Does Super Paper Mario have future DS connectivity? No
by Ross Miller 
{ Apr 11th 2007 at 11:59AM }
Will Super Paper Mario add DS functionality in a future upgrade? Joystiq sister site Nintendo Wii Fanboy was sent the following picture where Mario is hanging around next to a paper-thin DS Lite while the text displays "Awaiting data upgrade ..."
Before you start speculating as to how your DS Lite will be used in conjunction with the game, allow us to disappoint you. The DS Lite here, found in the kitchen on the first floor of Flipside, is just a recipe database that is upgraded every time you collect one of the 96 recipe cards found in the game. Wii Fanboy reader jeffoverweg also reminds us that Nintendo has been self-referential with its portable devices before: the Game Boy Horror in Luigi's Mansion, the use of the DS phat and GBA in Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door, etc.
If Nintendo were to add DS functionality with Super Paper Mario, there is no way they would have kept it a secret, especially not if it meant they could sell a few more DS units on connectivity alone. For those looking to link up their Nintendo hardware, you'll just have to wait for Pokemon.
Before you start speculating as to how your DS Lite will be used in conjunction with the game, allow us to disappoint you. The DS Lite here, found in the kitchen on the first floor of Flipside, is just a recipe database that is upgraded every time you collect one of the 96 recipe cards found in the game. Wii Fanboy reader jeffoverweg also reminds us that Nintendo has been self-referential with its portable devices before: the Game Boy Horror in Luigi's Mansion, the use of the DS phat and GBA in Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door, etc.
If Nintendo were to add DS functionality with Super Paper Mario, there is no way they would have kept it a secret, especially not if it meant they could sell a few more DS units on connectivity alone. For those looking to link up their Nintendo hardware, you'll just have to wait for Pokemon.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
wait in the car @ Apr 11th 2007 12:11PM
Thanks. I was wondering WTF that DS placement in the game was all about.
ahatter @ Apr 11th 2007 12:15PM
it is used in the game for recipes plain and simple
Datyedyeguy @ Apr 11th 2007 12:21PM
I thought that it was connectivity when I first saw it too, but I decide to wait and see if there was anything on the web about it since Nintendo likes to throw in their handhelds in their own games.
ShortFuse @ Apr 11th 2007 1:11PM
"Supposedly" there is DS functionality since the game updates your wii's firmware before allowing you to play
Ben E @ Apr 11th 2007 1:37PM
I didn't see a firmware update happen when I started up the game; is this behind-the-scenes?
Slaziman @ Apr 11th 2007 1:41PM
thx for spoilers?
n00bs!
ShortFuse @ Apr 11th 2007 3:01PM
Yes there is a firmware update. This firmware update can also brick PAL consoles (if you don't have the latest wii firmware installed from the internet).
This is of course for those who have a modchip and a pal console and have never done a system update.
but yes, the firmware update is there.
Bertie242 @ Apr 12th 2007 9:19AM
Yeah, I saw that in-game, but found out an episode later that it was nothing more than a recipe holder. Oh well.
Sean @ Apr 12th 2007 12:18AM
Yeah, the Wii is not a PS3 and the DS is not a PSP "No connectivity for you!"
dreamywallflwr @ Apr 12th 2007 5:51PM
the "firmware update" just downloads the picture for the wii menu
JOHNMAX @ Jun 5th 2007 1:27AM
Ok whoever here actually thinks that this is some sort of "future ds connectivity" thing, or some "firmware update" thing .....well I dont want to let you down the hardway by just nicely telling you "ur dum" but instead im gonna YELL it"YOU R SO DUM" I mean yes it does say waiting for data upgrade but if you actually take the time and say to yourself "hmm this has to be something WITHIN the game this is for or else this would be very retarded" and by sayin that to yourself you would(should) point the wii remote at the screen , move it so it is over the ds on the wall, press the A button and then geuss what...IT tells YoU what it is for which absolutely has nuthing to do with ds connectivity or wut ever firmware is, but that it has to do with RECIPE disk things.
"phew" glad i let that anger out on these WIld gaming nerds and there imaginatION. I mean firmware... now thats just crazy talk.