Apparently, the Madden game on Wii can use the Forecast Channel to change the weather in the game. I think that's pretty damn cool.
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Wii Forecast Channel
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So what happens if you say you live at the South Pole?
I regularly check up on that location, for the record.
I regularly check up on that location, for the record.
Well, this goes on the list of things that makes Wii rock.
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Draykon said:
who needs a forcast channel?
Well, obviously the games can access it, and change the weather ingame based on the weather outgame.
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Draykon said:
Yer well that would spoil most games because usally when you get to the scary parts theres a thunder storm, Just imagine the most evil person on earth laughing his head of because he had created the ultimate wepon in a feild of flowers on a nice sunny day. The only game this feature suits is nintendogs.
Of course certain weather works best with certain plot points. But I wouldn't imagine that real-time weather change would be used for applications like that.
Real-time weather change would be most appropriate, and would probably be exclusively used, for the more superficial settings, like sports games such as Madden.
Real-time weather change would be most appropriate, and would probably be exclusively used, for the more superficial settings, like sports games such as Madden.
They'd obviously not use it in games where it can "Spoil" things. Think about games where it doesn't matter. Everybody was (for some reason) amazed at Sonic 360 having time changing (that was removed, wasn't it?). Well, platformers can't really be ruined by that. And Animal Crossing could actually have weather that is relevant to your location. If you don't like the weather in your town, go to somebody else's town.The Yellow Blue Dude said:
More what I'm thinking about is the OTHER possibilities, though. We already know that games can access the Forecast Channel and the Mii Channel. What other channels might they have that will add to gameplay?
Yeah, the channels are what they like to call "Wii Ware", I guess. The Internet Channel will be able to be downloaded from the Wii Ware section tomorrow. Hopefully they will have a lot more of these Wii Warez in the future. But what else could be of use? I suppose they could have a media channel for playing music and movies off an SD card. Or do you think that's a stretch?
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