay the service fee to get that access. But the beauty of working with Wayport and having the service available at McDonald's is that you literally walk into McDonald's, you turn on your game, there's Mario Kart, you click on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, and you go. It's very simple.

IGN: Are you planning any promotions with Wayport or McDonald's to get the word out there about this deal?

Beth Llewlyn: We'll certainly be promoting Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection very, very heavily, with the launch of Mario Kart DS coming up here on November 14. You're going to hearing about this everywhere, whether it's TV, print -- we'll be everywhere we can to promote the fact. If you're asking about in-store promotions or things like that with McDonald's, that's all to be determined. I think the main focus right now is just kicking off the program.

IGN: So for now you'll be talking about the service itself, but may not be promoting the McDonald's partnership?

Beth Llewlyn:Yeah, we'll have lots of details that will be available on our website, NintendoWiFi.com. There will be a wealth of information for Wi-Fi Connection questions, where to go. They'll be a locator where you can type in and find out the nearest location to you.

IGN: How heavy is Nintendo pushing the online element for DS games beyond the initial ones in the pipeline?

Beth Llewlyn: It's a big initiative, because not only is this Nintendo DS, but this will be the backbone for Nintendo Revolution next year. So certainly this is a big push on our end. We want people out there playing the games, which is why we're trying to make it as accessible and easy as possible. You will certainly be seeing and hearing more from Nintendo [on this] coming down the road. But right now we've got Mario Kart, we're excited about Tony Hawk from Activision, Anima Crossing, Metroid Prime Hunter, and you'll certainly be hearing more.

IGN: Why will the Wi-Fi USB adapter only be available through Nintendo.com and not retailers?

Beth Llewlyn:The feeling initially was that a lot of people were either going to have a wireless router at home or would have the ability to go to a McDonald's and have access in a number of ways, so we decided to make it initially available on Nintendo.com and just see how it goes.

IGN: The plan for DS is to make online gaming free. Is this also the plan for Revolution?

Beth Llewlyn:We haven't gone into any of those specifics, but certainly if this works well with DS you could probably assume. Our intent is that whatever Nintendo system you're playing, we want to make sure it's easily accessible for the broadest audience.

IGN: Nintendo has resisted the online model for years because, according to company executives, it's never proved profitable. Bearing that in mind, why enter the online arena with a no-charge program?

Beth Llewlyn: There's a lot to the games. For something like Mario Kart, the Wi-Fi component is just a nice addition. I think it kind of depends on what we're looking at for online. Is it creating a massively multiplayer game where you have to devote many resources to build and maintain the game? Or is it something like Mario Kart, where there's so much to the game and Wi-Fi just happens to be one component as a way to get people to play and enjoy it.

It's also not so much from a financial aspect. It was also accessibility and making it easy for consumers. Now that Wi-Fi and online access has become so much more prevalent, it just felt like the right time to get into it.

IGN: In your official press release, you say that Revolution will use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Beth Llewlyn: Right.

IGN: How important is online gaming to Nintendo's view of Revolution?

Beth Llewlyn: It's important. Definitely important. Obviously there's so much that we haven't said about Revolution, but the idea being that we want to reach a broad audience, and now that the technology is such that it is, it's just very exciting. With DS we're getting our feet wet and we'll just be primed when Revolution launches.

IGN: When will we hear more about the online DS games?

Beth Llewlyn: Well, you will be getting your hands on Mario Kart soon. And Animal Crossing as well. We're working on some stuff here for that so that you can at least test it out. I would say we hope to have some Metroid Prime Hunters news soon. Just, you know, keep an ear out. Hopefully soon we'll have some updates.

IGN: When can we expect to hear more about Revolution's online features?

Beth Llewlyn: You'll just have to stay tuned.

IGN: For a long while or a short while?

Beth Llewlyn: That's kind of tough to say at the moment.

IGN: Is there a chance that we'll know more before E3 2006?

Beth Llewlyn: There's always a chance.

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 13:22 schreef Ruzbeh het volgende:
Volgens mij is het zo dat het nog steeds betaalt wordt behalve als je op een DS wilt. Op een DS is WiFi access gratis (denk ik).

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 13:06 schreef mordradead het volgende:
ik mag wel eens wat geld apart zetten

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 14:37 schreef Xrenity het volgende:
UK cijfers, DS vs PSP (cijfers van vorige week alst goed is)

Nintendo DS - 24,492
PSP - 18,723
GBA SP - 8,799

van m'n huiswerk niet

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 14:46 schreef Erwtensoep het volgende:
Maar nee hoor de psp doet het in Europa veeeel beter dan de ds!

(niet dus)

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 14:53 schreef Erwtensoep het volgende:
En straks mario kart en wifi

Maar aan de andere kant heb je weer gta die als een gek gaat verkopen

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 14:50 schreef RaymanNL het volgende:

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Aaahhh, de psp is ook nog maar net uit heh

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 16:19 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:

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De PSP is overal uitverkocht, dat zal zeker wel meetellen

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Wel mooie cijfers though

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Update: Triforce Freak, een bekende forumlid, mailde Nintendo Nederland met de vraag of wij Nederlanders de WiFi USB adapter wél in de winkel zouden kunnen vinden. Hij kreeg hierop onderstaand bevestigend antwoord. Zoals te verwachten viel kunnen we de WiFi USB Adapter hier in Europa wel gewoon in de winkel krijgen dus.

De USB Connector zal in de winkel te verkrijgen zijn.

Groeten,
Bianca

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 18:22 schreef mordradead het volgende:
voor 40 euro ja

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Op dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 18:00 schreef Strolie75 het volgende:


Wat is dit voor spel? Klinkt wel geil.

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Op dinsdag 27 september 2005 12:00 schreef philipnorth het volgende:

Ook interessant op zich:

Londonian Gothics

filmpje: http://www.londoniangothics.jp/movie/movie/longos_pv0726-1.wmv

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