Debunked: What the secret DS wireless option is

By Spencer . September 11, 2006 . 10:05am

This video surfaced with a supposedly “secret” option for to connect the DS with Simple Start technology. The only way to unlock this option is be to poke the wireless menu in an invisible button hidden in the top left hand corner of the wireless menu. Why would Nintendo hide this option? Is it related to Wii connectivity? Sorry, but the answer isn’t that exciting. The option is actually a translated version of the Raku Raku Musen Start set up. Japanese DS games have four options instead of three like in North American games. The option in between the AOSS and Manual Setup is the Raku Raku Musen Start set up. If you have a NEC router you can press the Raku Raku Musen Start set up button to automatically configure your DS. Since NEC routers aren’t sold in North America Nintendo must have dummied the option out. Also when you click on the Raku Raku Musen button a similar screen shows up with a green cubes at the bottom right hand corner. Plus there is no secret option found in a couple of DS games like Star Fox Command, Bleach DS, or Final Fantasy III. And if that isn’t convincing enough Raku Raku Musen Start translates to Easy Wireless Start. Props to the person who discovered the hidden option, how he/she found it is more likely an interesting story than the truth about the simple start technology.

TAGS: Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Rumors

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Eric Stevens

Then this begs the question, why did Nintendo translate and include this option in the US configuration?

xenologics

god forbid they spend the extra .5 seconds to translate 3 words.

Matt

It is probably to connect to the Wii. How much you want to bet?

Ewok_in_Japan

Its got nothing to do with the wii, unless it is also going to be powered by NEC and use the registered name "rakurakumusen" setup.

Tobby

i just sharted in my pants... neways why the heck would the y put it? ihate that...

duki

that doesn't work on the early versions of the DS, i tried it and it didnt work...

Vect

Actually, if you're referring to the secret European/American way of accessing the option, it DOES appear in Star Fox Command, in fact this is the first game I tested it with.

Dakota

lol me to i tested it on it cuz i needed to see and its all i had at hand with wifi at the time lol

Alex

any version will work, calibrate your DS so that the pointer touches one square to the bottom right on the calibration screen. My question is, if they took the time to put it in, why is it so hard to reach? Isn't it supposed to be "simple" start? Not very simple if you ask me....