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Mario Kart drives WFC uptake Comments by Tom Bramwell

23 November, 2005

Online bit's popular, apparently.

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Dizzy
23/11/05 @ 12:56
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Online popular??? Surely not!
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23/11/05 @ 12:57
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Quite surprised that so many people have wifi but then maybe everyone got one of those usb-sticks.
Psi
23/11/05 @ 12:59
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guess thats my online nick stolen now? should have pre-ordered the american version...
Azu87
23/11/05 @ 13:05
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Psi you can use whatever nickname you want. And it doesn't even have to be like Psi123. I don't quite get it myself but Nintendo has done some kind of system where everyone can have the nickname they want, even if there are two or more of them. I guess there is some way to know who is who but I can't really say anything because I haven't tested the system myself.
Nemesis
23/11/05 @ 13:17
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Got the wireless tested out with THPS and it's rather natty ; WEP keys do have to be 13 chars to get through some routers though; oddly enough.

caligari
23/11/05 @ 13:18
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I know Bengali, I can smell it
tonynibbles
23/11/05 @ 13:35
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"US of States"

o_O
Carlo
23/11/05 @ 13:36
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Yes MrT

But make sure you use WEP not WPA security, or get the dongle.

52,000 users! Is that USA only or does it include Japan?
kangarootoo
23/11/05 @ 13:52
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I'm pretty sure it is 11b, but I'm not 100% on that.

EDIT: Further to that, it seems to support 802.11b AND some Nintendo proprietary protocol. I'm seeing reports that the 11b function doesn't work straight out of the box.

I am a bit unclear at this point after looking into it more, maybe an EG staffer can give you some decent info? Anyone?
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Psi
23/11/05 @ 14:02
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Azu87 cheers m8, looks like they are using something else as the uniqueid :) finally some sense is seen :D

I can see me playing mario battle with 3 players called 'Neo' very soon :D
Carlo
23/11/05 @ 14:08
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Not out in Japan...

Oh... My Bad, thanks Bengali!
Lothar Hex
23/11/05 @ 14:17
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And Nintendo said online gaming wasn't popular enough at one point. ^^
jellyhead
23/11/05 @ 14:25
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Nintendo actually said they were looking into online and multiplayer but they felt it wasn't worth releasing anything as it wasn't prevalent enough in peoples homes but that they would go online when they were ready.
They're ready i think. :)
spazmo
23/11/05 @ 14:35
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And Nintendo said online gaming wasn't popular enough at one point. ^^ "

Hehe, and i said the same thing in '85. I was right at the time though.
smelly
23/11/05 @ 15:18
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Is 112,000 copies of the game sold in a week good.

For a mainstream console.. no.

For a DS/GBA or PSP game.. yes.

(handheld games dont sell as well).

But 52,000 users online (almost 50%!?!?) in the first week for ONE console game, is the stuff of microsoft's wet dreams... That's a LOT!
Tonka
23/11/05 @ 16:18
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But 52,000 users online (almost 50%!?!?) in the first week for ONE console game, is the stuff of microsoft's wet dreams... That's a LOT!

It is a lot, and I can't wait till I get to try it.
But in all honesty, if MS Live was free I think they would achieve similar stats for big titles on their first week.
oerhört
23/11/05 @ 18:29
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Probably not. You know, you can't log onto Live on McDonalds. :)

Impressive numbers, anyhow.
Repsode
24/11/05 @ 00:37
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To put this in perspective only 18% of all Halo 2 owners were online 3 weeks after its launch!(Source: ds.ign.com)
jawolf
24/11/05 @ 08:34
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Mr-T the Netgear DG834G works...

You must broadcast SSID (when I turned it off ... DS don't connect!) and it didn't work on the old firmware (using V3.01.25 as the original firmware didn't work)
You can do mixed b & g mode. Use WEP (using 128bit... so there is a long string you have to type in!)

But it works a treat. I saw just how bad I was at the game by playing online (after setting up... went on... played so badly that the other person didn't even do the second race ;o) I suck!
Genji
24/11/05 @ 12:22
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I think the fact that it's free is a big factor. Also, there's comparatively little hassle to get it connected. All you do is press a couple of buttons. It doesn't require an existing broadband connection, either. Most people are still on dialup, you know.
Burton2000
25/11/05 @ 17:44
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i got the game today and best mario kart game ever. yet to try online

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