Nintendo Wii Internet Channel goes free

Nintendo has made the Internet Channel on its Wii console free to all of its users.

The Internet Channel service was free as a beta version when the Wii console was first released. Since then, the full version of the channel, which is powered by the Opera browser, became a paid service.

Those who have paid the 500 Wii points to purchase the channel will be rewarded with a free NES game on the Virtual Console in October.