The Wii U web browser's HTML5 gaming capabilities

http://www.lostdecadegames.com/wii-u-browser/

by richtaur • 14 years ago

50 13 14 years ago

While what it does support is cool, what it does not support is more worrying. I doubt the browser will be a high priority for them, so the lack of audio support and web sockets will likely persist for longer than most PC browsers.

tiles• 14 years ago

According to an official interview, it does look like they are going to add a Gyro and Button API at some point to the browser: http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/internet-bro...

comex• 14 years ago

It already exists. See http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=...

georgemcbay• 14 years ago

As a Wii U owner, I'm actually shocked how great the Wii U's browser is considering how half-baked other parts of the system currently are.

Sure, it doesn't have all of the newest HTML5 features, but compared to your average browser-on-a-console, the Wii U's is surprisingly functional for general purpose web browsing and way better than what I was expecting.

Also, the Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime Streaming apps are pretty cool and just beginning to show some of the potential of 'second screen' interaction using the Wii U GamePad. These were actually the killer app for the Wii U for me. I doubt the system will get much third party support, but the video streaming apps are great now and likely to get even better as the "TVii" stuff starts coming online.

onetwothreefour• 14 years ago

That's because a large portion of the system runs on JS/HTML.

neumann_alfred• 14 years ago

Audio in general is still in very infant stages. That is, vendors are experimenting, but unless you're going for "only works in X" there isn't much truly interesting stuff you can do currently, even on PC. I'd love to be corrected on this, mind you. But so far it's either all vendor prefixed from what I can tell, or still rather simple.

gaaaaaaaarf• 14 years ago

A shame that they implemented a broken localStorage.

Interesting that it is no longer Opera, but WebKit under the hood according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_U_Internet_Browser

toni• 14 years ago

> A shame that they implemented a broken localStorage

If as he describes "the data is wiped when the browser is closed", then i think Wii U implemented "SessionStorage".

lucian1900• 14 years ago

But it's exposed as window.localStorage, which is just plain wrong.

shinratdr• 14 years ago

It's NetFront WebKit though, so don't get your hopes too high.

Rhythmic• 14 years ago

Oh Nintendo, thanks for the memories!

TazeTSchnitzel• 14 years ago

Sounds the same as the 3DS browser. In fact it probably is the same version of NetFront.

goggles99• 14 years ago

The bigger question is, Why does it matter???

The Wii U web browser's HTML5 gaming capabilities

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