In Today's Release: IGN Uncovers System-wide Wii Numbers, CNN to Provide Wii News Headlines Nintendo Classics You Shold Not Miss on Wii's Virtual Console

Anyone know what time it is? Yup, it's Game Time once more. Today I look at IGN's discovery of the Wii Numbers system for Nintendo's new console, CNN's deal to provide news headlines to American and Japanese Wii owners, and look at five old-school hits worth playing on Wii's virtual console.

First off, IGN has discovered that the Wii appears to replace the ever-so-clumsy DS handheld's Friend Code system - which is one of the biggest annoyances with playing DS games online over Wi-Fi - with something called Wii Numbers. And the Wii Numbers system appears, for once, to be system-wide - meaning that once you enter a friend's Wii Number into your Wii's address book, it applies to everything you do on your Wii (which quite possibly includes playing games online). So this could be a Godsend for those who dread the system used on the DS like it was the plague. Full details can be found in the episode 30 of IGN Weekly (on the web: http://media.games.ign.com/articles/693/693580/vids_1.html).

Next up is a look at the Wii's news channel, or rather where its headlines are going to be coming from - at least in the U.S. and Japan. Apparently CNN has signed up to be the official provider of news to the Nintendo Wii in both markets, according to UK publication EDGE Magazine. Currently, details are scarce, but it appears that headlines will be presented by category, and an interactive globe will be used to find news stories from around the world. A separate channel within the Wii Channels menu will be available as well to provide weather forecasts, as previously announced by Nintendo, that will likely receive data from CNN and its weather data partners as well.