1. Why is it silly? They arn' saying that 2 million came from 15 states. They are trying to give the number 2 million a physical appearance so people understand how many that truely is. People and companys do this all the time.

Posted at 8:57AM on Aug 29th 2006 by catfud 0 stars

2. umm, I thought dsfanboy posted an article on how Mario Hoops 3-on-3 was not WiFi compatable?

Posted at 9:21AM on Aug 29th 2006 by Bakkk 0 stars

3. So, the graph above is cute and all, but you do realize that if you're counting unique users the plotted data will simply be an increasing curve, not the fluctuating "stock-market-like" curve you have.

Other than the misrepresentation on the graph, this is great news for nintendo!

Posted at 10:28AM on Aug 29th 2006 by turken 0 stars

4. Actually, Nintendo WFC users occasionally remove themselves from the timestream entirely. This explains the fluctuating curve.

Posted at 12:43PM on Aug 29th 2006 by Jason Wishnov 0 stars

5. How about how many people play on it for a regular period of time?

I tried it once on Mario Kart DS and the matchmaking sucked so bad that I never connected again.

Posted at 1:43PM on Aug 29th 2006 by Matthew 0 stars

6. #4

If you read the news, its how many people have logged on to the Wifi Connection.

What would be more useful data is how many people are logged on at any time.

#3, for the data reported, you are right, that graph is fake as hell.

Posted at 1:47PM on Aug 29th 2006 by Matthew 0 stars

7. #4

You can't un-log on. Once you've connected to NWFC for the first time, a database shows one more unique person has connected.

Unless you can hack into Nintendo's databases, you can't "remove" the tally you left.

Posted at 6:03PM on Aug 29th 2006 by MrD 0 stars

8. Wait... what governs a "unique" log-on? If I accidently play Tetris DS in a new system, and have to re-register a friends code, that makes me a new log-in... Like when I had to switch from DS Phat to DS Lite.. or when I had to replace my DS Lite and didn't get a chance to change settings... and the standard player dosen't know how to transfer wifi settings.

Posted at 1:58AM on Aug 30th 2006 by Duscrom 0 stars

9. Wait... what governs a "unique" log-on? If I accidently play Tetris DS in a new system, and have to re-register a friends code, that makes me a new log-in... Like when I had to switch from DS Phat to DS Lite.. or when I had to replace my DS Lite and didn't get a chance to change settings... and the standard player dosen't know how to transfer wifi settings.

Posted at 1:58AM on Aug 30th 2006 by Duscrom 0 stars

10. honestly i think that nintendo is purposely misrepresenting these numbers. It takes forever to find a match on metroid, and when i do it is usually 1 on 1. Im thinking when you log on from a different router its a new user? i dunno.. but claiming nintendo's wifi is a success is misleading...

Posted at 5:11PM on Aug 30th 2006 by slacker 0 stars