Nintendo DS Wi-Fi USB Controller

by Nintendo WiFi Adapter

Product Details

• ASIN: B000BVYIZG
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,497 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector is a Nintendo-dedicated wireless access point that plugs into the USB port on a PC (Windows XP or Windows Vista* only) to provide wireless access for DS and Wii game systems. It was discontinued by Nintendo in 2007 and is difficult to find.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nintendo's WiFi Controller, March 24, 2006

By 

Anthony J. Careatti "One Geek to...rrr Geek t... (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nintendo DS Wi-Fi USB Controller (Video Game)

I'm not the best at writing reviews so bare with me. This little device is a great addition to your DS. First off you need to have something more that a Dial-up connection for it to work, trust me if you've tried playing any online game with Dial-up you'll know what I mean. What it does is allow you to excess your friends or random people using a Friend Code (which you get per game I believe, I've only used it with Animal Crossing so far so I don't know about more games), you give it to your friends or post online whatever floats your boat and then you play your game with a connection open to your Wifi. In Animal Crossing people will end up coming to your town or goto your town, in Mario Kart you have races etc. I would highly suggest getting Animal Crossing: Wild World or Mario Kart with this if you don't already have it. Thanks for reading this.

26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nintendo DS Wi-Fi USB Connector, March 26, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nintendo DS Wi-Fi USB Controller (Video Game)

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This device is a must have if you own a Nintendo DS.
The package you receive brings the device itself and an installation CD
You install it to your computer then plug it in a USB port and there you have it, you can now play ONLINE with your Nintendo DS.

Note: not any game can be played online, just games that indicate it like Mario Kart or Metroid Hunters oh and you need a CABLE or DSL internet connection to use this.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Easy To Setup, But Windows Only, November 21, 2006

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Brian D. Adams (Cary, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nintendo DS Wi-Fi USB Controller (Video Game)

I bought one of these to use with my DS, to play Tetris online at school. Since we aren't supposed to setup wireless acess points here, I thought that this would be a good alternative. The problem? The device is Windows-only, which meant I had to boot into Windows on my Mac before I could start using it. If you don't already have Wi-Fi, but you have a Windows machine, this adapter does make getting online really easy. But you can spend about the same amount, get a wireless router, spend a few minutes setting it up, and it'll work not only with Nintendo systems, but with laptops and such too.