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Galaki on 26 October 2010
Acevil said:
Roma said:

200 yards? how meny meters is that?


About 180 meters roughly. 


How many feet is that?



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Acevil on 26 October 2010
Galaki said:
Acevil said:
Roma said:

200 yards? how meny meters is that?


About 180 meters roughly. 


How many feet is that?


200 Yards = 600 Feet. 

1 Yard = 3 Feet. 



 

Armads on 26 October 2010
Acevil said:
Galaki said:
Acevil said:
Roma said:

200 yards? how meny meters is that?


About 180 meters roughly. 


How many feet is that?


200 Yards = 600 Feet. 

1 Yard = 3 Feet. 

That being said, anyone know what the current DS's wi-fi range is?



Cobra_ on 26 October 2010
Viper1 said:
Cobra_ said:

I don't know why Nintendo would want to use this in 3DS. It probably works more or less the same way as Bluetooth, which they need fot the handheld to be able to communicate with Wii. And having both means higher cost for no apparent reason.

Wii uses bluetooth for communication with the remotes but remember that it also has built in Wi-Fi.

 

Galaki, this was my first thought when I read this story late last night because it sounds so similar to what Nintendo have been talking about (while being vague enough not to give it away before the tech is announced).

True. However, I imagine that both sides of the communication need theis function if you want to use it. And Wii doesn't have it AFAIK

Armads: DS is not using WiFi for DS-to-DS communication. It's using Bluetooth... which has something like what, 15 meters range? Not very good compared to what this WiFi Direct is supposed to have, I know, but still better than having two chips in the handheld to do the same work, I think.



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The Ghost of RubangB on 26 October 2010

Sounds like it to me.  No matter what game you're playing, if your 3DS detects another 3DS, all your save files and all their save files can automatically communicate.  Games won't have to sell crazy amounts like Dragon Quest 9 to make great use of the Tag features.



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Roma on 26 October 2010
Acevil said:
Galaki said:
Acevil said:
Roma said:

200 yards? how meny meters is that?


About 180 meters roughly. 


How many feet is that?


200 Yards = 600 Feet. 

1 Yard = 3 Feet. 

and in cm? lol joke :P

thx for answering, cool feature though!



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Roma on 26 October 2010
Armads said:
Acevil said:
Galaki said:
Acevil said:
Roma said:

200 yards? how meny meters is that?


About 180 meters roughly. 


How many feet is that?


200 Yards = 600 Feet. 

1 Yard = 3 Feet. 

That being said, anyone know what the current DS's wi-fi range is?

I think it is about 10 meters



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O-D-C on 26 October 2010

maybe



Cheebee on 26 October 2010
Galaki said:

source

 'Imagine if two people were on a train and wanted to play a game in real time on their separate handhelds but had no cellular or Wi-Fi hot spot. They still could play with Wi-Fi Direct,' he said."

... Erm, hello? I've been doing that on my DS for over half a decade.



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Viper1 on 26 October 2010
Cobra_ said:
Viper1 said:
Cobra_ said:

I don't know why Nintendo would want to use this in 3DS. It probably works more or less the same way as Bluetooth, which they need fot the handheld to be able to communicate with Wii. And having both means higher cost for no apparent reason.

Wii uses bluetooth for communication with the remotes but remember that it also has built in Wi-Fi.

 

Galaki, this was my first thought when I read this story late last night because it sounds so similar to what Nintendo have been talking about (while being vague enough not to give it away before the tech is announced).

True. However, I imagine that both sides of the communication need theis function if you want to use it. And Wii doesn't have it AFAIK

Armads: DS is not using WiFi for DS-to-DS communication. It's using Bluetooth... which has something like what, 15 meters range? Not very good compared to what this WiFi Direct is supposed to have, I know, but still better than having two chips in the handheld to do the same work, I think.

I suspect if the 3DS has it, their next home console will also.  I've already ben told their next home console and the 3DS will interface together and I suspect this will be it.

And the DS does not have Bluetooth at all.  It has Wi-Fi.



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