A very interesting tidbit about Nintendo's WFC and a new service for the Wii called Wii Pay & Play was announced earlier today during a GDC event.

Nintendo's Takashi Aoyama announced a new Pay to Play program. This will be a new version of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (NWFC). Aoyama explained that NWFC will remain a free service, but forthcoming experiences will require users to pay a fee to enjoy. These services will fall under the new NWFC: Pay to Play program. Games that utilize the new service will feature a logo similar to the one used for NWFC but is orange and reads Pay to Play at the bottom.

He did say Nintendo is taking steps to ensure consumers don't mistakenly buy a Pay to Play game with the expectation that they will be able to access the entire game for no extra charge.

To me this says a few different things. One is that it seems like DLC for Guitar Hero III and the recently announced Rock Band Wii will be coming out in some form. The other thing that I gather from this is the possibility of a MMO on the Wii seems greater now.

What do you guys think?

[Source: IGN]