Wii weather channel finally launches
By Ryan Block 
posted Dec 19th 2006 11:37AM
posted Dec 19th 2006 11:37AM
We love that the Wii IR bar shows up in our camera. Seriously, what's up with that?
Draggin' down to SoCal.
Ok, the best part of this is dragging over the Pacific to Asia and checking out the weather in Tokyo and Pyongyang. We'll let you guys discover what that's like yourselves.
does anyone know how to add weather to your web site? If so please contact me via http://www.genuinewinner.com or http://www.roulettecomputers.com if the email link doesnt work.
yeah, it's cold in SF
Sweet, now when I want to see what's happening outside, all I have do is turn on my HDTV, wait for it to power up, switch input to the wii, turn on the wii, wait for it to get to the main interface, and select wii weather channel.
Why do you turn it off?
And the Logitech universal remotes make all you say go much faster than picking up the newspaper and get yesterdays forecast and news.
For me, if I really wanted to check the weather, and I were playing Wii, this would be pretty good. My console is on the opposite end of the house from my computer. I don't have cable TV service so I wouldn't be checking the weather channel.
What I do wonder, however, is whether this will be faster to start than say, going to weather.com as a favorite in the opera browser. I would imagine yes, just because of the click and drag/pan controls of the globe, but I'm just putting it out there.
I don't, I put it in standby mode.
Newspaper? What year is this? Try weather.com. I have at least 3 computers on in my house at any given time. I can get the weather in a couple seconds. Wii is not the choice I would use.
This is great for those who have broadband, but no cable service or computer.
Possible conversation with wii players:
Dude 1: Dude, let's go get a bite to eat. Can you believe we've been playing for 2 days straight?
Dude 2: Nah man, crazy. Ok, let me check the weather.
*Sounds of swooshing and clicks*
Dude 2: I don't know man, it's sunny and 75 degrees.
Dude 1: True, let's order in.
*Sounds of swooshing continues*
one more reason to get a wii
digital cameras can see IR :)
Yeah. Digital Cameras and camcorders are extra sensitive to IR, unlike our eyes. If you have a remote control turn your digital camera on and pount the controller at it, press a button and you should see a red blinking light. Look at it with your eyes and you see nothing. Nifty.
-K
it's freezing in san jose.
Wait - so what's this got to do with videogames? Isn't the Wii supposed to be a game machine? Why launch a half-assed weather channel?
VC - laughing my ASS off! my thought exactly!
Nintendo has several games that actually use live time and weather data like in Animal Crossing. I suspect this is an extension of that functionality. Since games are already going to use it, why not take the framework and blow it out into a whole separate channel?
Seems like a good idea to me.
Are those state names supposed to be alphabetized? Last time I sang the state song it went...
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas...
It's in order of hick populations, least likely to own a wii come first.
That's because...you know what? I don't know. I was going to say that they could be arranged alphabetically by abbreviation, which would explain Alaska preceding Alabama (AK vs. AL) but then...District of Columbia?? Confusion.
Kevin... they're alphabetized by abbreviation.
And on those maps... is that all they show? No medium sized cities (like Yuma)? Or can you at least get the data for cities that don't show on the map?
Yep, where I'm from, DC comes before AK...NOT!
That's weird.
TVGenius: Zoom in and more cities show up. But I don't know if that image in maximum zoom yet or not. (And can't check since my gf is playing Zelda right now :-)
Not all that weird; DC isn't a state, so it makes sense that it's separate.
It would be neat if eventually they had animated radar coverage on the globe at some point.
Question is where to get WII in a first place... ^_^
Yea, I feel for you Alex. Ive tried to find one everywhere. NO luck :-(
In Minneapolis you can find one in about an hour. If one store doesn't have them, drive to another. If by chance that store doesn't have it, the next store will for sure. I've seen them all over. I've even seen a couple of PS3s, which some of my family bought to sell on eBay (which is stupid, because they don't do sell like they did during launch - $1,500-3,000).
By the way does anyone knows if you get WII from Europe will it work in US?
Alex - just about anywhere. They've been on the shelves pretty consistently for the past week or two at the local wal-marts in my part of the midwest.
I'm probably the only one who thinks this, but I love it. I check the weather in the morning by turning on NY1, and now I don't have to wait 10 minutes if I turn on the TV at 9:02.
are you saying that 55 is cold? i'd be wearing a short sleaved t shirt and pants, in fact, it's about 40 out and thats what im wearing
I don't have a wii, but if someone takes photos of my area i would love it. I dont feel like going to weather.com or watching the news or looking at a widget. Plus the interface is cooler than all of those i listed.
someone said its cold in san fran? heck naw, i wish it were 50 something here, its 20 right now.. it's not terribly cold but it is quite literally below freezing
Pretty cool.. one of those "why not" type deals.
As long as it has a five-day forcast or something.
I wonder if Nintendo will take this opportunity to run broadcasts and even charge people for TV over IP...
YouTube
Bah, stupid tag checker:
YouTube &heart; Wii (let's see if the heart comes out)
This made me think of THE killer Wii app: Google Earth!
Re: Photo 2; this update will only take a Wii second.
when i zoom in,....i can't see beach bunnies in hawaii...but i could if i had a PS3 since the grafix are l3373r.....
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/12/20