The Opera browser is one of the most powerful and extensible cross platform browsers out there. So when Nintendo and Opera announced the Wii’s Internet channel would be powered by Opera - nerdcore geeks rejoiced. For the rest of us, disappointment. The beta version of Wii Opera used an old Flash 7 player. Many hoped that misstep was only a side effect of beta software but now that the final version of Wii Opera has been released, the browser is still hobbled with Flash 7. Wii ask why?

“The simple answer is that it’s out of both Opera and Nintendo’s hands. If you want to run Flash outside of Windows, Linux or Mac, you need the Flash SDK (software development kit) which is made by Adobe. The problem is Adobe hasn’t released their SDKs for Flash 8 or 9 and until they do so, we’re stuck with Flash 7.”

So there you have it. Don’t blame Nintendo for the outdated Flash player. If you got words, you know who to go after - Adobe.

[Via Opera Watch]