Finally, the WiiWare service for the Nintendo Wii has gone live. The first region to get their hands on the nine games available at launch is Japan, but the US and Europe will (hopefully) follow in May this year.
The list of launch titles for the WiiWare service is as follows :
Dr. Mario & Virus Buster
Star [...]
The Wii received a small firmware update adding some new functionality to the Wii-menu and shopping channel.
Some notable Wii-menu changes :
Digital clock added to the Wii-menu
Forecast channel box now displays current weather condition
News channel box displays scrolling headlines
Address book entries can now be shifted (A+B key)
The ‘accomplished today’ messages are now coloured white to differentiate [...]
One thing I like about my Nintendo Wii is the fact that I can surf the web through it’s Internet Channel. Being a game console hooked up to a TV, one problem is that most web pages are harder to read and navigate through than on a PC. Luckily the Opera powered webbrowser does have [...]
Besides the ability to play Wii and GameCube games, the Nintendo Wii also allows you to play those console classics of the good ol’ days. The list of supported classic game systems are :
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Super Nintendo (SNES)
Nintendo 64 (N64)
Sega Megadrive
TurboGrafx-16 (PC Engine)
At the moment there are about 60 or 70 games available and [...]
