Nintendo joined the GDC party, announcing some of the first details of its Revolution console due in 2006. The big news is that it will be backward compatible with GameCube games and offer Wi-Fi wireless networking, allowing gamers to extend multiplayer games globally to anyone with a wireless access point. As a first step toward this, Nintendo will release a free Wi-Fi connection service for the Nintendo DS later this year along with what appears to be a massively multiplayer version of Animal Crossing. It seems the big N finally checked its back pocket and found it had an online strategy after all...
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