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   Having the Wii Opera browser in time for Christmas would be really great, but so far the only ones claiming such a thing are Gamesoul. They say that Nintendo's Sweden website announced the Wii Opera browser (Channel) will be available for download on the Wii Shop Channel as soon as December 23, but a brief inspection of said website revealed no such thing (then again, Swedish isn't really my strong point, so I may have been looking in the wrong place altogether).

   According to the same report, the Forecast Channel is going to be activated on December 20, and the News Channel on January 27. However, it's not yet clear if these dates are valid worldwide, or just in Europe. Several North American Nintendo reps supposedly denied this rumour, saying that Wii Opera will only be activated next year in North America. We certainly hope they're wrong, but given all the doubtfulness surrounding this story, it would be best to take the "December 23" date with a grain of salt.

   The only certainty right now is that Wii users will be able to download the Opera browser free of charge at first, until July 2007, as annouced back in September.

   In other Wii related news, Nintendo today announced the overall sales figures for the European launch, claiming to have sold 325,000 units in the first two days. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess proved to be a favourite for avid gamers, with 240,000 copies snapped up over launch weekend in Europe, representing 74% of all hardware purchasers. Wii Play was also a big hit, with over 50% of people buying the game (which includes a Wii Remote) along with their Wii console.