Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector: A Geeky Girl's Guide to the Device's Pros and Cons

In a time not too long ago, there was this lame video game-o-holic named Melissa. She was a pretty geeky girl, and most of her free time was spent sitting on the couch and tapping away at video game controllers.

She came upon one hand-held console that she fell in love with: The Nintendo DS. She liked the stupid games; she liked the ability to bring the stupid games along with her wherever she went. Heck, she even snuck this ridiculous device to work to get in some game time.

However, one day, she wanted more...of course she did. She knew of Nintendo DS' capability to play online games, and she learned that Nintendo had released a Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, specially designed to get her online in minutes.

She knew nothing about USB hubs and Wi-Fi connections. Although she was a gaming geek, she was far from a computer geek, and the word Wifi along gave her chills.

Melissa bought the odd shaped stick anyway. It came to $29.99, and she assumed with the lower price for a computer gadget that this would not be the only thing she needed to buy to get online. She shrugged and tried it anyway, she was used to trial and error, so if it didn't work she knew she could always come online to try and find solutions to getting her DS online.

When she got home she ripped open the package like a caveman. She fumbled with the stupid stick, and didn't bother reading the directions. Once the computer was on she stuck the stick into the hole, and watched as a screen popped up prompting her installation. It took a grand total of 2 minutes. She was impressed. But now what?

Next she went and turned on her DS. Once the DS was turned on she noticed that another screen had popped back up on her computer screen. It was the program asking to allow connection to the DS! Cool, she thought. It must have worked.

Before she knew it she was versing other DS Puzzle League players around the world.

After about an hour of playing though her game got interrupted. Her computers monitor went into screen saver mode, and for some reason this occurring ruined her connection. It only took a few minutes though to get back on.