"and the company will sell a wireless access point that attaches to PCs via a USB drive, making DS and Revolution connectivity straightforward for those currently without a wireless network."

That's great, they should have thought of that for the Cube in the 1st place.
And why not use the hard-drive from my PC to store these downloaded files from Nintendo so that I can access them through the Rev using it's internal memory as if it was a pseudo-RAM?!

You can put it on the hard drive since you can use SD for expanded memory, they once you fill it you can dump the programs to your hard drive instead of deleting it.

On the side of the virtual console, I never expected it to be free. I envision games between $5-to-$20 depending on the age.

I won't pay more than $5, that's for sure.

Ah well, too bad about the free 221 games out of the box rumors being false. Should have suspected that myself, though; Such a collection of free games would undercut the classic series released on GBA, making them out to be quite the rip off. George Harrison was probably misquoted in saying that classic Nintendo games would be free - it did sound like he was hinting at the system discussed above. Still, I hope the download service ends up being a classic gamer's dream come true, cost or no cost.

Also, while I'm glad their making a USB hotspot for those without wireless routers, I hope this device will not be required even if you already have wireless LAN.

Also I hope Pikachu is still in Smash Brothers this time 'round.

On previous occassions Nintendo has said the DS is using standard WiFi protocol found in libraries, cafes, etc. for its online activities. We do not need Nintendo's USB device.

Also, just like hard drives and discs, SD cards can be formatted a variety of ways. Nintendo might use a non-standard format to reduce piracy, but hopefully t hey'll use a standard PC-readable format and use file encryption/ID techniques to tie sensitive software (like NES games) to a single console. Now that Nintendo is using a standard media card format, they don't stand to gain from forcing multiple SD card purchases.

my 1 Gig compact flash card doesn't like the SD compatability...

Mine doesn't either but then again all those digicams don't seem to care.

TYP: Well, those things are called "SecureDigital" and have DRM in their specs. I don't think N would need to make their own standard though it would help if they encrypted the ROMs in a way that only your Rev can read them. Now that makes me wonder... Will this thing read NGage "game cards"?

I'm expecting some kind of point system. Something along the lines of this:


Costs:
NES game: 20 points
SNES game: 40 points
N64 game: 60 points


Rewards for registering various things on Nintendo's website:
Gamecube: 50 points
Game Boy Advance (any type): 50 points
DS: 75 points
Revolution: 100 points
Gamecube game: 20 points
GBA game: 20 points
DS game: 30 points
Revolution game: 30 points
Revolution accessory (e.g. controller, memory card): 10 points


Something like that. Probably different values from what I'm thinking, but yeah, I'm still expecting something vaguely like it.

iv been saying for months that they would use usb for DS

any for those talking about storage:
32gig SD cards launch next year, u can easly find out info by searching google
something that has got digital video camera owners excited
which means u could easly, stores games and music and such (music may be supported under action reply i guess?)

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Also, while I'm glad their making a USB hotspot for those without wireless routers, I hope this device will not be required even if you already have wireless LAN.

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iv been saying for months that they would use usb for DS

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Mario:Reggie mentions USB connection for DS online
Mario: does that mean i dont need a wirless router?
Infernal Monkey:i'm excited nintendo decided to show lots of great GC games like scooby doo and sponge bob and THQ in general, and have that geoge hairy son talk while good GC footage was playing
Mario:Chris: ahahahaha
Shifty: what?
Infernal Monkey: i guess =o
Shifty: you'd need to connect to another computer. i'm not sure how that'd work unless nintendo brings out a device that magically connects you to the net through a computer
Mario: "free INSIDE the house, through your existing wireless router, or USB connection"
Shifty: yeah, but USB has gotta connect to something.
Shifty: needs more information
Mario: how will DS plug into USB? there's nothing to plug into it.. or will there be a wireless thing that you just connect to the USB?
Shifty: actually, a USB wireless access point would fit the bill
Shifty:plug it in to the USB port on your computer, and then it detects your DS.
Shifty: but most wireless cards don't act as an access point, only as a peer on the network. hmmmm

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the revolution has a 2 usb ports
answers the question
1usb ds-rev, 1usb in router

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the USB ports could also be used for other peripherals like cameras, microphones, keyboards, mouse, external hdd's, i-pod. Who knows what nintendo has in store for them.

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Originally posted by: TheYoungerPlumber
On previous occassions Nintendo has said the DS is using standard WiFi protocol found in libraries, cafes, etc. for its online activities. We do not need Nintendo's USB device.

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nintendo is starting to kick ass again.

"and the company will sell a wireless access point that attaches to PCs via a USB drive, making DS and Revolution connectivity straightforward for those currently without a wireless network. "

Will this usb thing be a router or just hoke up the ds and rev?

It's probably a wlan adapter that's preconfigured to support the DS.

USB, meh. Ethernet>USB for devices of this type.

I can't find the thread or the link now, but a long, long time ago (sometime last year) someone posted a link to a pic of a little device that looked like a usb thumb drive only a little bit bigger. It had a nintendo(DS?) logo on it and said it was Nintendo's usb wireless connector.

Everyone said it was it was fake, and it probably was, but now it seems that that is what Nintendo had planned all along. I'm gonna go pic hunting..........