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March 10, 2004
Short-Range Wireless Pokemon? Of Course.

Nintendo has introduced some short-range wireless technology for their handheld devices. In February they launced a proprietary (ie not 802.11b, not Bluetooth) adapter for the GameBoy Advance, for sale in Japan, with new copies of Pokemon FireRed, and Pokemon LeafGreen. As usual, Lik-Sang is selling it abroad, and there's a picture of the device on Pokemon.co.jp, and Motorola/Nintendo press release.

fireleaf adapter

So is this a great sign that Nintendo is embracing wireless multiplayer gaming? I was inclined to scoff, for a few reasons: 1) the broadband adapter. Nintendo released a broadband adapter for the GameCube and there's still only Phantasy Star games that play on it. Two games. Over one year later. That's a waste of hardware. That's a tentative, unfulfilled release. 2) what use is short-range wireless? Most of my friends live far away. I want a Nintendo experiment in wide-area wireless! Plug the GBA into 802.11b networks for long-range play with friends.

But I reserved judgement as a matter of infinite hope. And I'm glad I did, because a recent post by David Jacobs on Craig's List NYC (via BoingBoing, via Kottke) shows the appeal of short range wireless Pokemon play:

Playing Pokémon on the N train
Reply to: dj@randomwalks
Date: 2004-03-09, 7:01PM EST

I've been playing Pokémon Sapphire on the N expréss each morning from 59th St. to Union Square. If anyone else is commuting from Sunset Park to Manhattan each morning let's coordinate our schedules so we can battle, make pokéblocks, trade rare pokémon and éxchange ideas for training harder and raising our pokémon to greater heights of pokéness.

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this is in or around Last car, N train, around 8:45 AM each morning

If DJ and enough of his Hello Nintendo-ish friends start playing with wireless Pokemon, and find some unplanned players floating on the train, well wouldn't that be a perfect short-range wireless experience? Let a thousand multiplayer game experiments ride the N!

Posted by justin at March 10, 2004 10:11 AM | TrackBack
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Justin, it's funny you write this post. I was JUST (10 minutes ago) at JNL Games with that pokemon/wireless set in my hand. But at $60, it's more than half the cost of an import SP or the DS, when it comes out.

Posted by: dj on March 10, 2004 11:35 AM

I'd like there to be a clique of grown-up Game Boy flaneurs in the Bay Area, for pick-up games of Advance Wars 2, Pokemon, and Chu-Chu Rocket. Perhaps if there were a couple select venues for "discreet, anonymous link-ups."

Yes, it sounds dirty.

Posted by: William on March 10, 2004 01:23 PM

No online-games for the GameCube? Turn it into a server instead. ;)

That would give credit to any game-site. "Hey, our webpage is hosted on a GameCube". :D

Posted by: Pythagore on March 10, 2004 02:24 PM

Screw wireless. What I want is a "link cable" for my PC. Let my PC act as a proxy. That way I can play kewl GBA games with anybody via the Net. Heck - do it wireless if you insist. Just get my GBA on the net!

-geek

Posted by: Gamgeek on March 10, 2004 02:55 PM

I want to know why that wireless adaptor is so ugly - what's with the translucent dirty green plastic? Why didn't they make them in silver, black, blue, and the other GBA colours?

Posted by: paul on March 11, 2004 03:33 AM

I was under the impression that GameCube LAN enabled games (i.e., Mario Kart DD, Kirby Air Ride, 1080 Avalanche) use the Broadband Adaptor as well. So that pushes it to at least 5 games using that piece of hardware...not much better, but at least more accurate.

Posted by: //d on March 12, 2004 12:09 PM

I was under the impression that GameCube LAN enabled games (i.e., Mario Kart DD, Kirby Air Ride, 1080 Avalanche) use the Broadband Adaptor as well. So that pushes it to at least 5 games using that piece of hardware...not much better, but at least more accurate.

Posted by: //d on March 12, 2004 12:11 PM

I was under the impression that GameCube LAN enabled games (i.e., Mario Kart DD, Kirby Air Ride, 1080 Avalanche) use the Broadband Adaptor as well. So that pushes it to at least 5 games using that piece of hardware...not much better, but at least more accurate.

Posted by: //d on March 12, 2004 12:13 PM

i got the japanese version of pokemon leafgreen. but i dont know how to trade with it.. what do i need for the trade and with who in the game shal i talk with to enter the trade?

Posted by: gary on March 27, 2004 04:37 AM

Think simple. Learn different.

Posted by: Lionel on May 6, 2004 10:32 AM

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