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Nintendo DS gaming service tops 5 million users

May 30, 2007 in News comments 14

Nintendo announces its Wi-Fi Connection for the DS console has reached two new milestones recently. Since its launch back in November 2005, the userbase for Nintendo's wireless gaming service has grown to over 5 million unique owners. Additionally, these users have logged over 200 million gameplay sessions. According to Nintendo's press release, the top five DS games supporting the Wi-Fi Connection worldwide are Animal Crossing: Wild World, Mario Kart DS, Metroid Prime Hunters, and the recently launched Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl.

"Nintendo DS gamers globally use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection as an easy, fun place to find fellow players, all without paying anything extra for the service," explains Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. "The milestones represent millions of hours of fun and camaraderie despite miles between players."
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    Will Baxter May 30, 07
    Yeah, The Nintendo DS WiFi mode has definitely grown, you just have to look at the Pokemon Diamond WiFi forum to prove that. It's beating loungin' at the moment
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      Tom May 30, 07
      Well said there, will. WiFi is extremely popular, so I think we can safely say the idea was a good move by Nintendo and I hope to see it continue to have a popularity boom in years to come.
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    Rinkydink May 31, 07
    Nice one, I've had endless fun with Metroid Prime Hunters and Mario Kart on Wi-Fi. Great to see that it is so immensely popular.
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    Gotenks* May 31, 07
    Diamond and Pearl are already in the top 5? Damn. I knew people wanted to battle others online but I never thought it would be so much.
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    Rinkydink Jun 1, 07
    Yeah I can definitely see Diamond and Pearl topping the Wi-Fi charts, only a matter of time.
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    neto_360 Jun 1, 07
    I am glad to see the DS is going so well and the Wi-Fi feature is great. Makes a lot of people happy. Especially the ones with Diamond and Pearl
  • 1
    Kutless Jun 1, 07
    Wow I was really surprised to see Mario Kart up there. This will be good for Nintendo.
    • 0
      Gotenks* Jun 1, 07
      You were surpised with Mario Kart? I wasn't. First online DS game and so many people love it. I remember how when it was almost out people were so anxious to play it!
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    King X2 Jun 2, 07
    Mario Kart was a great game. I used to always play it in the middle of the night, but I never actually got to Wifi at all. There is a ton of good players out there, so I'm disappointed.
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    Deviant Jun 2, 07
    It's no surprise... especially for Diamond and Pearl.
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    Yorkieboy Jun 2, 07
    Woots for the DS!Beat that PSP...
  • 0
    GameFreak101 Jun 3, 07
    This finally may give Nintendo a hint that online play is definitely something gamers want. All they have to do now is get rid of those silly friend codes and those numbers will sky rocket even more than five million. =D
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    Shiney_Sneasel Jun 3, 07
    I totaly agree with floatzel
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    spirepwns Jun 9, 07
    I agree with gamefreak101. After all, we want to be able to play online to the fullest extent.

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