Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: Renny on July 26, 2004, 12:38:41 PM
Title: Official Official Wireless Adapter Thread
Post by: Renny on July 26, 2004, 12:38:41 PM
After 12 days my wireless adapters have arrived from Play-Asia. I'll be posting over the next couple days with impressions on performance, game compatibility, yadda yadda. Without any pics or scans or screen-caps, though. Unless you want to hook me up with some gear. Sorry.
First off, packaging: I continue to love Japan's game packaging. The box is about three times the size of the adapter itself [i.e., little and cute]. Of course for NA it'll be a huge blister packaging thing to give it shelf presence. The adapter is placed inside a bag, nested into a little corrugated cardboard card. Pretty much like GBA games.
Manual: Not much to say here. All I can decipher from some diagrams is that it has a stated range of 3m with the adapaters pointed toward each other. And that you shouldn't use it along with the WaveBird. And some...
The adapter itself: I haven't given it any real hands-on use, but I can give you some cursory impressions. It's about half the height of the SP, so with the screen open it's pretty well out of the way. Closed, not-so-much; it's a little less pocketable. It doesn't interfere with shoulder button usage, but does feel a little weird with your fingers lightly touching it. It locks in securely, but has fairly significant play to it. And disappointingly to anyone who hates the washed-out, blue hue of the screen, you can't flip the screen all the way back with the adapter in place. Well it bothers me, anyway.
Games: It does indeed function with Mario Golf Advance Tour. It has wireless multiplay, and it also seems to retain the club downloading functionality of the Japanese version. Could this mean Joy Spots in NA? Translated page. Pressing R at the title screen as the decidedly Japlish translation of the instructions suggests brings up a "Get Clubs" screen, where it attempts to connect to something [a Joy Spot server, presumably]. Expectedly, after a few seconds I get an error.
And that's all I've got so far. I'll report back after giving it some field usage.
Title: RE: Official Official Wireless Adapter Thread
Post by: Bloodworth on July 26, 2004, 04:33:21 PM
Hey hey hey. It's not official unless we say it's official punk.
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Ok.. it's official then.
Title: RE: Official Official Wireless Adapter Thread
Post by: Renny on July 26, 2004, 07:01:12 PM
I just wanted the funny title. Heh.
Title: RE: Official Official Wireless Adapter Thread
Post by: KDR_11k on July 26, 2004, 10:04:56 PM
Have you tested it with an NES classics game?
Title: RE: Official Official Wireless Adapter Thread
Post by: Renny on July 27, 2004, 11:58:18 AM
I don't own any, but my friend has SMB. I'll try it soon.
Title: RE: Official Official Wireless Adapter Thread
Post by: KDR_11k on July 27, 2004, 08:41:33 PM
Does SMB even have multiplayer?
Title: RE: Official Official Wireless Adapter Thread
Post by: Renny on July 28, 2004, 04:51:33 AM
Yeah, one plays Mario, the other Luigi. You spend half the time watching the other person play... on your own screen!
Title: RE:Official Official Wireless Adapter Thread
Post by: Renny on July 28, 2004, 06:32:16 PM
This article outlines most of the process. But I'll add a couple things: the adapter's own menu has you select between English and Japanese before getting to the game selection screen. And the signal indicator overlayed on the game's screen is animated.
I didn't get to really test the range, but I'll just say that it took about fifteen feet and two inside walls to break the signal. I'll have to do some open-air testing to get 'hard' numbers.
