Wii Web Browser Hits Friday

[QueenB]

Originally Posted by ign

Rejoice, citizens of Europe, for Nintendo has revealed that a trial version of its Wii Internet Channel, courtesy of Opera, will be available to download from the Shop Channel starting this Friday, December 22.

Adding Flash-enabled web browsing capabilties to Nintendo's feature-burgeoning console, the trial version of Opera's Wii-specific browser is set to make way for a final version of the software next March. As previously promised, the Internet Channel will be free to all Wii users until the end of June 2007, after which it'll set you back a measly 500 Wii Points.

Scott Hedrick, executive vice president of devices at Opera notes, "Our software brings the power and reach of the Internet to the hottest video game system available. Wii's unique interface adds a new dimension to our browser, making it a useful tool that the whole family will enjoy operating with ease."

Keen-eyed Europeans will probably also have noticed that Nintendo launched its Wii Forecast Channel this morning too. The outlook for the rest of the day is 'moon'.

See Wii News Forum for weather channel news

[Bex]

Yay, tis what I've been waiting for.


And I've finally got used to the wiimote too, so i should be able to enter addresses n stuff in it

[iamapplejuice]

I'm so happy that Nintendo changed the price of the browser after hte free trail from 20 USDs to 5 USDs! :tongwink:

My friends told me that the weather channel is A-MAZE-ING! lol

[Bex]

Originally Posted by CRAWLER_X5

I'm so happy that Nintendo changed the price of the browser after hte free trail from 20 USDs to 5 USDs! :tongwink:

My friends told me that the weather channel is A-MAZE-ING! lol

Oh yeh, the new price is amazing. I was doubting whether i would get it before, cuz ya know, I have the opera browser on my mobile - both opera mini, which is free, and mobile, which costs money, cuz its got more stuff and is for more advanced phones ()
But yup, me thinks I'll be gettin it for sure :-D