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28 Jul 2004
So "Nintendo DS" is the official name. It's one hot handheld. Stereo speakers builtin, ~$170 release price, and more than 120 games in development. I'm signed up.
Also, I finally got an official quote from the horse's mouth about wireless: "DS users will be able to connect with a local wireless network of up to 16 players. Nintendo's guaranteed range is 30 feet, but will extend far beyond that depending on circumstances. It ... will make use of both IEEE 802.11 and Nintendo's proprietary communication protocol, which provides low battery consumption. ... The DS technology also provides for a wireless LAN connection, which could allow a theoretically infinite number of players to ... compete at a central game hub on the Internet..." (Emphasis mine) Holy hell.
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