# Wii owners: check this out! (free games) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540 "2007-01-19T02:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/1 "2007-01-19T02:01:12Z")
If you have the internet channel installed, point your browser at [www.wiicade.com](http://www.wiicade.com) Flash games optimized for the Wii controller and screen! ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/2 "2007-01-19T06:35:57Z")
Old news? No gamers? Bump? ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/3 "2007-01-19T08:31:37Z")
Thanks, never knew about this. I’ll check it out tonight if I can tear myself away from Castlevania IV on the Virtual Console. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/4 "2007-01-20T00:27:40Z")
[QUOTE=Jayrot] Old news? No gamers? Bump? [/QUOTE] I assure you that I’ll be revisiting this thread just seconds after I convince some store to actually sell one to me. ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/5 "2007-01-20T02:06:15Z")
Be at Circuit City on State Street as soon as it opens on Sunday! ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/6 "2007-01-23T22:51:48Z")
Also check out [WiiPlayable.com](http://www.wiiplayable.com) while you’re at it. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/7 "2007-01-26T17:39:04Z")
Wait…you people have the Wii browser already? I don’t think I have it on mine… ☹ (I did an update yesterday and it said it was up to date.) ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/8 "2007-01-26T17:42:18Z")
Neat! I’ll have to check that out tonight. The Wii News Channel was up this morning. That was fun to play with. ---
**Author:** ![lucasthegray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@lucasthegray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucasthegray)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/9 "2007-01-26T17:57:12Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] Wait…you people have the Wii browser already? I don’t think I have it on mine… ☹ [/QUOTE] Bouv, you have to download it through the wii store(it costs 0 points though). ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/10 "2007-01-26T22:04:57Z")
[QUOTE=lucasthegray] Bouv, you have to download it through the wii store(it costs 0 points though). [/QUOTE] Oooooohhh. I thought it would be automatic through the updates. Why did they do it that way? Did they think if it was automatic (like the news and weather channel,) people would get confused or something? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/11 "2007-01-26T22:46:32Z")
Because the browser will eventually be a pay-per-month service. Users who download the beta now, however, will be able to use the service for free for the lifetime of their Wii. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/12 "2007-01-26T22:47:03Z")
I think they did it that way because they’re eventually going to charge for it, so they have to run the download through the store. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/13 "2007-01-27T01:11:54Z")
Just to be clear, the Wii Opera browser (both the current beta and the final version) will be free until July 2007. After that, you will have to pay for it (once), just like any other Virtual Console download. I have the beta, but I admit I don’t use it very often. ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/14 "2007-01-29T18:57:48Z")
I’m happy with the browser, if only for the flash games and the occasional youtube video. Of course, I’ve had a media center PC hooked up to my TV for a while now, so surfing from my couch isn’t all that new anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-owners-check-this-out-free-games/388540/15 "2007-01-29T18:59:00Z")
Oh yeah, and also check out [Yatsha.com](http://www.yatsha.com) for a couple more web games. Apparently, most of these were actually specifically made for the Wii as opposed to just standard flash games.