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Title: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Toruresu on September 22, 2005, 04:08:18 AM
Good article, Reggie comments too!

http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/15/commentary/game_over/revolution/index.htm?cnn=yes  

"The system will be wi-fi enabled, said the company, allowing owners to play others for free."

Was this confirmed by Nintendo?FREE?
Title: RE:CNN Talks NRC
Post by: MarioAllStar on September 22, 2005, 04:39:00 AM
It was confirmed a long time ago that for first-party games, playing online will be free. Of course, you still have to have an internet connection which, obviously, is not free.
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: BlkPaladin on September 22, 2005, 05:36:19 AM
The only thing you have to pay for is the Internet Connection and the Downloadable Games. And the service will be simular to Xbox live with Friend List etc.
Title: RE:CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Toruresu on September 22, 2005, 06:04:37 AM
*confused*

Where was I when they announced that?

Thanks for clearing that stuff up for me!
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: BlkPaladin on September 22, 2005, 06:27:50 AM
It was during Nintendo's pre-E3 conference, it was kind of glossed over by everything else.
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Stimutacs Addict on September 22, 2005, 10:45:08 AM
funny thing: my friend would rather pay the 50 some dollars for xbox live just to know that his gamertag is unique than play online for free (ala ps2 and rev) with a name that hundreds of other people may have.
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Rancid Planet on September 22, 2005, 11:23:13 AM
Well all you have to do to secure a unique name is call yourself something like "Nintendoeatsmyass".
Title: RE:CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Epitaph on September 22, 2005, 11:46:19 AM
Who says you wont have to register a name and password to loggin. They could easily do this.
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: zakkiel on September 22, 2005, 01:11:29 PM
This forum is free, and our handles are unique.
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Don'tHate742 on September 22, 2005, 06:39:41 PM
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"funny thing: my friend would rather pay the 50 some dollars for xbox live just to know that his gamertag is unique than play online for free (ala ps2 and rev) with a name that hundreds of other people may have."
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No offense, but your friends a dumbass...
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: King of Twitch on September 22, 2005, 06:58:20 PM
"(A D-pad, which is a standard feature on today's controller, is a movement director that resembles a plus sign.)"

OMFG, if you have to explain to your readers the D-Pad, why bother writing the article at all
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Rancid Planet on September 22, 2005, 09:11:06 PM
Good point. heh
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Stimutacs Addict on September 22, 2005, 09:14:16 PM
dontHate - I try to tell him as much without being so straightforward, but he's off the deep end. sometimes it seems like he entirely ignores logic
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: KDR_11k on September 22, 2005, 10:06:58 PM
MJRx: Well, most people think a dpad is a cross split into four segments or a circle, sometimes with a cross on top of it...
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: wandering on September 23, 2005, 05:40:09 PM
"funny thing: my friend would rather pay the 50 some dollars for xbox live just to know that his gamertag is unique than play online for free (ala ps2 and rev) with a name that hundreds of other people may have."

I was actually worried about the non-unique username thing too. The thing is, in real life, peoples' names aren't unique, and yet we rarely have trouble telling people apart. Because each person has a unique ID in addition to their username, games will remember people in friends lists, high-scores lists, people-you-recently-played-with lists, etc, and I don't think anybody will have a problem with confusing people with one another.

If, for example, you run across somebody with a generic handle like 'mario', and want to play with him again, just add him to your friends list. If you forget to add him, and run into another 'mario' later, and want to know if he's the same guy, I'm sure you'll be able to look at their user information to determine that.

And the advantage to this system is that you don't have annoying names like mario_mario120903981.

So, yeah. Just explain all of that to your friend.
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: zakkiel on September 23, 2005, 07:52:17 PM
Or have unique names. An obvious solution, but I'm a simple man at heart.
Title: RE:CNN Talks NRC
Post by: The Omen on September 23, 2005, 08:27:27 PM
I say everyone has a number.  And when you boot up the Rev., it greets you with, "Hello # 6"
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Truthliesn1seyes on September 23, 2005, 09:55:01 PM
I thought the idea of non unique sns was for the DS's wifi.  I know the DS's wifi is supposed to resemble what the Rev's wifi might be like but since not much info has been given about Rev's wifi service, I wouldn't completely jump the gun and say it won't have unique names.  I guess we'll find more out in October when Nintendo sheds some more light on their wifi service.
Title: RE:CNN Talks NRC
Post by: wandering on September 23, 2005, 10:07:02 PM
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I say everyone has a number. And when you boot up the Rev., it greets you with, "Hello # 6"

I am not a number! I am a free man!  
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Rancid Planet on September 23, 2005, 11:16:49 PM
I just can't wait to play a ten player game with nine guys named "AngelicDevilLord3000"
Title: RE:CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Nephilim on September 24, 2005, 07:07:22 AM
I like unique names

stops too many noobs, being called "IownYou" and "eminem" and other annoying names
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Renny on September 24, 2005, 08:56:25 AM
But then you end up with stuff like 'LisaSimpson45.'
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Rancid Planet on September 24, 2005, 01:50:31 PM
GargoyleEVILSatan69
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Don'tHate742 on September 24, 2005, 02:13:17 PM
I think Nintendo has the best solution.

Give eveyone their own number (kinda like a phone number). You can make as many duplicates as you want of any name, and since everybody has a unique number, you won't confuse the mario on your friend's list with the mario your playing.

Not only that, but you can change your S/N whenever you'd like.
Title: RE: CNN Talks NRC
Post by: Artimus on September 24, 2005, 02:34:09 PM
It could be like MSN: you have a login but can change your username to whatever you want.