How to Connect to the Internet on Your Wii U Note: This is assuming you opted out of connecting to the internet when you first booted up your brand new Wii U.

If you get a Wii U, you must connect it to the internet. The day-one system update enables a lot of important features, like Miiverse, Wii U Chat, eShop – none of which would do you any good ...

A broadband Internet connection. A cable, DSL, or fiber-optic Internet connection is suggested. A wireless router or a Wii LAN adapter. The Wii U is works with the 802.11b/g/n wireless standards ...

The Wii-specialised web browser enables people to connect wirelessly to the internet to surf the internet, do their internet shopping and even watch online catch-up TV services via their console.

The Wii-specialised web browser enables people to connect wirelessly to the internet to surf the internet, do their internet shopping and even watch online catch-up TV services via their console.

Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can download a free trial Opera browser to activate the Internet Channel of the Wii Menu and begin surfing the Web.

Nintendo hopes to give its Wii game console another boost by offering support services to hook the machine to the internet.

One tidbit that stood out was the announcement that the Wii will always be connected to the internet, using a service called Wii Connect 24.