Can you say D-Wii-D? DVD playback confirmed

Guess who’s getting DVD playback after all? After all those rumors which were semi-confirmed then later debunked entirely… Right now, we’ve got “TEH” WIN right here. In the classic words of Doc Frankenstein: “It’s Aliiiiiive!” And now, we’re wondering, was this Nintendo’s big secret that they’d supposedly announce right about Wii launch date or is there something else?

Anyways, it’s writ in stone now. No erasies. No take-backs. Nintendo’s just selected Sonic Solutions to bring DVD-movie viewing capabilities in a future version of the Wii, sometime during the latter half of 2007 (and not only in Japan, as previously confirmed).

The Sonic CinePlayer CE DVD Navigator will be incorporated into the console and will support all the AV formats of DVD standards, as well as higher functions such as interactive menu screens, multiple video angles, and anamorphic widescreen video.

Senior vice-president of Sonic Solutions Jim Taylor says that they’d be very pleased to have been chosen by Nintendo and they’re going to make sure to do their best. To quote, “Game consoles represent a fresh market and platform where we can introduce a new audience of potentially millions to the quality of our brand and the power of our digital media applications.”

And for a split-second, the next-gen wars just took a drastic turn. Where to now? Sit tight, folks. The latter half of 2007 might still be a ways off, but with the Wii launch looming ahead, we’d surely be too busy to notice the time fly by.

Guess who’s getting DVD playback after all? After all those rumors which were semi-confirmed then later debunked entirely… Right now, we’ve got “TEH” WIN right here. In the classic words of Doc Frankenstein: “It’s Aliiiiiive!” And now, we’re wondering, was this Nintendo’s big secret that they’d supposedly announce right about Wii launch date or is there something else?

Anyways, it’s writ in stone now. No erasies. No take-backs. Nintendo’s just selected Sonic Solutions to bring DVD-movie viewing capabilities in a future version of the Wii, sometime during the latter half of 2007 (and not only in Japan, as previously confirmed).

The Sonic CinePlayer CE DVD Navigator will be incorporated into the console and will support all the AV formats of DVD standards, as well as higher functions such as interactive menu screens, multiple video angles, and anamorphic widescreen video.

Senior vice-president of Sonic Solutions Jim Taylor says that they’d be very pleased to have been chosen by Nintendo and they’re going to make sure to do their best. To quote, “Game consoles represent a fresh market and platform where we can introduce a new audience of potentially millions to the quality of our brand and the power of our digital media applications.”

And for a split-second, the next-gen wars just took a drastic turn. Where to now? Sit tight, folks. The latter half of 2007 might still be a ways off, but with the Wii launch looming ahead, we’d surely be too busy to notice the time fly by.