A widespread and fundamental complaint of the original DS and DS Lite was that the hardware did not support the widely-used WPA encryption for wireless networks. According to a report from Japanese site Impress Watch, Nintendo will (finally) resolve this issue with the DSi, which is said to fully support WPA and WPA2 encrypted networks. Additionally, the less secure WEP method of securing WiFi networks will still be supported for those with older routers.

Took them long enough!

任天堂、新型ゲーム機「ニンテンドーDSi」を発表－SDカード対応で音楽再生可能。カメラも 搭載 [Impress Watch]

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