Alright, everyone who has a Wii has tried out at least one of the extra channels like News, Weather, and *ahem the popular photo viewer, but what if Nintendo actually listened to our cries for new awesome channels? I don't get why they can't accept the popularity of the Live Arcade and the success of Online multiplayer re-makes of our favorite classic titles.
Oh well, I'd settle if they did a few things, one of them being adding channels that are free to download to supplement the games we already own. The Metroid Prime 3 preview channel was good, but how about using it to issue time trial challenges in certain areas, which would then be logged in a Nintendo Wi-fi leader board?
Also, can you imagine a Mario Paint Wii Channel? Bringing back such nostalgia as the Music Maker and the Fly Swatting all with the wonderful waggle? Or even free-hand brush stroke painting to share in online Wi-fi art galleries?
How about a Wii channel for Wii Sports golf that changes once a week to allow you to play a different 9 holes each week? That on top of the 9 we already have to disc would give us a full 18 when we really want to sink our Wiimotes into the green, and keep a game that most of us still have fresh!
Come on, what kind of channels do you want to see?
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Heh, I actually use my photo channel when showing people pics and video I've taken of the kiddo, lot quicker and more convenient than on the computer.
Like the Mario Paint channel idea a lot. I'd like to see a DS Demo channel that will send game demos wirelessly to your handheld.
@Mxyzptlk: Which I'm pretty sure they promised us at one point or another haha.
Fucking online Ice Hockey for NES would pwn so hard...
yeah the ds demo channel was promised a while ago...i think i wrote news on it
also, gimme some pr0n channelz