The Nintendo Wii Internet Channel

The Nintendo Wii, thanks to its innovated design, has become a huge success. With new features not available on other systems, more Wii consoles were sold than any other system. Never before have controls of Nintendo Wii design been available on other game systems. One of these features, the Internet channel, is a whole new way to experience the internet right from your TV. From the main menu you can download the Internet channel and start surfing with your Wii remote on your TV. It is easy to use because it lets you use the same motion sensing technology that game play does.

The internet channel on the Wii brings the World Wide Web to your TV using the Opera internet browser. The browser supports Flash and Java so all the cool video sites are available. With possible additional browser support in the future, this internet channel allows you to access your favorite sites on TV.

Controlling the internet channel with the Wii remote is easy. Scrolling through the pages is fast with the control pad or the B button. The A button is used to click on links.You can adjust the size of text and videos with the plus and minus buttons. You can even center the screen on the part of the website you are viewing with the press of a button as well. Web surfing on the TV is easy and pretty fun with all of these features.

Searching for internet sites is easy on the Internet channel. There is a search button on the start page and you can use the Wii remote and an onscreen QWERTY keyboard to type the URL of the website you want. Or you can use the popular cell phone style keyboard. Typing on this type of keyboard is easy with the word prediction function that is popular with cell phones. As you can see, the Wii remote is very intuitive which makes moving around the Internet easy.

The Wii Internet channel makes it easy to get to your favorite sites. You can add your favorite sites to a list for easy access. The favorites feature saves you from having to retype frequently visited sites. Parents can set parental controls to limit their children’s access to the internet channel and which sites they can visit. The popularity of the Nintendo Wii is easy to understand once you identify all of its features. Nintendo will continue to add more channels and more features to the Wii’s internet capabilities.