Zi Corporation Licenses eZiText to Nintendo for Revolutionary Wii Games Console

Zi Corporation, who previously licensed its Decuma� handwriting recognition technology to be used in the Nintendo DS system, have once again teamed up with Nintendo. Although, this time, it's for the home system, the Wii.

Zi Corporation (NASDAQ:ZICA) (TSX:ZIC), a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, today announced that it has signed, exclusive licensing agreement with Nintendo Co., Ltd. to embed its predictive text input technology, eZiText, into Wii, Nintendo's revolutionary new video games console. Wii launches on 19th November in North America, 2nd December in Japan and 8th December in Europe.

It is thought that this technology will allow users to easily input text onto the system. Could this technology be used in conjunction with the Wii Message Board, therefore enabling users to easily input text and create messages? It wouldn't surprise us if this truely is the case.

"This announcement heralds the future use of eZiText outside of conventional mobile usage," continued Djokovic. "The global gaming industry has become a worldwide phenomenon and is becoming an important new avenue for the distribution of our products. As such, we will continue to progressively pursue new gaming customers."