Originally published December 3 2005
Nintendo to offer WiFi gaming service in Europe and Asia
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Nintendo's new Wifi gaming access will be free in several locations including McDonald's restaurants, coffeehouses, hotels, service stations, railway stations, airports and stadiums. Users can launch games with no setup required.
On the heels of an initiative to offer complimentary access to Nintendo WiFi Connection in thousands of McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) restaurants in the United States, the video game giant announced today it will also offer its new wireless gaming service for DS handheld game console users in Europe and Asia.
Setting the Pace Major video game stores and even the British Library will also feature WiFi hot spots open to DS gamers.
The goal is to extend WiFi service to Nintendo DS users in key markets with its wireless gaming service that goes online November 14.
Launching our WiFi service in partnership with two of the UK's leading providers of hotspots is a massive statement of our commitment," said David Yarnton, general manager for Nintendo UK.
The Nintendo WiFi Connection service truly offers the mass market a great opportunity to fully embrace WiFi."
Building a Wireless Community Nintendo said the WiFi Connection creates a community where gamers can log on wirelessly and begin playing favorite franchise games like Mario Kart DS and Activision's Tony Hawk's American SK8Land.
"By bundling free usage in with the game, engineering the DS so it can automatically connect to the network, creating market leading games, and pioneering new communities of users, Nintendo is breaking down all the barriers to usage that have slowed the growth of WiFi," said George Polk, CEO of The Cloud.
Wireless Play Everywhere Users can connect the Nintendo DS unit directly into their home-based WiFi network.
Nintendo said those who have a high-speed Internet connection such as cable or DSL, but no wireless network, can use the Nintendo WiFi USB Connector, which will plug into the USB port of a PC running Windows XP to create a wireless access point to connect a DS to Nintendo WiFi Connection.
"That's where Nintendo is way behind the PSP because essentially every PSP game is an online capable game.
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