"This partnership with FatPort will bring countless people together to play games in a single, simultaneous wireless community,” says Ron Bertram, Nintendo of Canada’s Vice President – General Manager. “Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is simple to use. By offering gamers free access to www.nintendowifi.com, we removed one of the major barriers keeping people from going online to play games."

"We are thrilled to have come to an agreement with Nintendo of Canada to provide their Nintendo DS users access to the FatPort footprint across Canada" states Michael Kuhlmann, VP Business Development for FatPort Corporation. "The intent is to make it as easy as possible for Nintendo DS users to access our network by way of silent authentication, opening up our network to an entirely new demographic of users. Our traditional focus on the traveling business person has just been augmented and we look forward to working with Nintendo to making this initiative a success."

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection creates a welcome, inviting community where gamers of all kinds can log on wirelessly and begin playing favorite franchise games like Mario Kart DS and Activision’s Tony Hawk’s American SK8Land and future titles such as Animal Crossing: Wild World and Metroid Prime Hunters. Game play will be free, and users will be able to connect easily to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in a variety of ways.