Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

E209757
digital distribution platform online gaming service

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection was Nintendo’s online multiplayer and digital distribution service for the Nintendo DS and Wii consoles, enabling internet-based gameplay and content downloads.

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Label Occurrences
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection canonical 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf digital distribution platform ⓘ
online gaming service ⓘ
accessMethod Nintendo DS-compatible hotspots ⓘ
Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector ⓘ
broadband internet connection ⓘ
wireless router ⓘ
authenticationMethod friend code system ⓘ
branding Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection logo ⓘ
developer Nintendo ⓘ
discontinuationDate 2014-05-20 ⓘ
discontinuedBy Nintendo ⓘ
enables content downloads ⓘ
downloadable content ⓘ
game updates ⓘ
internet-based gameplay ⓘ
online leaderboards ⓘ
online matchmaking ⓘ
online multiplayer gaming ⓘ
introducedWithPlatform Nintendo DS ⓘ
Nintendo Wii ⓘ
surface form: Wii
launchYear 2005 ⓘ
notableGameUsingService Animal Crossing ⓘ
surface form: Animal Crossing: City Folk

Animal Crossing ⓘ
surface form: Animal Crossing: Wild World

Mario Kart DS ⓘ
Mario Kart Wii ⓘ
Pokémon Black and White ⓘ
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl ⓘ
Super Smash Bros. ⓘ
surface form: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
officialAbbreviation WFC ⓘ
operator Nintendo ⓘ
platformFor Nintendo DS ⓘ
Nintendo Wii ⓘ
surface form: Wii
reasonForDiscontinuation termination of online services for most Nintendo DS and Wii software ⓘ
region Australia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
North America ⓘ
other PAL regions ⓘ
requiredSubscription no recurring subscription fee ⓘ
serviceStatus discontinued ⓘ
serviceType free online service ⓘ
successor Nintendo Network ⓘ
Nintendo Switch Online ⓘ
Nintendo eShop ⓘ
supportsFeature Nintendo DS ⓘ
surface form: Nintendo DS Download Play (online-enabled titles)

competitive multiplayer ⓘ
cooperative multiplayer ⓘ
friend codes ⓘ
online rankings ⓘ
voice chat in some games ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nintendo Wii → networkService → Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ⓘ
Mario Kart Wii → onlineService → Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ⓘ
Nintendo DS → onlineService → Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ⓘ
WiiConnect24 → relatedTo → Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ⓘ
Wii Shop Channel → networkInfrastructure → Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ⓘ
Mario Kart DS → onlineService → Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ⓘ