# Nintendo in McDonald's wi-fi Deal

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**Created:** [October 18, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nintendo-in-mcdonalds-wi-fi-deal/166254 "2005-10-18T13:18:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nintendo-in-mcdonalds-wi-fi-deal/166254/1 "2005-10-18T13:18:30Z")

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> [size=2] **Nintendo has joined forces with McDonald’s to offer free wireless internet access in the US for its DS handheld games console.** [/size] [size=2]The service means McDonald’s customers will be able to play selected DS titles against other gamers around the globe. [/size]

[size=2]Rivals Sony and Microsoft already offer online gaming on their game consoles. [/size]

[size=2]Nintendo’s online gaming service, is due to be launched in the US on 14 November, followed by Europe on the 25 November. [/size]

[size=2] **‘Removing barriers’** [/size]

[size=2]McDonald’s already offers wireless internet access in many US restaurants, but charges a fee. [/size]

[size=2] ![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/1880/4a1024ac3d5e6f4e.jpg) Nintendo DS competitor, Sony’s PSP, offers wireless online play

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		 		 		 	  	  The access points are being supplied by US firm Wayport, which will receive an undisclosed sum from Nintendo. [/size]

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[size=2]“This agreement with Wayport will bring countless people together to play games in a single, simultaneous wireless community,” said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of sales and marketing. [/size]

[size=2]“Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is simple to use. Beginning with free access at participating McDonald’s, we have removed one of the major barriers that have kept people from going online to play games.” [/size]

[size=2]The first online games, Mario Kart DS and Tony Hawk’s American SK8Land, are due to be released next month. [/size]

[size=2]Two more games, Animal Crossing: Wild World and Metroid Prime Hunters, are due to be available by the end of the year. [/size]

[size=2]In its statement, Nintendo said that its forthcoming next-generation game console, set for release in 2006, would also connect to the online gaming service.[/size]

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