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Nintendo considering Wii keyboard peripheral
Look out Microsoft, your text input device isn't the only console keyboard peripheral in the planning stages. Our friends at Wii Fanboy got a pic from page 18 of Game Informer's May 2007 issue (that's the one with the GTA IV exclusive) that mentions, "Nintendo's development team says that it is considering adding a keyboard peripheral to the system in order to make online surfing easier." We agree, browsing the web on the Wii can be a chore, but we're not really looking forward to a clumsy keyboard hanging around our svelte Wii. All right, all right, they haven't "officially announced anything at this time," so we'll wait to see what the boys in Kyoto cook up. How about some DS touchscreen keyboard action?
Nintendo looking into keyboard peripheral
var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/gaming_news/Nintendo_looking_into_keyboard_peripheral_for_easier_web_surfing'; With the news this week that Logitech is going to provide peripherals for Nintendo's Wii console, this latest tidbit of information coming from the May 2007 issue of Game Informer has a bit more credibility than we would normally give it. Found on page 18 under the Data File section, the news is welcomed by this blogger, who (probably much like yourself) finds navigating the web through the Wii's Opera browser a bit of a chore, unless they're bookmarked.Given the news, what kind of price point would you like to see for a Nintendo keyboard? Would you want it USB or wireless bluetooth? Or maybe you want to see some kind of small keyboard that attaches to the Wiimote, kind of how Microsoft is doing it? Let's hope it's QWERTY, as well ...Head past the break for a high-res image.
