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Nintendo and McDonalds team up for Wi-Fi
Sony and McDo...wait that's wrong. Nintendo and McDonalds team up to give all you non-Wi-Fi enabled Americans a chance to play online.
Nintendo has signed an agreement with Wayport, a leading provider of wired and Wi-Fi high-speed Internet access in public locations, to extend Wi-Fi service to Nintendo DS users at nearly 6,000 McDonald's restaurants across the United States. Through the agreement with Wayport, Nintendo will offer complimentary access to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, the video game giant's new wireless gaming service that goes online Nov. 14.
"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 & 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," said 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."
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection creates a welcome, inviting community where gamers of all kinds can log on wirelessly and begin playing favorite franchise games like Mario Kart DS and Activision's Tony Hawk's American SK8Land, and future titles such as Animal Crossing: Wild World and Metroid Prime Hunters. Game play will be free, and users will be able to connect easily to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in a variety of ways.
When a user brings a Nintendo DS unit and a Wi-Fi-enabled game into a Wayport-enabled McDonald's, the user simply launches the game in Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection mode. No setup is required.
From home, if the user already has a Wi-Fi network, the Nintendo DS unit will connect directly to it with minimal setup procedures. Those who have a high-speed Internet connection such as cable or DSL, but no wireless network, can use the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, which will plug into the USB port of a PC running Windows XP (just XP?) to create a wireless access point to connect a DS to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector will be sold exclusively on Nintendo.com, now there's something new.
Finally, Nintendo DS owners who want to play games at Wi-Fi locations outside McDonald's or their home can use a laptop computer and the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector to access Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector enables the Nintendo DS to share an Internet connection established by a PC, providing a conduit to play games via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Detailed information about Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, as well as a list of participating Wayport/McDonald's hotspots, will be available soon at www.NintendoWiFi.com.
Nintendo DS is just the first Nintendo system to connect via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. 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. Whether Nintendo expects you to bring your Revolution to the nearest McD's as well, remains unknown for the moment.
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Can I order a number one large? "Would you like MKDS with that?" Yes, yes I would! :D Thats cool they teamed up, makes playing online on the go easier.
you Ds will get greasy though :(
^ -_- Just have a drink, or eat the burger after you've finished playing MKDS
"The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector will be sold exclusively on Nintendo.com...-" WHAT?! Does this mean we HAVE to get it off Nintendo.com?!?! I want it off Play.com for just £14.99!! :( :( :( PLEASE say they don't mean JUST Nintendo.com!
^ That would be suckage. But I would still buy one.
That's America, there weird. Wi-Fi Connectors will be sold in the shops/online retailers in the UK/Europe. Americans can only purchase it online unless it's very successful, or a petition starts ;)
Why The hell Mc Donlads? Note: Plz Take Down That Creepy Baner of W.I.C.H and Chicken Shoot they both make what to barf or kill myself
^ Agreed, there bloody scaring me, especially "Witches". I am actually scared. Put something sane back up ;_;
And....whats wrong with the forum...?
"Mac Donalds will make you fat!"
Actually they said McNuggets were made from real Chicken Breast. But yes, I prefer Burger King, much tastier.
what's wrong with the forum? Don't see anything wrong with it... :/
why mcdonalds!why ot burger-king!!!!!!!!i love burger-king!!!!!
I HATE FAST FOOD! Just the smell of McDonald's makes me want to vomit. It's so... gross. Mystery meat burgers and McNuggets made from the rear end of a chicken. Ugh... X.X I'd rather have it at Quizno's or Subway.
mcdonalDS
Lol. McDonalDS. I'll be eating there alot now, if we get Wi-fi at ours.
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