I’m not sure the why’s of this news.. because why not have dvd playback? Come on if Sony can put in a state of the art Blu-ray player in the PS3 and the 360 can support HD-DVD.. how hard is it to support good ‘ol dvd playback?

According to Wiifanboy, it’s confirmed that only Japan will receive the console and no other territory, despite a worldwide agreement with Sonic Solution to provide its CinePlayer CE DVD Navigator for Wii consoles.

We have previously confirmed that an enhanced version of Wii capable of playing DVD’s would launch at some point in the future in Japan. This release simply confirms Sonic as the partner in that venture and that the new version of Wii will come to market in the second half of 2007. It does not confirm where it will launch. We are simply not making any further region specific announcements at this time.