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DVD Playback for Nintendo Wii

Posted by: Jonathan M, 14:13 AEDT, Tue November 14, 2006

Enhanced Nintendo Wii's due in late 2007 will be able to playback your DVD's

With the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 touting built-in multimedia players, the Nintendo Wii seemed to be only next-generation console unable to provide movie playback.

Now, less than a week before the Wii is even on shelves for the first time, it appears that those final specifications weren't so final after all. After weeks of speculation and Internet reports, it has been confirmed that the Wii will eventually get DVD playback.

Credit: Game Spot