The Internet Channel is a channel which is the official internet browser for the Wii, powered by Opera, released as a trial version in 2006 and as a full channel in 2007.
History[]
A free trial version of the Internet Channel launched on December 22, 2006. On April 12, 2007, the full version of the Internet Channel launched, which was available for free until June 30, 2007[2] After the end of June 2007, it costed 500 Wii Points, until September 1, 2009, around the same time Flash Player 7 was changed to Flash Lite 3.1 in the channel, when it was made free again until the Wii Shop Channel closed on January 30, 2019, with users who bought the channel before September 2009 being offered a free Nintendo Entertainment System game available on the Virtual Console worth 500 Wii Points on the Wii Shop Channel starting from October 2009.[3]
Usage[]
The Internet Channel is a version of Opera for the Wii. With it, the user can go to websites that still work with the channel nowadays such as Google, the Wayback Machine, The Old Net, and a few more. However, many websites that worked on the Internet Channel back in the day may not be compatible with the channel nowadays such as Twitter, Wikipedia, Fandom, and most of the websites on the web. The Wii Remote's pointer capabilities can be used like a mouse. When clicking on a text box, it brings up an on-screen keyboard. WiiNet is another revival service for the Wii, this one gives the channel more games to play, along with 2 videos and other content.
Screenshots[]
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