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windwaker
Posts: 469/1797 |
You can already use a wireless router for this, though no games support it.
What WarpPipe is doing is making it so that a wireless router will act as you're sitting right next to someone, and allow you to play LAN games with your DS online (methinks). |
HyperLamer
Posts: 2171/8210 |
Good point about the hot spots. You need to be near one... Maybe they could make some kinda cell phone link? |
Ailure
Posts: 6298/11162 |
I did sign on thier mailing list too...
I create a thread/post in this one. When I get the intresting e-mail. ^-^
If anything, what about wireless routers transmitting small games? I could see simple homebrewn games and emulators getting transferred easily... without any flash cart. <.< |
Xeolord
Posts: 693/3418 |
This would actually be a good and cool thing, it would be fun to play a DS game worldwide. 
I'd say it's pretty true also, sounds familar to XBC if you ask me. |
windwaker
Posts: 466/1797 |
Originally posted by Colin
Well, it has to use a wi-fi area. For example, if I was at school, I could access the network - I could also access it at home if I had a wireless router. But if I was on the bus, odds are it's a no-go.
Most people don't realize that there are wireless access points in most urban areas. Most people just don't bother to encrypt them. Although if you were on a bus, it probably wouldn't work anyway.  |
Ran-chan
Posts: 5420/12781 |
That online support has to do with those "hot spots", right?
*Prays for one to be placed in Helsingborg* |
Ailure
Posts: 6270/11162 |
Originally posted by HyperHacker
I thought you could already do this with DS? Does it actually have online support?
I think it possible, just needs help for that. I think this project is about supporting it on your own wireless router.
But then, I really don't know how well the DS games could take lag and such. |
Colin
Posts: 5253/11302 |
To my knowledge, DS has wi-fi support, but it's from its own built-in adaptor with a defined radius. I guess it works as a game finder. |
HyperLamer
Posts: 2152/8210 |
I thought you could already do this with DS? Does it actually have online support? |
Colin
Posts: 5246/11302 |
Well, it has to use a wi-fi area. For example, if I was at school, I could access the network - I could also access it at home if I had a wireless router. But if I was on the bus, odds are it's a no-go. |
windwaker
Posts: 465/1797 |
Yeah, I had actually subscribed to that already .
I think the only problem would be finding hotspots around (at least legal ones), as you wouldn't be able to just sit at your house and play online unless you had a wifi router. |
Sokarhacd
Posts: 808/1757 |
some of that stuff is weird...but yeah, I have a feeling its gonna be called Mario Net, which is a pretty awesome name.. |
Kirby PopStar
Posts: 301/431 |
I heard all about this some time in September-- with those hints... A boy in the forest, and that marionette (find(s)me)... Weird stuff.
I hope whatever this is, that it lives up to the hype. This had better be good. |
Ok Impala!
Posts: 199/383 |
Ok!
Actually, the name does make sense. Think about it, players can't see each other now while they are playing on their DS, it won't tell you another player is around. Now that's where DeMasked comes in, it makes all those players visible. |
Karadur
Posts: 158/1192 |
Playing DS worldwide with other people. That would be really fun DeMasked, huh. The name doesn't make very much sense, but still, it sounds really neat. I'm assuming the PictoChat thing I read about that's on DS will work with that program as well whenever it's released.
If they can start working on this sort of thing a couple days after the DS came out, I wonder what they have planned for the future |
Ok Impala!
Posts: 197/383 |
Ok!
Very likely it will be something called "Mario Net". You can connect to players world-wide using a WIFI connection point. The program will act like you're playing on a local WIFI so you'll be able to play all current multiplayer DS games worldwide...now that would be neat...
I searched around the internet a while and found out this thing is actually called "DeMasked". You can subscribe to a newsletter at: http://www.demasked.com/ .It's officially delayed untill somewhere 2005...darn it... |
windwaker
Posts: 462/1797 |
DS Quake 3 port would be <3.
Yeah, you do need the (broadband) modem to use it the original WarpPipe software.
I highly doubt that this is just a rumour, because the guy who made WarpPipe said that he was going to make this  . |
Colin
Posts: 5234/11302 |
Wouldn't be surprised at all, I've seen stuff on Slashdot about it.
A "wireless online adaptor" or some silly name like that would sell like hotcakes, I imagine.  Get a few good 3D shooters on the system and look out. |
Ailure
Posts: 6255/11162 |
And the warppipe program hadn't been upgraded in some time either. I downloaded the warppipe program for quite awhile ago, it's still the most recent. 
But well, it could be something. It could be nothing... like with most Nintendo rumours. DS started of as a rumour in itself too. |
Karadur
Posts: 151/1192 |
That 'disgruntled project member' sounds very possible. It'd allow whoever's the main person in that whole thing to know how to go about hacking the DS right the first time. As far as funding, it could be Nintendo, but it very well could be someone else
Whatever they're doing with the DS, hopefully more info comes out on it sometime soon. This is probably a stupid question, but I'm assuming the Gamecube thing requires the modem thing that hooks up to the bottom of your Gamecube, right? If that's the case, darn I don't have one of those, and I don't have the money to buy one right now 
Whatever they're doing, it sounds really neat Can't wait to here more |
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