DS Downloads a no go if sharing is disabled
Category: Nintendo DS, Posted: 05/11/2008 at 06:52AM CDT by Tim Mellish, Staff Writer
At times it's amazing that Nintendo has done so well with the Wii. For starters, it has sold millions of units in today's gaming market despite the underpowered graphics and terrible online environment Nintendo crafted. It's almost as if Nintendo is mad they didn't think of Xbox Live first, so instead of just copying Microsoft and reaping the benefits they're purposefully making the online experience a living hell.
The latest culprit for Nintendo's poor online choices is the Wii-to-DS experience. Should the user decide that he or she doesn't want Nintendo accessing the download data on their Wii, then the user loses the ability to access downloads for their DS. Why this is so important to Nintendo that they would make it so their most successful handheld doesn't work to its full potential, because of a settings issue, is rather puzzling.
Just chalk it up to another weird online Nintendo quirk we all have to get used too. But at this point, it really doesn't surprise us anymore, does it?
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Not a big deal by any means. I don't know anyone who didn't say yes to all that stuff you get when booting up the Nintendo Channel, anyway.
im glad they make u let them access it. cause maybe it will help them crack down on illegal wii mods and stuff. besides i dont even see the big deal in not letting them
Uh-huh... And why would anyone even decide not to let Nintendo view their download data? It's just silly.
Yeah, this isnt a big deal anyway. its not like your torrenting on your wii. I think its cool, they can see what ds games are more popular. Its like taking a survey, you cant fill it out and not give it to the people who need the data.
I'm still using my DS regularly for the homebrew community. It's a terrible shame Nintendo is so afraid to license indie devs, or maybe diversify their releases as much as the homebrew coders have. There are great painting apps, interactive fiction and gamebooks, emulators, ports of classics, and even a ScummVM emulator (lucasarts adventures, on DS. leet.) Nintendo takes no notice of it, and releases more and more movie titles and kids' games. Wii must be more profitable.