After playing A LOT of Smash.. i went forward, and played Metroid Prime 2.. for the first time :P.. The game is great.. Im almost completing it... The boss battles are great!.. and the game is immersing.. The Metroid series, have always had that intriguing element in them.. that gets you glued to the controlled.. and your eyes stuck on the TV.. waiting for what's next... I'm afraid of what would be the last boss.. It looks like its a horrible creature :P.. and a huge one...

Its a must play! Really...

I like the way my collection is shaping up :).. I have 4 white cases.. and 12 black ones.. I really like seeing a pile of games next to my beloved Wii...

Hey!!! I got back from my trip to NY-Atlanta...!!! The first time I went to the Toys R Us at Time Square.. Brawl was depleted.. It was a hit!! I came back 2 days.. and it was there... a bunch of copies, but I decided to save my money for my trip to Atlanta.. so I woul pay less taxes. On Atlanta my cousins already had the game.. so we spent a whole week playing for hours long.. I loved it! It was so great! So detailed.. so fun!! Hours of fun..!!! Its adicting.. and SO much to do.. so much to discover.. so much to enjoy...I went and bought the game at Target, one for me, one for my buddy... the I found it at Sams Club at a lower price.. so I returned the first couple..

The days passed.. and I couldn't stop at a GameStop to get MP2:E... but the last day.. just before leaving to the Airport I went, and bought me the F game finallY!!!! So much time wating for it.. my GOD!...

Well.. days went and came.. and I was back at my house.. as soon as I arrived I popped in SSBB.. and beholed the greatness of the game.. I played trought the Subspace Emissary.. got most of the characters.. and I have finally put to a good use.. the 2GB SD card.. that I borrowed (for ever) from my girlfriend.. I have been saving replays, screeshots, levels for ever!!! I dont have to worry for the space..

I have made many Custom Levels... I got to make the level that from the start I got the idea to do.. a closed box, where no one could die.. and you could play for ever... 999 damage.. no kills :P... I found that the only, and best way to do it.. was leaving just one block open, and closing it with a falling block unit.. because, players always appear on the top of the box, then when they fall.. they can't go up again when the block reapears. The custom levels, are a very nice adittion! There is not a big variaty of parts, but you can come up with some clever ideas... and as they said before.. you would never get tired of it.. because you can always play a new level!... you can send them, and you will always receice new creations from Nintendo.

The game is really fun to play.. the fight for the Smash Ball is always fun.. and combos look totally great now!! The graphics have been really pumped up! The cutscenes in the Adventure Mode... are totally beautifull... it brings tears to my eyes.. :).. and its also great that we actually have a story now.. :D.

I went into the Wi-Fi connection... and I activated the service, so I would receive daily updates... I tried the Online mode.. but its slow :S.. In my region Anyone doesn't seem to work.. don't know why... I never get to connect to other players... and the friend mode is not like real time.. but I found out its fault of the internet connection.. not nintendo.. when my connection is busy, the game is slow.. and so is the case on the other side.. I hope the situation gets better from time to time..

Im having a great time!!!

Well... I only have a few starts left in Super Mario Galaxy... the excitement is wearing off... It still gratificating to see those nice animations... and there's still a little game to play...

I got tired of the Check Mii Out channel.. its simply too vast.. and there is not so much juice in it... I dont see the point of downloading every Mii out there.. but it's still fun to see the clever creations of the Wii users, from time, to time.

There are some WiiWare coming in the next months, but as for now.. things at Nintendo are going a bit slow.. :/..

Super Smash Bros Brawl is finally out :D.. and I'm going to New York this March.. so Im probably getting it! :D... I also have plans to buy Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, once and for all... A friend also made arrangements with me to get SSBB for him too.. So we will be playing Smash online in the next month! :D...

Everything is nice and well..

Hey! I finished the game (Not completed) a few days ago. Super Mario Galaxy was one of these games that get you stuck to the sofa till you finish it. I enjoyed every single Star i had to collect. The levels, and planets are all very well made and tought. The developers really came up with some great ideas this time! And something I have to note, it's that you get the same feeling you got while playing SuperMario 64 on the N64... I'ts like a novelty... like inmersing, IT GREAT!.

Pointing and moving isn't hard at all.. you get used to it like with other games, and it really ads something.. and it gives to the game much of it's taste.

I said I would gather all 120 stars before triying the center of the galaxy, But I got tired, and went right into it. The level was great, and very detailed as every other planet in the game, but I thing the battle with Bowser was too easy compared to the previous game (SuperMario64), but I liked Bowser roasting himself on his own galaxy >:D.

Then, the story felt somewhat incomplete.... The stars died, and all the baby stars were born... then back to earth... It's like something is missing.. but any way!! I love this game!! I'm really triying to find all the stars, and that last green secret ;)...

I haven't tried the 2Player part.. but it's not like real multiplayer.. or cooperative.

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I haven't gone into the WiFiConnection lately... my EBVC must be full :P.. and the Check Mii Out channel must be also full of new creations.. but the excitment just desapeared, There's nothing that makes me hook up my router, Nintendo should release something new (FREE) soon.. I know there are new VC releases each week.. but what I want is something NEW, something exciting... WiiWare maybe??

Well!!!.. That's it...! To the TV!!!

So.. Today I went to get my mother's friend to the airport. She told me, Go Outside, and look for a LOST CHINESSE GIRL :P... She was the only chinesse girl in the area :P.. So that had to be her.. We got in the car and drove home... and on the way she said.. Oh! I have the game in my suitcase... I pretended I didn't hear a word :P...

When he left her at the hotel.. the exchange was made :P.. And I had the game in my hands :P... Super Mario Galaxy it said...

I'm not that excited.. I don't know why.. maybe because today I ruined 4 of the 6 USB ports in my PC... Tham.. but god dam I have it!! Without even expecting it :P..

As soon as I got home i popped it in and started playing.. the game is great! I'm only 11 stars into the game so far... I had to quit because my midterms are coming.. and I don't want to trow everything to the trash this year... So.. it's History for me.

Put its a reality.. i OWN Super Mario Galaxy :P... I'll be posting more info about my experience soon...

To Space!!!

Finally my beside Video Game expenses are fulfilled, and now I can buy some of the games i SO desperately want! And the top priority is Super Mario Galaxy. I've wanted this game since it was anounced, and more after I saw some screens from the game, and GOSH, WHAT SCREENS :P.. This game is beautiful my God! and the concept is out of this world to say :P.

I got to play the actual game a few weeks ago... and I loved it! I felt the same way I felt when I was playing Super Mario 64 for the first time.. and so on. Its such a new concept, and a fresh style to play. So SMG it's a must buy for all ;).

So now I have enough money to buy SMG and to save for Super Smash Brothers: Brawl. A friend of my mother is coming this weekend from Atlanta and I asked her (trought my mother) to get the game for me, and I would refound the price when he got here :P.. She said that there was no problem.. as far as she could find it easily. I have no concerns, becouse I think the game is easy to find at least. So If nothing goes wrong, I'll be fliying in space this Saturday night! :D.. Im really excited about it!

I also got voice of another great name. It's Medal of Honor: Heroes 2... I've never really been into war games, even tought I have played most of them. What really atracted me to this game was an amazing 32 Online Player Mode :O.. Whoa! It's something to try out. When I got to see some videos of the gameplay I got hooked on! The game looks sweet! :D.. Great graphics! nice story and it's fantastic to play with the Wiimote! The Wii Remote simply adds alot to it!! Even GameSpot gave a good grade to this game, and said the same.. It will atract gamers who don't even like WW games. So It might also pop into my colection.

It will be triying out Mario Party 8 as well, because a friend bought it recently, and it's a game you have to play WITH A PARTY.. :D... So that's all!! Till the Shuttle!

Another Channel I have come in to like, is the Everybody Votes Channel... the Channel itself is not that great, or that fun, but its "entertaining" to vote on the surveys, and then watching the results. Now that I have a permanent router, i get to vote everyday. I have sent a few questions, but I have seen none on display :P.. Hehe. But as with the Wii Shop Channel, my country is not on the supported list >:(, so I'm stuck with Georgia :P... I choose that state because I have some relatives there :P.

I continue to use the Internet channel, and I even use it on a Daily basis, as I have said, Its a great tool!. And it works as an alternative when someone else is using the computer. I can check every webpage that I use to browse on my computer, GoNintendo, the daily Smash updates, all... with just one hand :P. I have used it to make homeworks even, browsing to Wikipedia and pages of that sort, and the nice thing of all this I that I can lie down on my couch, and be as confortable as I want.

It's nice to watch videos on your TV, you just have to navigate to Youtube, Video Google, or whatever, and sitdown :D..

But that's not all, the Internet Channel has been Updated! We all knew that a Wii Update alowed the unnanounced feature of USB Keyboard :P... but only for the Wii Menu's, but this Internet Channel update alows you to use it on that channel too. This was the motivation I needed to go and ask for the Keyboard I didn't have :P. After finnaly asking one from a friend, I tried the recently updated channel, It's glorious, the mapped the buttons the same way you use them on the Menu's, those features I was lacking of, now I have them :P... and it's way more easy to type text now. So I got the Keyboard, plugged it in, and I presenced the greatness :P.. I conside myself a "fast typer", so the Pop-Up keyboard was a limitation for me, but now it's not. It's actually a neat setup, I can have the keyboard on my legs, and the wiiremote on my hand, whenever I need to type something, i just lie down the remote, and type any address, fill any form, anything :P, as fast as my finger let me.

So, now, Wii has become a great tool for chatting also :D, leaving aside the privacy issue, I can log on to internet-bassed IM sites, like eBuddy.com, or ILoveIM.com, and instant message my friend in an intuitive fashion.

Something I tought about, is that this opens a whole new chapter on the Wii's reach to people. Now developers can make web games that take use of the whole qwerty set of keys, this will alow developers to make new, better, more inmersing games. You can move with the WASD keys and Point with the remote, GREAT!, you can port PC games to Wii, at least those made with JavaScript or Flash :P. The keyboard support simply makes the Wii more simple to use, ever more simple that what it was.

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Another thing I've been doing this times, is going to WiiCade.com, it a great service and the Wii API they developed is something magnificent. It is the realization of what I have tought in the past, that would be the extension of the Wii usability. People can re-make every single arcade game out there and make it, Wii Compatible. I think I have played every single game on the Wiicade site, and I have loved most of them, its just that being able to play free games, online, on your tv, its great to me!

And now with the 2.0 API, even the rotation of the wiiremote (twist) , the distance from the screen and some other things can be detected. I have played I few games that take advantage it, and they were great! But short :P... because it a developing community.

As I am a want to be Graphic Designer, I have given Macromedia Flash plenty of use, so I got into testing the Wii Remote API, I made a veeery simple personal demo, as complicated as my knowledgement alowed me :P, up loaded it to WiiCade, of a feature they call "The Sandbox" wich alows developers to test games before making them public. It didn't work the first time I launched it, but after a few tweaks, Googling a little, I made it work!.. it great :P.. Everyone can become an Indy developer for Wii now :P... even me.. a 15 year old boy.

I haven't gone very much into the 2.0 part of the API.. but I'm looking forward to developing simple games for the Wii Browser.

And a good example of Wii being an excelent, and broad plataform for developers, is an online, browser based MMO, called HullBeach(.com) wich is intended to be played on the Wii Browser, and has the Wii Remote buttons mapped to the game controlls. I recently got into it, but on my PC :P.. It's not that of a great game :P.. but that's because its limited to browser protocols, and not applications like Java or Shockwave... But is a must try :P.

My Journal has become a way for me to express (to myself :P) the Holyness of the Wii!!! But I'm running short of word to describe the greatness of it :P...

PHOTO CHANNEL UPDATE COMMING DECEMBER!

When I read the a title that looked like that on GoNintendo, I tought to myself.. Woohoo!.. finally!!.. Since the moment I got to use the Photo Channel, I tought this could turn into a great tool, for presentations and everything. I tought the needed to update the Doodle, to a more advanced feature, I tought (and think) that if they made it more complicated, more colors, more "brushed or stuff like that, I would be an excelent Add-In to buying a Wii... And maybe they could even include the ability to save pictures to SD cards so you could edit them on your Wii, and take them to your friend's... All this reasons were the one ones that made me get excited when I heard that the Photo Channel was reaciving an Update, but when I really got to readding the article, I got really disapointed :(, at Nintendo...

"You can set a picture on the SD card to be the Icon of the Photo Channel"

Great for that Part... It's not something that "we needed" but it doesn't take away anything...

"MP3 Support is replaced with ACC"

Ok, i read this one, and wanted to believe it was saying, MP3 + ACC.. but then I read a little more down... and the think it, Nintendo IS Replacing the ability to play Mp3s from and SD card, the formats most of the people use, with ACC a format that I have never used >:(!!!!!... Why? Why Nintendo?... Why you had to ruin it?... having a "better sound quailty" is nothing compared to losing the ability to play any single sound on your Wii!! I, as maaany other people, don't use that format at all, and for some it's the first time they hear about it :S!. It's an issue of codec fees?? Or is that you wan't to keep piracy out of the consoles? But why don't you see that the only thing you are doing is turning us down, and making our lives harder.

So.. for now I'll be stuck with my current Channel >:(... till something better comes out.. and I they do release the channel I'm dreamin of in the future, is MP3 VS. Updated Channel... with ACC support :), random music playback and customized ICON.

This times are like all passing along with out more or less. Im not playing that much Wii... I got tired(again) of WiiSports... I just play it to do the Fitness tests, and to see If I can beat my records, and I can get GOLD or PLATINUM medals on Training... As for Red Steel and Zelda.. there no way Im going to play them :P... It sounds so boring.. even disgunting :P... just from thinking about it. The thing is that with a game like WiiSports, wich has no storyline, you always play like a new game, or you just PLAY, with a storyline... you wont like to go, over and over and over again the story.. that you already played.

So Im in real desesperation of a GAME!... I really want that many games :S... they look so tasty! :D... And its not that I dont have money to spend on them... its that I want to save it for other stuff ;). I hope I can buy the things that I want for Christmas... and from that time forward...all my incomes go directed to video games :D...

Im reaaaally looking forward to Super Mario Galaxy.. for God's Sake... it next gen mario :P... Every one must play it!... The graphics look REALLY amazing, really next gen... and I think using the WiiRemote will add more into it. But aside of that, the story line, the worlds, vast worlds, everything, looks stunishing and very polished. So Its a MUST BUY.

Another game that I dont have word to describe it, its Super Smash Brothers... I've been following everyday the Daily Updates on their webpage... And I really want to cry! It'll probably be the 2008 Biggest Hit... It has so may stuff there... that you'll be playing for decades... just as people are already playing Meele...

The graphics, textures, effects.. all look so good, that I really love my Wii in that way now... On launch, I loved the Wii for what it was.. and what it represented, a REVOLUTION, I liked the graphical part.. but It didn't represent that much to me.. but now.. with games like these! You'll really want to buy a Wii.

Everyday I've been following the Updates... Every character looks so detailed, so polished, and we have new characters! I think that this time the roster will be the biggest in the series. Since Meele people have been asking Sonic? They gave us Sonic... Its not that great inclusion.. but It adds something ;)... They also gave us characters we wouldn't have tought, and they gave us new ways to use characters, like ZeroSuit Samus, and they overall gave people a way to indentify them selves with a character in the game.

We have new levels also! Castle Siege, Bridge of Eldin, Wario Ware and more.. All amazing enviroments, with a high level of detail, and one thing that I have seen in all them, is that they are not static, they all have movement in someway... See castle siege.. see Bridge of Eldin, Wario Ware..

And we also have revamps of old levels. Battlefield is better than ever, Pokemon Stadium, Yoshi's island, all updated to go on par with the BRAWL. Every level has somekind of inmersion, that will make us love each single one. This time we don't have a Great Fox level.. as It was destroyed in StarFox Assault when it crashed into that planet... :(.. that level was around since the first Smash, and I was favorites for many. It was one large, flat level, thats why everyone liked it. This time.. we have Lylat Cruise... it like a armada ship... traveling trought space battles and stuff.. very neat ;).

And if you get tired of the levels? MY GOD! They added a level editor :S!! It was a very BIG hit for everyone :P... You can make your own levels!!! They wont have that many detail... they will be 2d to say... and made with PREMADE blocks... you can arrange them they way you want... the music you want, the background you want... you will always have a new level to play... so you'll be playing for years to go... And thats not all.. you can save them on and SD and take it to a friends house and BRAWL! or Simply Wi-Fi it to him! Yeah! The power of the Wii console.. is adding very much to the game experience. And they are also planing a feature, in wich you can send your self made levels to nintendo, where they choose from the tons of level sent each day, and select the level of the day.. and send it to you automatically... so you'll really have a new game each day!!! Those guys are real geniuses.

One last amazing feature Im going to talk about, for this time, its the Online mode! a feature every fan has been looking into since last generation. And been very into since the anouncement of the Wii, and BRAWL. Reggie somehow said it would have online mode, but Nintendo never confirmed it. But now its official, theres an ONLINE mode. You can play online with 4 players aroung the world, or turning at the corner. By it self is a feature that will make you salivate. There's like a random match mode, and a Friend Code submision... like in every other game. This way to implement Online on a game... its good to me. You don't have to add 12 digit numbers to play.. but you if you want to play with a specific person.. you just ask for their number and thats it!. We dont get to yell at our contrincants with the "Nintendo HeadSet".. but we get to express pre written pieces of text , wich could consist of: PWNED N00B!!... Any way, I think when you alowe people to speak trought a microphone, they will express things that maybe would harm a kid's mental health or something like that :P... and I simply dont want to have a little kid yelling on my TV set!! And there its not just classic online matches, you can also battle your friends in SandBag punching,

And on their webpage, they say they are planning many other Wi-Fi features! Stay Tunned!

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I still want Excite Truck, and maaany other games. I'm loving the Wii experience!

Recently I went to a friends house, and brought my Wii with me. We hooked it up to his plasma tv (:D). It looked to great. That day we had a reaunion between friends to watch a baseball game. Before we would start watching the game, my friend gave me the SD card from his cellphone and we began watching the pictures, its a great tool to make photo presentations on groups, and it more fun to Doodle them :P... And make fun of friends, we make some funny sketches over frinds photos, and everyone had a laugh! :P... And on a side note, a month ago, I used my Wii to make an slideshow presentation at school, I make a PowerPoint, saved it as JPEG and put the on an SD card, I hooked the Wii to a TV in the classroom, And I have the best presentation in the class :P.. without that much effort :P. It really a great tool! you can display pictures, play the next, play the later, all with a wireless remote! And you can even point at the screen to indicate things.

And this post has become too big :P.. So i'll update my videogaming life on a next post ;)..

Everyone Votes Channel; Internet Channel; Wiicade; PhotoChannel Update?; USB Keyboard;...

ok... so i've been using the channel that so much time took me to get my hands on... for a while now... Something i dont like when writing on forms... as oposed to writing on the Wii itself like messages... is that you cant use those shortcuts that made life alot easier... like B for SHIFT... -> for space...and that stuff that made writin with the wiimote alot easier. As for now my hand is a little tired... but I love using my Wii :D. Im testing out Orb... its great :D!..very nice interface...very much sleeker than that of RedKawa's... but the bad part is that orb was intended to be used miles away from home... so everything goes trough a server...then to your account on the computer you are acessing... wich things somewhat slow... If we could have all the functionality of orb... as a Home Media Center... where everything is streamed localy...from your PC to the Wii..like RK Media Center X...that would add veeery much to the expirience. I have to bring up that the Wii alowed me to write everything I wanted...it didnt put a limit on the number of characters... like on messages... And tgats all for now! Wii + Browser is MAGNIFICENT!

I borrowed my friends router... for the X time :P... And downloaded the 3.0 Update.. but as before.. I wasn't able to get into the internet...

I reseted the router, and went into the configuration with the default user and password. I tried to manipulate anything that I tought would prevent me from getting online... I looked for the SPI feature to turn it off.. but it wasnt there... Anything I did...didn't turn out right. Looking online for my error code... I ran into the page.. Wiierror.com...

I saw heaven...

It said something about the DNS order... putting the one on the botton on top... and viceversa... DONE.... And there it was... the User Agreement. I yelled YEAH!.. as high as I could.. but as low as to not let anyone hear me :P...

After all this months... that was all that was to it.. Changing the order of two numbers.. I lost the Free Internet Channel thanks to that... Many month of frustration summed up on a sentence... Invert the DNS.

Well... There was no time for regrets.. I accepted the user agreement... and went on to the Address Book :D. It was great... the first thing I did was adding my email address to the list. I received the Email on my Inbox.. and now I could send text and pictures to My Wii :D...GREAT!

I added some more e-mails.. and subscribed my Wii to MiiPlaza.net... People there could send me messages straight to My Wii... and I also subscribed to the daily Newsletter there.. straight to my Wii too. I had StandBy on.. so I just turned of my Wii.. and when a message arrived.. the blue light turned on.. pretty neat :D.

I looked online for some Wii owners to add... some from MiiPlaza.net... now I had people to send messages and exchange Miis. :D

I changed my country to US (As my country , Dominican Republic, is not supported on the Shop Channel).. and logged on to the shop channel... Yeah!! For the first time I heard that music :P... And browed trought the game collection. I downloaded the Everybody Votes Channel.. and the Metroid Preview... everything was great! I used the News Channel and Forecast Channel like alot.. I went to see the news each day..

I have to say.. the Wii is a very valuable piece of hardware.. the Forecast, and News channel are both pretty cool! :P... Also is the message board and the Photo Channel...

But something was lacking... the Internet Channel.. ok.. sending messages is all fun.. for a day or two.. but I needed more :D..!!! I got tired of sending miself random emails full of nothing.. or simply sending pictures to see them on the PhotoChannel.. and my Mii Parade was empty (People.. put your Miis on MINGLE!)..

The thing is.. I live outside the US.. and my country is not supported on the ShopChannel... I tried using my mother's MasterCard.. wich you can use on Internet Sites.. but it looks like you cant on the Wii.. because the information is Confirmed.. and when It came to confirming the address of the card.. the process was a NO-GO.

I got a little frustrated... I talked to an Aunt on Puerto Rico.. who accepted to lend me her credit card number and info..

I introduced the number.. the secret code... her address... and hit Ok(Or whatever it says there).. As the "thing" spinned.. and My info was being verified.. I was very expectating.. and then.. Oh Yeah! Everything was correct and the transaction was done! :D... Yelled Yeah for a second time...Woohoo!

I innmediatly went to the WiiWare site.. and hit Internet Channel.. went to the process of OKs and that stuff.. and got to the Downloading-Mario Part :P... The download was veeeery slow.. because the PC was being used.. my mom was talking on the Vonage Line.. and I had my router poorly positioned.. but I didnt want to touch anything.... and loose my points or something :..I know it sound silly.. :P

It took an eternity.. but it downloaded!!!

I innmediatly went into the Internet Channel... OMG.. the Wii is great :P...Being able to surf the net.. on my living room.. on my own tv... I bookmarked somesites.. and went into everysite that I knew that was Wii-Friendly... I also went into all the websites that I usually visited... The Internet Browser is very intuitive... Is very nice and easy to surf around...

I watched some Youtube videos.. full screen on my Tv screen.. how neat :P.. I also went to some Pirate Movies sites.. like VideoHybrid.. and bam... I could watch full movies on my TV.

I tested out RedKawa's Wii Media Center X.. wich I was diying for... It was reaaally cool :P.. I could browse my PC.. watch videos and some other sort of stuff.. the only thing that didnt work was Music...bad...

I played some games on WiiCade... the Wii Api is absolutley great! Being able to play with your wiimote with the full buttons is unvaluable.. you can make full games... not only point and click.

And one great, great, tool.. are Online Instant Messagin sites...like eBuddy and ILoveIM. I found that eBuddy was the fastest one of the two.. and the more simple.. but ILoveIM was more intuitive.. because it features a windows enviroment.. were each conversation is a window, and is set appart from the others.. and the main windows.. just like you were chatting on Windows Messenger. :D. The only bad part.. is.. that everyone sees what you are typing and chatting :P. A very usable site... is Wiiminder.. When you go in there.. the site recognizes that you are on a Wii (Opera Browser) and opens a tabbed enviroment.. where you can add tabs.. and browse webpages individualy... the only bad part.. is that you can do forward of back actions on webpages... or bookmark them.. and web addresses have to be typed into the widget...you cant use the Opera part.... but that certanly adds something...

The loading times are really great.. they are not frustrating or anything... Well.. at least for someone having his Router 3 meters away from the Console :P.

I left WiiConnect24 ON... And continued to receive emails...photos... continued browsing the web .. till 2 days later when my friend asked his router back.. :D ... It was a very nice experience :D.. :P