Opera for Wii is free again

September 2, 2009 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Spook, one of the news reporters over at Nplus writes:

Once upon a time, the Wii Internet Channel was free. Yup, you could download it without paying for it. It seemed the fair thing to do. But then, corporate greed kicked in and Nintendo began charging five US dollars for the Opera-powered Wii browser. That has been the story so far...until now, that is. Nintendo is backing up and is offering the Internet Channel for free, again.

And to compensate to those who were late to the party and actually paid the five bucks for the download, they will show their apologies by offering a free, ~~yet-unnanounced, yet-unreleased~~ NES game. Such game will be available as of October, and although the release says it will be a sort of compensation for those who paid for the channel, it is unclear if the VC download will be available to those who also downloaded the channel for free.

UPDATE: The NES game will be one of your choice. Also, the Internet Channel for current owners has been updated, now boasting Flash Lite 3.1 (your Wii should have started to give that familiar blue glow by now).

Readers' comments 12

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idiologicWednesday, September 2, 2009 9:00:56 AM
I gifted the free browser to my friend yesterday.
Anton TsigularovWednesday, September 2, 2009 9:01:52 AM
Hah, just in time as well. I needed a browser on my TV
Tri M. NguyenWednesday, September 2, 2009 9:15:28 AM
Hurray
jonathan milienos oliveraWednesday, September 2, 2009 9:20:57 AM
Can you get it for ps3 or psp
TamilWednesday, September 2, 2009 10:05:46 AM
Espen André ØverdahlWednesday, September 2, 2009 12:00:08 PM
Originally posted by j2craze:

Can you get it for ps3 or psp
Nope, but you can get Opera Mini on the PSP, if you are willing to do some haxx0r.
Charles SchlossWednesday, September 2, 2009 12:15:58 PM
Updated yesterday
Jeff ™Wednesday, September 2, 2009 2:25:11 PM
Barraco Mármol JerónimoWednesday, September 2, 2009 3:44:23 PM
finally!! i tried a wii, and the first thing i was wanting to use was the internet channel (it was the only opera i didn't tried) and when i saw you need to pay for it i started cursing in languages I didn't knew.

is good is free once again!!! so happy!! they even get a free nes game, ^_^
yeelibertoWednesday, September 2, 2009 7:17:52 PM
nicee, I wonder which is the speed in the peacekeepr test.
Al GarciaThursday, September 3, 2009 1:28:18 AM
hahaha I downloaded Opera for Wiia about 1 month ago. If this is true I'm getting Super Mario Bros 3 for Free!
TabThursday, September 10, 2009 12:51:59 AM
I sadly cannot afford a wii...so I can't try the wii Opera browser but maybe massive amounts of people will download opera from my page and i'll win the wii contest! woot!