Nintendo has done a deal with Telstra to give DS owners free access to Telstra Wireless hotspots all around the country.

Nintendo Australia, in conjunction with Telstra, is pleased to announce that Nintendo DS users can now enjoy Wi-Fi service to Nintendo DS at over 1,000 Telstra Wireless Hotspot destinations across Australia.  Destinations include McDonald’s Restaurants, Starbucks Cafes, airports, hotels and city hotzones throughout Melbourne and Sydney … When a user brings a Nintendo DS unit and a Wi-Fi-enabled game into a Telstra Wireless Hotspot destination, the user simply launches the game in Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection mode. No setup is required.

Very nice.  This is the sort of cross-promotional thing that will start to get wireless internet access into the mainstream. Australia really needs to do some catchup in this area, the quality of broadband internet access in this country is really lagging behind most other developed countries.

[via AusGamers]

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