Nintendo is adding a new News Channel to their game console that will show up for users in the Wii Menu Saturday.

The Associated Press has contracted with Nintendo for two years to provide news and photos for the News Channel on the Wii, which will be accessed through a map-based graphical interface. Users can navigate the map to locations around the globe and zoom in on areas of the world to get more regional news, zooming out will get news pertaining to a broader geographical area. Subcategories will be available for the regions, such as Business, Sports, Art, and Technology.

“What Wii has done for video gaming, we hope it will also accomplish for news,” says Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “Just by pointing at your TV screen, you become your own interactive editor, instantly accessing the latest headline stories, whether they originate in Kansas City or Kyoto.”

The Associated Press will supply news information for the Wii in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, and Swiss-German, Seagrave said. The Japanese news company Goo will supply Nintendo’s Japanese-language news. Multimedia offerings will most likely also be coming in the future along with the news text and images.

“It’s a very innovative new application of what we’re doing generally, which is to try to get our content to new audiences on new platforms,” said Jane Seagrave, vice president and director of AP’s digital division.

The News Channel can only be accessed on the Wii for those with a broadband internet connection and will be automatically updated when connected.