At the time of the writing of my book on developing Flash Games for the Wii, the only way to connect Flash and the Wii console (not just the controller) was to develop Flash Player 7 games and browse to them via the Wii’s Internet Channel. While these games could be fun and addictive, like Missile Command 3D, Flash support on the Internet Channel is limited (i.e. Flash Player 7, ActionScript 2.0, and weak Flash Player performance).

Recently, Nintendo has made it possible to develop actual Wii console games using all Flash. While an official announcement hasn’t come yet, this could mean a lot to developers who make excellent Flash web games and want to create games for a home console. Of course, Wii game development will likely only be an option for those developers approved by Nintendo. Even so, this gives us Flash developers the potential to create games on a whole new platform that’s highly popular and has a unique control scheme.

As a game loving guy, I admit I’ve had my fair share of fantasies about developing a console game. It’s amazing to see that it’s now possible using Flash.

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