The last time we looked it was November 12th and not April 1st. That being the case it looks like a recent posting on Nintendo’s Japanese website referring to Wii DVD playback is 100% kosher and not some kind of cruel hoax…

According to a Q&A on the site the new functionality will be added in 2008. Turns out it was originally due in the latter half of this year too, but it had been postponed while Nintendo struggles to satisfy the ongoing gargantuan demand for Wii this year. Fair enough, we suppose. Anyway it’s not yet clear whether DVD playback will work via some kind of firmware update or will only be available for a new generation of consoles. Fingers crossed it’s the former.

So that’s a piece of good news in the pipeline, right? Okay DVD is not quite the equivalent of HD DVD or Blu-Ray, but for those of us without the visual acuity of a Kestrel or the bank balance of a city trader it’ll do very nicely for the time being, thanks.

We wonder what other surprises Nintendo has got up its sleeve…?