"Second Quarter of 2007"

Nintendo of America Boss Reggie Fils-Aime, today revealed when gamers can expect to play their games online with the Nintendo Wii.

Speaking with SpikeTV's Game Head show, he said: "The multiplayer is coming. During the Japanese launch, there is Pokémon Battle Revolution, and that's really the first one. There will be titles that we'll be announcing in first quarter 2007, that'll be multiplayer-enabled. So during second quarter 2007, people will be able to have a multiplayer experience on Wii.

Excellent stuff. Reggie was then able to reveal that Nintendo are hard at work at creating more Wii Channels.

In further good news for Wii fans, Fils-Aime revealed that Nintendo was hard at work developing more Wii channels, though revealed nothing about what they would involve.

It's good to see that Nintendo are taking online seriously, this time. Let's just hope that the hard work pays off.