I wonder how long it'll be until Nintendo decides to bring down the wifi servers. What'll happen to all of us DS wifi game owners? Do you suppose that they'll release some sort of program or code that'll let us host our own unofficial servers?
"A game like Mario Kart doesn't require servers since the DS units speak directly to each other when the "match-making" is done. Therefore, "match-making" has no cost associated with it." (from N-Sider, 2005)
For those games that do require servers, the cost is passed on to the publisher to keep the server running (unless of course Nintendo is the publisher).
 It seems to me that the connectivity of the DS Lite (and especially the Wii) is an integral component to it's continued success. Add to this Nintendo's record for backward compatability and it doesn't seem like WiFi will be going away anytime soon, probably not even after the next gen handheld comes out (whatever it may be)...
Oh okay. I hope Nintendo doesn't take down the match-making servers. If I understand that NPower article correctly, if the match-making servers go done, most of the DS wifi games won't work anymore right?
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