Miyamoto & Final Fantasy producer talk about the DS

[A Black Falcon]

i was just thinking. i guess i'm not really sure how this "wifi" shit works...but we got wifi hubs all over campus that allow the fancy students with laptops to access the internet when they're in certain buildings (such as the library or the union...some day i think they're going to implement it in all the dorms too maybe...). anyway, if the DS supports wifi then wouldn't it automatically support online play? because it'd be able to access the internet as long as you were near a wifi hub (for me, inside the library or union). so all a game would need to be on-line is some sort of matchmaking system and a gamer willing to get his ass to a wifi hub.

It's the same on my campus -- wireless in the library, union, and some other buildings, but not yet in dorms... just ethernet plugs. Wireless does seem to be spreading though... but I don't mind wires. The only advantage of wireless really (at home) is if you want to use a computer online in a room far away from your ethernet adaptor and don't want to have to lay wires all over the house... I see no advantage for a place like a dorm. But anyway, any way Nintendo could implement a net connection would be better than nothing... but if you want most of your market to really be able to use it you should have put a port on the system to hook it up to ethernet cables.