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DS Misc > Can pictochat be made wi-fi?

#64764 - code-g - Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:45 pm

my question is why didnt they make it wifi in the first place can u turn it wifi?

#64766 - MaHe - Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:51 pm

No.

#64782 - JaJa - Mon Dec 26, 2005 7:10 pm

As wifi is the DS's only way of contacting other DS's pictochat does use wifi.

However i assume you mean "play pictochat over the internet".
This would probably require a PC server to collect, transmit over the net, recieve and retransmit to the DS.

It's too much work.

#64796 - Dwedit - Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:05 pm

Pictochat uses nifi, not wifi.
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#64797 - MaHe - Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:07 pm

DS uses 802.11 wireless standard to connect with other DSs. However, it uses the NiFi protocol to communicate with them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NiFi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiFi

#64801 - Darkflame - Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:27 pm

An online picochat program is possible, it just wont be picochat.

Maybe after ICQ/MSN type stuff is made you could expect to see one.

or, purhapes, PingPals2 might actualy sale :D
(or they will again be beaten by Nintendo doing a firmware update...)