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Most of us heard the news this morning that the Wii Forecast Channel launched a wee bit early, so with that, I decided to go ahead and make a quick walkthrough of the whole thing. There's not much to it, but some of the globe and zoom functions are kinda neat. Enjoy!







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dorock's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 11:47
dorock
Spiffy, now I see why everyone is talking about the globe feature. Looks freakin sweet.
Cruds's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 11:47
Cruds
Would be nice if the showed the forecast in the forecast-icoon on the Wii-channels. Something like ever 10 seconds it goes on to the next day.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 11:52
Topher Cantler
What part of Manhattan are you in, Summa? I used to live in Inwood, waaay the fuck uptown.
World Famous's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 11:55
World Famous
UWS, in the 80s next to central park.
JamesSorensen's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 11:57
JamesSorensen
don't know it just doesn't excite me with the weather channel, it would excite me if i could leave teh blue light on when i play a game.

saw the light on this morning, so figured after work ill turn on teh wii and update (after not being powered on for 2+ weeks )
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 12:04
Topher Cantler
Cool, same subway line, but I was about 120 streets up, in the land of cheap rent and ugly bridges.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 12:07
BlindsideDork
You noticed that when you hit that "Today" button on the bottom it said it was Sunny. So perhaps the day temperature is more accurate than the current.
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 12:07
Knivy
No tj weather u.u .

Oh well, san diego will do.
World Famous's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 12:11
World Famous
Ah, yes, you're right blindside. I will change that.
tim's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 12:39
tim
Hooray, no cancer!
Tempus's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 12:46
Tempus
Yeah, no death from cancer today w00tage!
fromagex's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 13:22
fromagex
omg! this was the 1st time i ever woke up to the blue light. i was so excited. then, when i found i couldnt get accurate (but close, instead) weather info, i got sad.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 13:25
BlindsideDork
That blue light is ALWAYS fun!
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 13:33
subnet6
When I checked mine at 9:30 AM, it said the temperature was 17 degrees at 6AM. The temperature had already risen 10 degrees since the 6AM update. If they are going to offer current temps, it will probably need to update more than every 3-4 hours.

Although, I did like how you can change the display on the globe view from todays CURRENT to todays HIGH to tomorrows HIGH to the weather ICON. Nice quick easy way to track systems as they move through.
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 13:34
subnet6
Yeah, I dig the blue light as a notifier. I went down to my basement to work out and had no idea until I saw the blue light. I was like, hey, who sent me mail!? And I opened it up and it was Nintendo. Cool.
electroplankton's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 13:54
electroplankton
The background music is FRACKIN' AWESOME. That is all.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 14:07
BlindsideDork
Electroplankton is fricking awesome! Got it with me in my Castlevania 20th anniversary case!
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 14:41
deanhatescoffee
Summa, you and your Elebits... lol

I actually got 'Bits for Christmas because I figured if it's good enough for my Robby then it's good enough for me. You better be right! :)
World Famous's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 14:47
World Famous
I am right. I'm always right.
bassbeast's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 14:48
bassbeast
I learned that you don't necessarily need to pinch the A and B buttons to move the globe. As long as you're not over a city, the A button does it as well.

It'd be nice if the globe could display weather systems or something like that. Maybe in another firmware update?
World Famous's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 15:06
World Famous
I'd like to see some Google Map type function.
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 15:25
Rainbowblack
omg lookit all those VC games you downloaded IM SO FRIKKIN JEALOUS BECAUSE I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE DAMN LAN ADAPTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bassbeast's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 15:37
bassbeast
Agreed, Rob. Considering they show a google image in teh Wii Ware section of the Shopping area, you'd think they would be licensing some of that tech.
Sir Jimbob's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 15:53
Sir Jimbob
Why doesn't the info show up in the channel menu, rather than a stupid forecast channel icon, like they showed as a feature in the promo videos?
Ballistic90's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/19/2006 20:55
Ballistic90
I think they plan to make updates for this channel. Starting simple, and then adding cities and (hopefully) the info on the channel icon.
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