Nintendo DS Wi-Fi? (Pokemon related)
 

So, I was hoping someone could help me out with this. This is mainly for the Pokemon players here. As most of you guys or girls kow, Nintendo has events where they give special Pokemon out over Wi fi connection.

I have my DS and my games. I also have a wireless router in my house. Is that all I need to access the events? Or do I need to buy something else to get me connected to the Nintendo thing? There are some events coming in a few months and I want to be ready for them and not miss out.

Thanks for the help.:)

For the Pokemon giveaways you generally need to go to a specified location and pick-up the wifi signal there. I believe there's one at Gamestop this month. So you just go there, do the wifi thing from the main menu, and get the special gift.

Yeah I know that Nintendo does those type of events but they also just give stuff out over Wi-Fi. Not at any stores.

ok, for that you would just connect through your router.

Okay. I wasnt sure if there is some type of seperate Nintendo adapter or something I would need to access a connection to the Nintendo event.

Nah, nothing like that. The trickiest thing about the Nintendo devices (DS and Wii) is that they don't support WPA encryption, so your router either needs to be protected with WEP or no protection. WPA is considered the stronger/better security, so you kinda have to compromise.

The Pokemon giveaways happen at Gamestop.

Check Pokemon.com for dates.

There are 2 different types of events. There are in store events, ( Gamestop, Toysrus) and Wi Fi events. Like I said before, I am asking about the latter.

Can you link to info on the type of event you are referring to? I am also only aware of events that require you to go someplace, and AFAIK they've been called wifi events.

Samhain, I know what you mean and yes, all you need is a router. It's how I got my Jirachi.

Yeah, there are in-store special events and Wi-fi events.

We all got a bunch of stuff, Jirachi and Mew among them, from Wi-fi events, which just requires you to connect your DS to an internet connection and use the Wi-fi features in-game. There are also in-store events where you can get different stuff. I think sometime soon you can get Ash's Pikachu or something like that in-store? I dunno.

Anyways, if you search around places like Bulbapedia, you'll find a ton of info on what stuff is being given away and where.

But, like has been said, the DS is whiny about what kind of security you use on your router. You can get around this by either changing to WEP, disabling security all-together, or buying a Nintendo WFC usb dongle and not worrying about it at all.

Thanks very much for the info! :)

Most events are in store events. America doesnt do alot of wifi events. There will be a wifi event for black and white when it comes out.

I wasnt asking if we get Wifi events I was asking how and what I need to access the Wifi event.

haha sorry half asleep as i was reading. anyways i sugest you check out
Serebii.net
Pokebeach.com
Bulbapedia.com for any other major Pokemon questions. Serebii and Bulbapedia will have all info on everything where as Pokebeach is a news site.

Thanks. Im a member of all 3 of those forums. People over there are pretty helpfull but threads sometimes dont get replies over there because there are like a million other ''hot'' threads. So I tried over here.

Oh well then lol have you tried PalletTribune.com?. I'd say that it's one of the best Pokemon forums around. Serebii.nets forums suck really bad and most of the ppl on there are very rude and just mead.

Hmm, no but I will check that out. Thanks.

I havent really had any bad experiences on any of those forums to be honest. But I will say there are alot of Pokemon ''snobs'' out there that will try to make you feel stupid for asking questions but hey, those people are everywhere. lol. :P