ok Mal, it depends on your wifi connector, please post it on here so I can check it's combatibility to the network. To tell you the truth, my dad had to set it up. In the game box should be an instruction guide to set the connection up, and then if that does not work, contact Nintendo. Once you have a connection, talk to the guy in the gate room (tehe sorry Stargate fan) on the right and select friend code. He will register you and give you a code. To add a code, click on the heart in the menu to register the code. Be sure to spell the friends name and town correctly. THen talk to the same guy to either let people in or you want to go out.
Hope that can help all, and sorry for our little chat going on.
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