Nintendo makes Wii Internet Channel for free, forever

Posted Sep 2, 2009 at 7:38PM by Mabie A. Listed in: Wii Tags: Adobe, NES, Nintendo, Wii Points, YouTube
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Wii Channel - Image 1Good news, Wii fans! Nintendo has made the Wii Internet Channel available for free from now on! Yep, no more of that 500 Wii Points requirement (US$ 5). Free. Free. Free.

But what about those who already did shell out the five bucks? Not to worry, cos starting the end of October, Nintendo will be giving away one NES game of their choice from the Virtual Channel, of the same value as the 500 Wii Points downloaded for the Internet Channel. Plus! There's also an upgrade in the form of Adobe Flash Lite 3.1, perfect for all your YouTube needs.

Check out Nintendo's official site for more info (linked below).



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Comments [refresh]

by Relys - 2009-09-02 16:14
» Upgraded Flash player?!?

Yay! It looks like I won't have to use the *****ty PS3 browser for streaming video anymore! :)

by Souljaboy56 - 2009-09-02 16:26
» maybe ...

But ive seen reports that only YouTube work. every other video site doesnt.



i dont own a PS3 ( ive been waiting for a Slim ever since the release of the 20 and 60GB Models, and whadda ya know, here it is ) but i dont know if the PS3 can stream from other sites other than YouTube.

by Souljaboy56 - 2009-09-02 16:27
» awesome .. i think .

Does anyone know if this applies if you got the Internet channel as a Gift?

by phoenix1414 - 2009-09-02 16:50
» Flash

Soulja, megavideo and veoh work as well.

by PSNDonutDude - 2009-09-02 18:34
» anybody that paid sucks

i got it for free when wii first came out u had to pay later. although wii sucks anyway ps3 forever

by Tekkenlord - 2009-09-03 16:29
» hahahaha

yes like if someone were buying the sh.it anymore wow "thank u " nintendo (what a clowns they are selling the sh.it in the first place)

by Nineball - 2009-09-03 16:38
» Streaming video on Wii is crap.

You have to stream it via the Orb program, and it's just grainy, moves at less than 24fps, no seek functions, and it doesn't fill to screen. It's been 4 years since the beginning of the 7th generation and the Xbox 1 with XBMC is *still* the best solution for streaming video.

by DarkXCloud - 2009-09-05 10:03
» ugh

And I just bought this crap lol



oh well

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