[CAnet - news] Nintendo Wii to promote fiber deployment in Japan

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[There is speculation that the new Nitendo WiiWare service titles will be
potentially which will require an external hard drive for the Wii or
alternatively Nintendo expects users to download individual games every time
they need them.  Thanks to Lee Doerksen for this pointer -- BSA]


http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/29/nintendo-promotes-fiber-optic-internet-in-
japan/

Nintendo is anticipating that its WiiWare service is going to be huge. So
huge, in fact, that they're doing their best to make sure Japanese gamers
have the internet muscle to handle it. Reuters reports that Nintendo is
partnering with broadband provider Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, in
order to promote and increase the use of high-speed, fiber-optic internet
connections in the country. 


Video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd and telecoms operator NTT's regional units
said they would cooperate in Japan to promote the broadband Internet access
of Nintendo's hot-selling Wii game console.

Driving Wii's Web connection is important for Nintendo since the creator of
game characters Mario and Zelda plans to launch a new service next March
called WiiWare, which allows users of the Wii to purchase new game software
titles via the Internet.

For Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, which aims to boost subscribers to
its fiber-optic Web connection service as a new long-term source of growth,
a growing user base for the Wii represents an attractive pool of potential
customers.

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