WiFi MAX for Nintendo DS / Nintendo Wii

[wraggster]

New Preorder at Play Asia



features
Download new content and Virtual Arcade material on your Wii.
Internet gaming through any internet-enabled PC.
No cables necessary – make a wireless connection.
Five times faster than standard WiFi.
Suppled with software CD and WiFi dongle, and also a USB cable and stand for optimal positioning.
Compatible with all Wii and NDS internet-enabled games.

description
Take your consoles online – wirelessly…

So you have a Nintendo Wii or an NDS (original or Lite). If you’re lucky, you have both! You also have a broadband internet connection for your PC. But you don’t have a wireless network. What’s the easiest, cheapest way to take your consoles online and compete with gamers from all over the world? Simple – WiFi MAX for Nintendo Wii and DS/DS Lite!

WiFi MAX is your ticket to the exciting world of online gaming, and it couldn't be simpler to use. Just plug your USB WiFi dongle into your internet-enabled PC to create a Wireless Access Point. You can then connect to the internet and play online-enabled multiplayer games with DS and Wii gamers from all over the world. Just the thing if you don't have a wireless router! Best of all, WiFi MAX supports up to five ‘local' DS gamers at a time, so you and your mates can all play online at once with no loss of speed!

Don’t forget, there’s more to the Nintendo Wii’s online service than playing games. You can also download additional material such as new levels, skins, artwork and even retro games! That’s right – Nintendo is gradually making its back-catalogue classics for old Nintendo machines such as the NES, SNES and N64 available to Wii owners through the Virtual Arcade service. And with WiFi MAX, you can download them through your broadband internet connection! Just think what you’ll be missing out on if you don’t take your Wii online…

As WiFi MAX operates on the Wireless G standard, it's five times faster than an ordinary WiFi connection, and if you use our USB cable and dongle stand (supplied), you can position your dongle to maximise WiFi range. If you have other WiFi-enabled devices capable of using the internet, such as laptops or PDAs, you can take them online with WiFi MAX too. It's the ultimate device for internet surfing without a WiFi router!

Preorder at Play Asia

[DanTheManMS]

So it's basically a third-party replacement for the official Nintendo Wifi dongle. Wonder if it's any cheaper or has any additional features or anything.

Wouldn't the Wireless G standard actually be a setback for the DS side? I've heard that the DS sometimes has issues connecting to certain routers, and that throttling the router down to 2 MB/sec fixes the problem. I don't know if this applies to the USB dongle as well though.

[kcajblue]

is there even a difference between this wifi max and the old one.