Nintendo offers Internet Channel for free (finally)

Bobby Miller 2 Sep, 2009 at 4:30pm ET Article published in Gaming

Look, ma! I'm surfin' the intarwebz!

Nintendo has recently released an update for the Opera-powered Internet Channel on the Wii. This update enables to Wii to view Flash 9 content, as it has been limited to archaic Flash 7 content since inception. Also with the update, in a sudden outbreak of common sense, Nintendo has made the browser free to download. Previously, the Internet Channel cost 500 Wii Points, the equivalent of $5.

If you shelled out 500 Wii Points to browse the web on your couch, don’t fret. Nintendo is offering a free NES Virtual Console download to those users that previously downloaded the Internet Channel. If you grabbed the Internet Channel while it was still in beta all those years ago like me, you get nothing. It was free back then, stop being so greedy!

Go now and take care of business. If you have not yet downloaded the Internet Channel, you’ve got nothing to lose in catching up with the times. If you’re receiving the free NES Virtual Console game, I highly recommend Kirby’s Adventure or Mega Man 2.

Comments

2 Sep 2009 ~ 4:45pm kryyst Yep. It works ok, limited flash, no quick time, resolution limited to your TV etc.... So youtube is viewable apple movie trailers aren't.
2 Sep 2009 ~ 4:57pm Cliff_Forster Flash games via wii mote can add a little value to the wii experience.

I'm getting a free NES game!! Hmmmmm,, I'm thinking Life Force in my case, up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start!!
2 Sep 2009 ~ 5:51pm wahay A reason to break out the Wii before all the Brawl time in college? Cool.
2 Sep 2009 ~ 8:11pm UPSLynx

wahay wrote:

A reason to break out the Wii before all the shoop time in college? Cool.

Fixed
10 Nov 2009 ~ 10:55pm mrblues Can I get a free game here??
10 Nov 2009 ~ 10:56pm mrblues just a question
10 Nov 2009 ~ 11:15pm MAGIC

mrblues wrote:

Can I get a free game here??

Wut?
11 Nov 2009 ~ 12:06am primesuspect