Nintendo DS Wi-Fi tops one million users

Milestone reached in just four months

Gaming giant Nintendo announced yesterday that its wireless gaming service has crossed the one million unique user mark in less than four months of operation.

Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection service lets Nintendo DS owners log on free to compete or interact in a variety of games, from racing in Mario Kart DS to community-building in Animal Crossing: Wild World.

The millionth user was a player in Japan who logged on to play Animal Crossing, Nintendo said.

Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing, said: "Those one million users represent more than 27 million game sessions."

Later this month, the games giant will introduce two new Wi-Fi-enabled games to the Americas.

Tetris DS brings a twist to the addictive classic puzzle game by allowing up to four players to compete against friends or strangers.

Meanwhile, Metroid Prime Hunters features competition using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, but players also have the ability to chat with one another before and after battles using VoIP.