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Wii Weather Channel Up, Browser Coming

Posted by Zonk on from the wiiconnected dept.

Nintendo's console has been out almost exactly a month, and the company is now rolling out some of the system's additional features. As you are reading this, your Wii should already be capable of giving you the weather forecast. Additionally, this Friday a trial version of the web browser should become available. From the Pro-G article: "The fully featured Opera web browser for the Wii was intended to be available for the launch of the console. Sadly it wasn't, but the good news is that you'll only have to wait until Friday to get a taster of what it can do. A trial version of the Wii Opera web browser will be available for free from December 22. The final version of the Opera browser will be released at the end of March 2007 and will be free for all Wii owners until the end of June 2007. After this date, anyone who hasn't already downloaded the browser will have to pay 500 Wii Points."

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  1. Slashdot's weather forecast by LordEd · · Score: 4, Funny
    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
    Does that mean its going to be foggy?
  2. Re:But what about.... by Karganeth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because wii hate you.

  3. Useless feature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like anyone with a Wii will ever want to go outside.

    1. Re:Useless feature by BMonger · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's mostly there so you know what weather your friends had to endure to come over to your place to play the Wii since they don't have one yet.

  4. Re:Wow, only 500 Wii Points? by Jearil · · Score: 4, Funny

    Umm, the 360 doesn't have a web browser on it. So I suppose you could truthfully state that it's free.. but not very featureful, since it can't actually load any web pages.

  5. Arghh... by JohnSearle · · Score: 2, Funny
    Because wii hate you.
    When will wii end the madness of these wii jokes? Don't wii have anything better to joke about?

    - John
  6. Re:Just a guess by Ninja_Popsicle · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's the only way I can see using this... I'm playing a game and I want to check the weather right quick so I hop over to the weather channel then back to the game.

    Um... wouldn't it be easier to just look out the window real quick during a cut-scene or loading screen?