Nintendo has partnered with BT to provide free multiplayer gaming over WiFi for the DS handheld console at hotspot in the Republic and Northern Ireland. (Early this week the company released details of a scaled down version of the handheld, ‘DS Lite’ - pictured, right)
BT Openzone currently has over 270 public wireless broadband, the deal announced early this week will see this expand to some game outlets, namely Game, GameStop, HMV, Smyths Toys, and “other key outlets across Ireland”.
WiFi location currently enabled include Cork Airport, O'Briens cafés, Insomnia cafés, in the Republic, and at BT NI payphones, Belfast City Airport, Belfast's Great Victoria Station, Belfast’s Central Station, PC World outlets, and McDonalds in Northern Ireland, and both north and south at some Maxol filling stations, and a number of hotels and other cafés. The full and up-to-date list can be found here.
Nintendo’s DS multiplayer gaming services is not subscriptions based, the only cost to the user is broadband at home, or a cup of coffee as an excuse to stay on the premises. Nintendo also offers a home WiFi adaptor for the DS to insure easer access, it retails for about 40 euro.
“Nintendo are bringing a significant, groundbreaking deal to Ireland. Launching our Wi-Fi service in partnership with BT Openzone is a massive statement of our commitment” stated David Yarnton, General Manager, Nintendo UK.
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