Opera will be included in the Nintendo Wii

[Hikari-chan]

A Web Revolution in the Living room: Opera partners with Nintendo to put browser on the Wii™ game console
Oslo, Norway and Los Angeles, Calif., May 10, 2006

Opera Software, a world leader in Web browser technology, today announced that Nintendo's much anticipated new generation game console, Wii, will use the Opera browser.

Users of the Wii console will browse the Internet using their consoles. Navigating via the innovative new Wii Remote controller, users can visit Web sites in between gaming sessions.

"Nintendo is clearly visionary in leading the gaming industry into the new era in gaming, and a wonderful partner for Opera," says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "We are thrilled to expand our partnership with Nintendo, and work with them to deliver the best gaming experience on the Wii console and the Nintendo DS™."

"For our Wii console launch in 2006, we required a browser that was fast and secure with support for the latest standards including AJAX. Opera proved perfect for our purposes and is an exceptional addition to both the Nintendo DS and the Wii console," said Genyo Takeda, senior managing director and general manager, Integrated Research & Development Division, Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Opera and Nintendo announced their partnership to deliver the full Opera browser for the Nintendo DS on February 15, 2006. The Nintendo DS browser is scheduled for release in Japan this summer. Nintendo has not yet announced its global launch plans for this product.

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This is totally good news, now you can go on the internet without using a computer, but it's like kinda hard typing with a Wiimote. =O

 

[Archaic]

Now all we need is a VoIP application with the Wii....

 

[seaprince]

Let's slap on an MP3 player while we're at it :-D

 

[Doctor Oak]

There has also been talk of the DS connecting up to the Wii. I wouldn't be surprised for one of it's first uses to be a virtual keyboard for the Wii Opera.

 

[NX-01]

That's cool!!!!!! Maybe I could get on playing internet games.:spin:

 

[Transfinite]

Good to hear! Any news of a possible keyboard hookup?

 

[FabuVinny]

Presumably, that will be one of the uses of connecting the DS to the Wii.

 

[Ice Rabbit]

Pretty soon computers will just be for filesharing.

 

[Eszett]

Being a rabid Opera fan, I was joyed to hear that it made its way to the DS, but seeing it on the Wii makes me ecstatic. !

Best of luck to this Norwegian-Japanese alliance.