A recent flurry of rumors and pictures has handheld gamers going nuts
with speculation over the thought that Nintendo still has a huge trump card up its sleeve. A batch of pictures
featuring creepy marionettes with the words "Find(s)me" along with a shot of a lone boy in a forest using a DS as some
sort of navigation device seem to point to the possibility of a massive DS wireless network that's bigger and badder
than we previously thought. The DS could act as both a wireless 802.11 device and as a repeater hub. In other words,
you won't need a wireless router nearby to get online with these things - you'll just need someone close enough to
connect to, and he'll be able to connect you to someone just as close to him even if that person isn't so near you, and
so on. Potentially-huge networks of gamers could appear organically and play against one another regardless of
pre-installed routers or proximity. While we worry a bit about the lone boy in the forest (should people know he's out
there alone, and should his DS be announcing as much? Go home, boy, go home!), the possibility of a spontaneous
wireless gaming network of multiple hubs is straight up amazing. Or is it downright creepy?
[Thanks, Badtz]
