WiPlayer (what a rubbish title)

So after years of waiting for a proper use of the BBC iPlayer on the Wii it finally has a dedicated channel but like so many onliune elements of the Wii is it another mishap?

No, surprisingly it's a very competent and useful feature, sure I have iPlayer avialable on the laptop and PS3 but the more access the merrier and this is probably the best one of all. First of all it took up a lot less memory than expected which is a necessity for something with such a small amount of memory to begin with. However more importantly it's faster and more stream free than any other form of iPlayer access I can think of, even the computers themselves. To date I haven't experienced one problem with it, no pauses or waits as you may expect with an online streaming service.

One probelm I do have with it however is that it's not as Wii friendly as you may think, programmes are listed on a caruosel rather than in a tile effect which I think would have been better but it's a small problem that'll just mean it takes you an extra minute to choose your programme. It's so well put together though that I even opted for a show that I wouldn't usually watch (called "Mad about the house") a DIY show where the man takes control of the decorating without the woman knowing which was necessary in this case as the woman was very overbearing and insisted in having every little thing pink.

So there's a good sign for the Wii, something they should have had sorted, sorted and sorted in a good way and with the inclusion of demos now on the Wii, this may be when Nintendo start to take notice and make an effort to improve the online aspect of the Wii, god knows it needs to.