If you coughed up some dough to subscribe to the Wii Internet Channel, you probably hit the roof when you found out that Nintendo made it free. Today, however, you're about to get a small reprieve. You're entitled to one NES game on Virtual Console which you can download free of charge.

One more update from homebrew coder Tantric for you today. The dev has released a new update for FCE Ultra GX, a NES emulator for the Nintendo Wii based on FCE Ultra and powered by libwiigui. The latest release has added some new features and other bug fixes.


Download: FCE Ultra GX v3.0.9

Here's a little something for retro-gaming fans. Tipster Jamie pointed us to this one in a million Nintendo NES Desktop Mini ITX PC Media Centre up for bidding on eBay. The starting bid is at UK£ 300 and you only have four days and 17 hours to make it all yours.


Thanks for the tip, Jamie!

Good news, Wii fans! Nintendo has made the Wii Internet Channel available for free from now on! Yep, no more of that 500 Wii Points requirement (US$ 5). Free. Free. Free.

Homebrew coder Tantric has recently released a new update for FCE Ultra GX, a NES emulator for the Nintendo Wii based on FCE Ultra. The latest update has added a few tweaks and some more fixes.


Download: FCE Ultra GX v3.0.8

As reported back in March, Majesco Entertainment's 1989 NES classic, A Boy and His Blob, will be getting a Wiimake soon. Promising hand-drawn and painted animation for its updated graphics, it's time to see the world you'll be re-entering once the game comes out this Fall. Screenshots after the jump.

Punch-Out!! producer Ken Yeeloy has expressed a desire to develop a sequel to the cartoony Wii boxing title, seeing it as an opportunity to further evolve what they started with the first game. More after the jump.

Homebrew coder Tantric has released a new update for FCE Ultra GX, a NES emulator for the Nintendo Wii based on FCE Ultra. The latest update has a much improved game compatibility feature, cheat support and many other fixes.


Download: FCE Ultra GX v3.0.7

Now that the Japanese version of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, is now available for download via WiiWare, Square Enix is tossing yet another FF classic into the Nintendo lineup. In case you don't fancy the DS release of the SNES classic Final Fantasy IV, you could get the original from Virtual Console starting this August.

Playing those oldschool NES games on your Wii (or GameCube) won't be a problem thanks to FCE Ultra GX. Wii emulator master Tantric whipped out the latest update for this one, and it allows faster SMB, USB browsing, among quite a number of changes.


Download: FCE Ultra GX v3.0.6 (Wii)