Download Free Internet Channel (Opera) to Surf Websites, Play Flash Video or Games On Nintendo Wii

The Internet Channel for Nintendo Wii gaming console is a version of the Opera 9 web browser for use on the Wii by Opera Software and Nintendo. By downloading and installing Internet Channel on Nintendo Wii, gamers and players can browse and surf the Internet web pages directly from Nintendo Wii.

Nintendo Wii owners can use Wii Remote (Wiimote) or USB keyboard to browse the Internet. Opera web browser of the Internet Channel allows users full access to the Web, supports and renders all the same web standards that are included in the desktop versions of Opera, including CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, RSS and Adobe Flash, by using, Opera’s Medium Screen Rendering technology. Like Opera 9, the Internet Channel fully passes the Acid2 web browser test. Thus, user can play Flash-based online games or watch Flash Video content hosted online.

Features of Wii Internet Channel:

• A handy home page with easy access to search engine, favorite websites, and onscreen keyboard.
• QWERTY or compact cellphone-style keyboard with predictive typing from Wii Remote.
• Ability to save favorite websites.
• Plus-sized navigation buttons.
• Zoom feature.
• Uses a wireless (Wi-Fi) internet connection (set in the Wii Settings) to retrieve pages directly from a web site’s HTTP or HTTPS server.

The browser was used to price at 500 Wii Points (US$5). But Nintendo has since made Internet Channel available for free download at 0 Wii Points from Wii Shop Channel as one of the WiiWare. Internet Channel can be downloaded to either Wii System Menu or SD card.

In fact, Nintendo Wii owners who previously purchased Internet Channel for 500 Wii Points are offered a compensation worth 500 Wii Points, which allowing them to download and install a free Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game of their choice from the Virtual Console catalog, between October 1st and December 31st 2009. User can access this offer by pressing the “One Free Title” button on the top screen of the Wii Shop Channel.