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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Does anyone know how it worked? Did it use something like bluetooth? Iirc the ds kinda had wifi.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It used wifi. Can't remember if it also had IR communication, like the GBC. It's been ages since I had a DS, but I'm pretty sure that there was another handheld other than the GameBoy Color that had the IR stuff. Nobody used it though, because it fuckin sucked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The DS did have an IR sensor but (I'm pretty sure, don't quote me too hard here) a majority of the local communication was using either wifi or a proprietary wireless connection using the wifi antenna/chip.

I specifically remember Pokemon Black/White having an IR quick-trade option where you had to put 2 DS's back-to-back and being really confused about it because it seemed useless since it took so long to actually work.

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