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==Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector==
==Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector==
[[File:Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector.jpg|left|thumb|The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector was used by players without routers.]]
[[File:Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector.jpg|left|thumb|The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector was used by players without routers.]]
The '''Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector''' is a device that connected Nintendo hardware to the Internet, through the user's {{wp|Microsoft Windows}} computer and an available USB port.<ref>https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wfc/en_na/customersupport/downloadUSB.jsp</ref> This is particularly useful for players without wireless routers or home routers using the {{wp|Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA or WPA2}} wireless security standards, when the Nintendo DS and games are only compatible with {{wp|Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP}}.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wfc/en_na/ds-security.jsp Nintendo DS and wireless security compatibility (WEP & WPA)]. ''Nintendo.'' Retrieved January 1, 2018</ref> This excludes Nintendo DSi enhanced titles, such as ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!]]'', but requires the player to be playing on a Nintendo DSi. The [[Nintendo DS]], [[Wii]], [[Nintendo DSi]], and [[Nintendo 3DS]] can connect with the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, but the [[Wii U]] cannot.
The '''Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector''' is a device that connected Nintendo hardware to the Internet, through the user's {{wp|Microsoft Windows}} computer and an available USB port.<ref>https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wfc/en_na/customersupport/downloadUSB.jsp</ref> This is particularly useful for players without wireless routers or home routers using the {{wp|Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA or WPA2}} wireless security standards, when the Nintendo DS and games are only compatible with {{wp|Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP}}.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wfc/en_na/ds-security.jsp Nintendo DS and wireless security compatibility (WEP & WPA)]. ''Nintendo.'' Retrieved January 1, 2018</ref> This excludes Nintendo DSi enhanced titles, such as ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!]]'', but requires the player to be playing on a Nintendo DSi.


==''Super Mario'' games that used WFC==
The [[Nintendo DS]], [[Wii]], [[Nintendo DSi]], and [[Nintendo 3DS]] can connect with the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, but the [[Wii U]] cannot.
 
==''Super Mario''-related games that used WFC==
[[File:MKDS WFC Two Yoshis.jpg|thumb|200px|''Mario Kart DS'' used WFC for online multiplayer races.]]
[[File:MKDS WFC Two Yoshis.jpg|thumb|200px|''Mario Kart DS'' used WFC for online multiplayer races.]]
A handful of ''Super Mario'' games utilized this feature.
A handful of ''Super Mario''-related games utilized this feature.


===Nintendo DS===
===Nintendo DS===
The following Nintendo DS games is in order of releases.
The following Nintendo DS games list is in order of releases.


*''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
*''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
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===Wii===
===Wii===
The following Wii games is in order of releases.
The following Wii games list is in order of releases.


*''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
*''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
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*''[[Fortune Street]]''
*''[[Fortune Street]]''


==''Super Mario'' game gallery==
==Game gallery==
===Nintendo DS===
===Nintendo DS===
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