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The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector. The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector is a wireless game adapter, developed by Nintendo and Buffalo Technology, which allows the Nintendo DS, Wii and 3DS users without a Wi-Fi connection or compatible Wi-Fi network to establish an Internet connection via a broadband-connected PC.
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and WiiConnect24, Nintendo's free online services for the Wii and DS; Nintendo Network, Nintendo's free online service for the Wii U and 3DS; Nintendo Switch Online, Nintendo's paid online service for the Switch; SegaNet and Dreamarena; PlayStation 2 online functionality; Xbox Live
On November 14, 2005, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection was deployed with the release of Mario Kart DS.Having been developed under the direct supervision of president Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Takao Ohara lamented that Nintendo's long history of online strategies had each quit due to unexpectedly insufficient userbases, but that Nintendo WFC had in four months garnered 2.9 million connections from over ...
The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection used by the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DSi and Nintendo 3DS is AOSS compatible. [2] AOSS is also included in the PlayStation 3 and in system software 2.00 for the PlayStation Portable, [3] and is available for automatic setup with the PSP with firmware 2.80. The PS Vita is also AOSS compatible as of ...
The wireless adapter. The Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter [a] is a wireless adapter accessory for the Game Boy Advance, released by Nintendo in 2004. It provides an alternative to the Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable but is only supported by a small number of games.
The Wii console is able to connect to the Internet through its built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi or through a USB-to-Ethernet adapter, with both methods allowing players to access the established Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. [28] Wireless encryption by WEP, WPA (TKIP/RC4) and WPA2 (CCMP/AES) are supported. [29]
SpotPass was a Nintendo 3DS and Wii U "always on" online background connectivity system, similarly to how predecessor WiiConnect24 originally functioned with Wii, which could automatically seek and connect to wireless network nodes such as Wi-Fi hotspots, sending and downloading information in the background while in sleep mode or while playing a game or running an application.
This is a list of WFC compatible games on the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi handheld game consoles.These games are playable online out of the box, as long as the system is in range of a properly-configured WiFi router or a Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, and are not to be confused with games that only allow for wireless multi-play within a close physical vicinity (ad-hoc).