Opera for Wii to be Free
What could possibly make Wii a more appealing next-gen console? Perhaps the fact that Opera is being thrown in as a downloadable freebie at no additional cost until June 2007! After that date, however, you will have to spend Wii points to obtain it, so take advantage of this deal sooner than later. Also, the Opera browser features AJAX and Flash support and will be available on launch day.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
If you take a look at the new concept art and screenshots for the next Zelda game for the Wii, you’ll be sure to be impressed:
You can check out the rest of the photos at IGN.
Season Changes in Zelda: Twilight Princess?
Take a gander at the following Wii screenshots of Zelda: Twilight Princess:
The question I pose to you, my gentle readers, is this: can these screenshots be regarded as sufficient evidence to confirm or refute the claim that there are season changes in Zelda: Twilight Princess? It really seems to be an impossible question, and I doubt it can be answered without playing the actual game.
Wii Call of Duty 3 Screenshot
Call of Duty 3 was recently confirmed as a game that will be released for the Wii. Scanned from a magazine, this is the first sceenshot of CoD 3 for the Wii ever released (click to see full image):
Of course, this game will utilize the Wii-remote controller (Wiimote) to give users as much control as possible of their character, movements, and weapons. You can also view the Official Call of Duty 3 Trailer over at GameSpot.
Wii “Virtual Console” Pricing Disclosure
Saturo Iwata, the president of Nintendo, made it clear in a Japanese marketing event that the next-gen Wii (codename: Nintendo Revolution) would have a “virtual console” service via the internet. This “virtual console” he speaks of is essentially an online method of browsing and downloading retro Nintendo hits (think of all those old Zelda, FF, Mario, and Metroid games) for the reasonable price of $4.50 to $8.99 USD. Contrast that with the outrageous sale prices of retro games for the GameBoy, which sold anywhere from $20 to $40 a piece! With great anticipation, ArsTechnica adds that “[u]nfortunately, we still don’t know when the Wii will launch or how much it will cost. Iwata said the launch date and final pricing for the Wii will not be announced until September.”