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At 2 Million Strong, Nintendo's Wireless Gaming Community Grows Larger Than 15 U.S. States

08/28/2006??

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 28, 2006 - Late on Thursday, a Nintendo DS? owner logged onto Nintendo? Wi-Fi Connection for the first time. That person unknowingly became the 2 millionth unique player to use Nintendo's wireless gaming service. To put that number in perspective, the population of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection users now surpasses the population of 15 different U.S. states, including Montana, Nebraska and New Mexico. In addition to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection surpassing 2 million unique players, the service has also logged more than 70 million individual game sessions in just more than nine months of operation, a number expected to soar as more and more Wi-Fi-enabled titles are released.

"Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection continues to set the standard for easy, fun and safe wireless gaming," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Our hand-held leadership will continue unabated with today's launch of Star Fox Command and the anticipation of our upcoming Wi-Fi titles."

Today the hugely popular Star Fox series goes wireless with Star Fox? Command for Nintendo DS. The sci-fi space combat game marks the first-ever portable, Wi-Fi-enabled Star Fox game. Up to four players, be they friends or strangers, can meet up on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to blow each other out of the sky in white-knuckle dogfights.

In addition to multiplayer Wi-Fi dogfights, the 3-D space shooter Star Fox Command also lets players use the DS touch screen to draw out their flight plans, steer their Arwing fighters and drop bombs on enemies. Rubbing the touch screen sends the fighter into a barrel roll. The game uses elements of both real-time combat and turn-based strategy games, and includes a familiar array of popular animal characters from the Star Fox universe, including Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi, Krystal and Slippy Toad.

This leaves the wi-fi connection a bit popular, dont you agree...

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Although old, it's cool to know that this has become a major hit around the world.

It's cool.

i agree it is kinda old but tha, that is aone big confirmation Wink

Yes, I agree that wifi has gotten really popular. 2,000,000 UNIQUE hits is a lot of people. Lets just hope that, including the Wii, we will get 3,000,000. Smile

Even more with the Wii, hopefully because the Wii will have a larger lobby for hosting games besides have 3 extra guys there playing with you.

DS could use more WiFi games. And some games that have 2 vs 2 teams for clans and stuff.

Whoo-hoo for WiFi... its so awesome.

Xbox Live had over 3 million members in May '06 and I imagine has increased. Not much bigger of a community in comparison.

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At 2 Million Strong, Nintendo's Wireless Gaming Community Grows Larger Than 15 U.S. States

08/28/2006??

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 28, 2006 - Late on Thursday, a Nintendo DS? owner logged onto Nintendo? Wi-Fi Connection for the first time. That person unknowingly became the 2 millionth unique player to use Nintendo's wireless gaming service. To put that number in perspective, the population of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection users now surpasses the population of 15 different U.S. states, including Montana, Nebraska and New Mexico. In addition to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection surpassing 2 million unique players, the service has also logged more than 70 million individual game sessions in just more than nine months of operation, a number expected to soar as more and more Wi-Fi-enabled titles are released.

"Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection continues to set the standard for easy, fun and safe wireless gaming," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Our hand-held leadership will continue unabated with today's launch of Star Fox Command and the anticipation of our upcoming Wi-Fi titles."

Today the hugely popular Star Fox series goes wireless with Star Fox? Command for Nintendo DS. The sci-fi space combat game marks the first-ever portable, Wi-Fi-enabled Star Fox game. Up to four players, be they friends or strangers, can meet up on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to blow each other out of the sky in white-knuckle dogfights.

In addition to multiplayer Wi-Fi dogfights, the 3-D space shooter Star Fox Command also lets players use the DS touch screen to draw out their flight plans, steer their Arwing fighters and drop bombs on enemies. Rubbing the touch screen sends the fighter into a barrel roll. The game uses elements of both real-time combat and turn-based strategy games, and includes a familiar array of popular animal characters from the Star Fox universe, including Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi, Krystal and Slippy Toad.

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that's good, right?

nickname:Flipper Wrote:

that's good, right?

Why would it be a bad thing? huh? Of course it is a good thing, it gives us more people to find on a random search! Toungue

Sweet! The population of 15 states plus is a great number of active Wi-Fi-ers. 2 million.... wow.

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