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First look at the Opera browser for the Nintendo Wii

Published September 14th, 2006 9:31 AM EDT By Daniel Goldman

Nintendo posted on their site (in Japanese) some video demonstrations of the new Nintendo Wii, which includes the Opera browser.

Here you can see a bit of the menu that includes the big red Opera icon. (via Nintendojo).

For a more detailed look at the Opera browser live in action on the Wii, see the videos on page 8 and page 9 of their 14-page presentation. (via Haavard).

Back in May of this year Nintendo announced that it would include the Opera browser built-in to its new gaming console, the Nintendo Wii (pronounced ‘We’). This would allow you to browse the web directly from the Wii console using the Wii-remote — a.k.a Wiimote. (Read: What’s in it for Opera financially with the Nintendo deal?).

Opera also built a version of the Opera browser for the Nintendo DS, which comes as an optional DS card.

The Nintendo Wii is set for release on November 19th in the US and Europe, and December 2nd, 2006 in Japan. (via Saito).

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  1. 1 Ryan Sep 14th, 2006 at 10:40 am
    using Opera Opera 9.01 on Windows Windows XP

    After seeing all the promotional videos on the Wii site, I now understand Opera’s advertising scheme. All the sort of off white and all the “stylish” people on the homepage, they would attract people who are browsing on the Wii. Ugg, now I can’t wait to get my hands on a Wii!

  2. 2 Eddie Sep 14th, 2006 at 11:40 am
    using Opera Opera 9.02 on Windows Windows XP

    Release date in Japan? How about in the US/Europe?

    Wii to Launch Nov. 19th for $250

    …Is this old (incorrect) news? There’s a lot of Nintendo news flying around, so I may not be up to speed.

  3. 3 Daniel Goldman Sep 14th, 2006 at 11:50 am
    using Opera Opera 9.01 on Windows Windows 2000

    Eddie, you’re correct. The Wii will launch on November 19th in the US and Europe. I didn’t see that info when I wrote the article.

    Thanks for pointing that out.

  4. 4 CrownedGriffin Sep 14th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.01 on Windows Windows Vista

    Browsing the internet on the TV sucks. (Anyone remember the Dreamcast browser?)

    I hope this will help FINALLY get Opera noticed by web developers.

  5. 5 kftgr Sep 18th, 2006 at 9:18 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.01 on Windows Windows 2000

    Too bad it is an optional download and not pre-installed. That would certainly increase Opera’s install base.

  6. 6 Ramunas Sep 22nd, 2006 at 12:13 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.02 on Linux Linux

    AFAIK Its preinstalled, am I wrong?

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