Opera reveal Wii browser details

i0n · 09-26-2006, 09:57 AM

In a recent press release, Opera have revealed some more details about the Wii version of their web browser.

Features like Zoom, Bookmarks, and Wimote functionality will all come standard. The browser will be free for all Wii users to download until June 2007, after that, gamers will have to spend Wii points to download the software to their consoles.

The best bits of the press release are below.

Quote:

Opera Software today announced details on its browser for Nintendo’s soon-to-be released game console, Wii. Opera’s full Web browser is available for download from the "Wii Shop Channel". Nintendo has stated that they will offer Opera free of charge as a temporary promotion for all Wii users until June 2007.

From July 2007, users can purchase the Opera browser using Wii points. Wii points are credits users can buy that allow them to add new games or the Opera browser to their Wii consoles. The number of Wii points required to purchase Opera has not yet been announced.

With support for Flash and AJAX-based content such as Google maps, Wii users will benefit from a feature-rich Internet experience that is uniquely customized for the Wii. Opera for Wii boasts the same complete standards support as the Opera 9 Desktop browser, and includes the added functionality of "Zoom" and "Bookmarks". The Wii remote control will also be an integral part of browsing, allowing users to intuitively control the Web with their Wii remotes.

Nintendo has previously announced that Wii will be available in the U.S. on November 19, 2006, Japan on December 2, 2006, and in Europe on December 8, 2006. The cost for the console is $249.99 or 25,000 Yen.

Akaymay · 09-26-2006, 09:59 AM

Awesome! I am loving these features! And free till 2007! Nice!

chessaholic · 09-26-2006, 10:11 AM

It's nice that they confimed it to be free here in Europe too. It will be nice to play online chess from my bedroom

K.K. Slider · 09-26-2006, 10:13 AM

boring I knew all that already.

King Wiired · 09-26-2006, 10:13 AM

Thats so cool! But after June 2007... will we pay just the once? or havta pay monthly? coz if its monthly.. i probably wouldnt be able to afford it

K.K. Slider · 09-26-2006, 10:15 AM

the web on the wii is free as long as you have got a prober internet connection.

MetroidZ · 09-26-2006, 10:37 AM

web brosing using opera isnt free, or wont be. u wil have to pay like it says. i already knew, but im not too bothered about it. i got a PC for that.

m7ticalm · 09-26-2006, 10:38 AM

Hes asking if u have to pay for OPERA more than once, and the answer to that is no. It says that opera for wii will have the functions of opera 9 for desktop... Does that mean voice recognition too?

K.K. Slider · 09-26-2006, 10:52 AM

web on the wii is free because it is wireless if you have a wireless router with your pc then you will only have to pay for the internet connection for the pc not for the wii because the wii is using a wireless conection, idiot.

m7ticalm · 09-26-2006, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by K.K. Slider

web on the wii is free because it is wireless if you have a wireless router with your pc then you will only have to pay for the internet connection for the pc not for the wii because the wii is using a wireless conection, idiot.

WAT THE HECK! Dont u understand? You have to pay for the browser! ITS CALLED OPERA IF U DIDNT REALISE! You cant go surf on the internet if u have a connection and no browser! Wat have u been smoking, wateva it is i want 5 mg cause it must be strong.

Flip · 09-26-2006, 10:58 AM

To confirm for those who are still unsure, the payment is 1 off. The idea is that in 2007, people will have to pay a SMALL fee to DOWNLOAD the opera browser. It wont be a monthly fee. I'd be happy to pay for the opera browser, since it's obviously taken a lot of work to create a browser for the console.

K.K. Slider · 09-26-2006, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by m7ticalm

WAT THE HECK! Dont u understand? You have to pay for the browser! ITS CALLED OPERA IF U DIDNT REALISE! You cant go surf on the internet if u have a connection and no browser! Wat have u been smoking, wateva it is i want 5 mg cause it must be strong.

you get the browser by paying a few wii points once and then its ****ing free.

*Chris* · 09-26-2006, 12:24 PM

Geez, some stressy people over here today are there not? lol

Anyway, Im glad that it will be free everywhere until June 2007.

This means that over here in the UK, we will have the Wii Browser free for just under 7 months

That's quite good really! Nintendo could have chosen to give us 1 month free trial...but...BOOM! 7 months! (7 and a bit more for America)

rockkybox · 09-26-2006, 12:31 PM

Go to http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics...tation/08.html and watch the video on the bottom of page 8, dya think its real? it looks a bit clunky?

*Chris* · 09-26-2006, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rockkybox

Go to http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics...tation/08.html and watch the video on the bottom of page 8, dya think its real? it looks a bit clunky?

Definately looks real.

Why else would Nintendo put it on the official website?

And it doesnt look that clunky...well, maybe a little, but that it probably because Wii is not a proper computer.

I suppose we cant really expect it to be as easy to use as what we are doing now. (Imagine text entry for example...there will probably be an on screen keyboard where you have to hover the cursor over each letter...imagine how hard that will be with the Wiimote) :S

nintendowiigaming.piczo · 09-26-2006, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by m7ticalm

WAT THE HECK! Dont u understand? You have to pay for the browser! ITS CALLED OPERA IF U DIDNT REALISE! You cant go surf on the internet if u have a connection and no browser! Wat have u been smoking, wateva it is i want 5 mg cause it must be strong.

umm... KK slider is kindah right.. here's the case..

all the wii's that's being packaged before june 2007 will be finished dowmloaded with operah. it won't cost anything in the month exept for what u pay for ur breedband. and after june 2007 u have to go to the shop buy som wii points and download opera. i have pre-ordered so i'm gonna get opera free.. no probb's

rockkybox · 09-26-2006, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by *Chris*

Definately looks real.

Why else would Nintendo put it on the official website?

And it doesn't look that clunky...well, maybe a little, but that it probably because Wii is not a proper computer.

I suppose we cant really expect it to be as easy to use as what we are doing now. (Imagine text entry for example...there will probably be an on screen keyboard where you have to hover the cursor over each letter...imagine how hard that will be with the Wiimote) :S

Well yeah, in an ideal world we could draw the shape of the letters in the air with the wiimote lol, + I only really called it clunky because of those giant buttons on the bottom, IMO way too much screen space taken up there, on the other hand the zoom thing on the wii photo manager (where the photos arrange themselves in a fluid, waterfall kinda way) is the most unclunky thing I've ever seen!

MetroidZ · 09-26-2006, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by K.K. Slider

you get the browser by paying a few wii points once and then its ****ing free.

jesus christ, thats what the mother fudging we been sayin f00l.

in touch with the wii · 09-26-2006, 01:45 PM

maybe a keyboard could be produced?

COLDshiver · 09-26-2006, 02:47 PM

I'm a bit confused:

I understand that Opera will be free until June 2007. So this means that from nov 19 until june 2007, you will have the Opera Browser for free.

But i am confused after that: from the posts above it seems that you will have to pay a one time fee to get Opera. I was thinking what they meant that if you bought the Wii before that time and downloaded Opera, you didn't have to pay for it again.

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Opera’s full Web browser is available for download from the "Wii Shop Channel". Nintendo has stated that they will offer Opera free of charge as a temporary promotion for all Wii users until June 2007.

In this quote, I thought that it was a one time download and you can keep it forever (like downloading a program online, it gets deleted when you want to delete it). So if i am wrong, does this mean that Nintendo is going to delete Opera from my Wii in June 2007? Please clarify

09-26-2006, 09:59 AM	#2
Akaymay On the Highway to Hell! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Highway to Hell (AKA New Jersey) Posts: 98 Friends: 0	Awesome! I am loving these features! And free till 2007! Nice! __________________ Wii pocket money=$273.00 Bank Account=$1.23 Money owed to parents = $25.00 Sweet...

09-26-2006, 10:13 AM	#4
K.K. Slider WiiChat Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: England Posts: 56 Friends: 0	boring I knew all that already. __________________ K.K. Slider. A lone, traveling minstral who will fill your ears with his delicate melodies and soulful ballads.

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King Wiired HITLER ME JEZ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status : Stunnin' Posts: 5,825 Friends: 31 8756-4872-6334-8478 Blog Entries: 1	Thats so cool! But after June 2007... will we pay just the once? or havta pay monthly? coz if its monthly.. i probably wouldnt be able to afford it __________________

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K.K. Slider WiiChat Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: England Posts: 56 Friends: 0	the web on the wii is free as long as you have got a prober internet connection. __________________ K.K. Slider. A lone, traveling minstral who will fill your ears with his delicate melodies and soulful ballads.

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09-26-2006, 10:11 AM	#3
chessaholic WiiChat Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 498 Friends: 0	It's nice that they confimed it to be free here in Europe too. It will be nice to play online chess from my bedroom

09-26-2006, 10:38 AM	#8
m7ticalm WiiChat Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia, Perth Posts: 1,061 Friends: 0 0287-9971-6660-4138	Hes asking if u have to pay for OPERA more than once, and the answer to that is no. It says that opera for wii will have the functions of opera 9 for desktop... Does that mean voice recognition too? __________________

09-26-2006, 10:52 AM	#9
K.K. Slider WiiChat Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: England Posts: 56 Friends: 0	web on the wii is free because it is wireless if you have a wireless router with your pc then you will only have to pay for the internet connection for the pc not for the wii because the wii is using a wireless conection, idiot. __________________ K.K. Slider. A lone, traveling minstral who will fill your ears with his delicate melodies and soulful ballads.

09-26-2006, 10:58 AM	#11
Flip WiiChat Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 756 Friends: 0 6487-0727-1500-1514	To confirm for those who are still unsure, the payment is 1 off. The idea is that in 2007, people will have to pay a SMALL fee to DOWNLOAD the opera browser. It wont be a monthly fee. I'd be happy to pay for the opera browser, since it's obviously taken a lot of work to create a browser for the console. __________________ *Image Removed By Moderator*

09-26-2006, 12:24 PM	#13
Chris ... Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 112 Friends: 0	Geez, some stressy people over here today are there not? lol Anyway, Im glad that it will be free everywhere until June 2007. This means that over here in the UK, we will have the Wii Browser free for just under 7 months That's quite good really! Nintendo could have chosen to give us 1 month free trial...but...BOOM! 7 months! (7 and a bit more for America)

09-26-2006, 12:31 PM	#14
rockkybox WiiChat Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London, England Posts: 63 Friends: 0	Go to http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/topics...tation/08.html and watch the video on the bottom of page 8, dya think its real? it looks a bit clunky?

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