Post by: Strell on December 18, 2006, 09:21:06 PM
This thing is kinda cool. Spinning the globe around is like a really reduced version of playing with Mario's face.
Also, the music in all of this is unbelievably soothing. I could see myself loading this up just to listen to it in the background. It's even more so than the normal Wii menus.
For example, when you are checking extended forecasts and so on, if the graphic shows a thunderstorm, you get to hear rain. Which means it is essentially like one of those relaxing sounds things. And I can totally see myself doing that once in a great while (and would suggest it to others as well, I have no idea why they work, but they do).
Dunno how well this things updates in real time as you are using it - i.e., do I have to exit the channel to get updates, and even then are they instantaneous? But this is a fun little channel, I'm going to go play with it some more.
Edit: November 19 at about 4 AM Central time is when it went live. /will add to his FAQ
Edit 2: Yea. The more I think about the music, the more I think it would be perfectly suited for the Wii version of Animal Crossing. It has this nice "looking at stars" feel to it, at least with the globe music. Kinda like Katamari Damacy, actually. Very soothing.
Post by: Blue Plant on December 18, 2006, 09:22:49 PM
Post by: NeoThunder on December 18, 2006, 11:05:17 PM
it so beautiful, i never thought weather would be so fun...
Post by: segagamer12 on December 18, 2006, 11:20:20 PM
Post by: vudu on December 19, 2006, 12:27:57 AM
Post by: Spak-Spang on December 19, 2006, 01:53:22 AM
What makes this so great is, you can literally turn your Wii on and select Weather Channel while you get dressed or eat breakfast in the morning and have the weather instantly. Quicker than turning on your computer, reliably there unlike the news or dedicated weather channel which might be featuring something else at the time.
It just simply works.
Post by: ryancoke on December 19, 2006, 02:55:11 AM
Post by: Ceric on December 19, 2006, 03:03:41 AM
(Oh I'm updating my Wii as we speak with the Forecast center... Ah ha it came slightly early)
Little Sun progress meter is cool.
Boo... The future place I'm going to live isn't in there even though my current city of residence is...Go figure...
I sort of wish there was a way to put country borders up.
It's interesting how they are trying to make it look like a Weather News Forecast on all the parts.
All my Weather was from 12AM and what happened to the channel label itself showing the weather like the original demo did. Not as handy now...
(Posted here to get in the right version)
Oh to answer your question Strell if you read the update part of the Operation Guide it tells you you have to leave and come back for the weather to be updated. Though I don't know why they just didn't include a "force update" button.
Post by: UncleBob on December 19, 2006, 03:11:21 AM
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Originally posted by: Strell
Edit: November 19 at about 4 AM Central time is when it went live. /will add to his FAQ
Dude - the weather channel has been live since Wii came out?!?
Post by: Ceric on December 19, 2006, 03:18:57 AM
Post by: IceCold on December 19, 2006, 04:14:02 AM
Damn winks
Post by: Ceric on December 19, 2006, 04:19:34 AM
But so far the Weather channel is made of PHAIL. It has yet to Update the actual Weather from 12 AM. Hopefully this will be remedied by tomorrow. Even though the UV index has updated.
Post by: Caliban on December 19, 2006, 04:24:01 AM
Post by: Strell on December 19, 2006, 04:58:40 AM
Post by: RiskyChris on December 19, 2006, 05:35:05 AM
Post by: Caliban on December 19, 2006, 05:52:26 AM
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Originally posted by: Strell
Dare you mock my ability to change history!?!??
*salutes* NO SIR!
Post by: MLS_man_64 on December 19, 2006, 06:35:44 AM
Post by: BiLdItUp1 on December 19, 2006, 07:32:32 AM
Post by: Dirk Temporo on December 19, 2006, 08:43:09 AM
What the hell happened to those "seamless updates" we were supposed to get through WiiConnect24?
Post by: ThePerm on December 19, 2006, 09:19:01 AM
Post by: nitsu niflheim on December 19, 2006, 09:21:37 AM
Post by: D_MaN87 on December 19, 2006, 10:47:57 AM
Post by: SixthAngel on December 19, 2006, 12:21:43 PM
Post by: D_MaN87 on December 19, 2006, 04:40:29 PM
Post by: MANTI5 on December 19, 2006, 05:19:02 PM
Post by: Zach on December 19, 2006, 05:48:43 PM
QuoteJust hold the power button down for a few seconds and it will turn off (The one on the actual console, not the one one the remote)
Originally posted by: D_MaN87
Yeah i eventually got sick of waiting and unplugged. Update then downloaded within 2 min
Post by: Pittbboi on December 19, 2006, 05:50:04 PM
Post by: Bloodworth on December 19, 2006, 06:12:18 PM
If you want to know the current weather, stick your head outside. (I'm half-joking here. The updates really should come more than two or three times a day.)
Post by: Ceric on December 20, 2006, 02:09:26 AM
Also some temperatures for the six hour forecast would be nice.
Also Dates on the 5 day would have been nice.
Post by: Caliban on December 20, 2006, 02:20:43 AM
Post by: Ceric on December 20, 2006, 02:40:43 AM
Post by: ryancoke on December 20, 2006, 02:59:24 AM
Post by: Bloodworth on December 20, 2006, 06:42:14 AM
Post by: BiLdItUp1 on December 20, 2006, 01:15:24 PM
EDIT: It works now, but with WPA, not WPA2, and the Wii is DMZ'd.
Post by: Ceric on December 20, 2006, 02:57:59 PM
Post by: segagamer12 on December 20, 2006, 07:00:47 PM
Post by: Pale on December 21, 2006, 12:55:12 AM
Post by: stevey on November 29, 2007, 10:05:17 AM
Is the channel working for anyone else? I keep getting a error code:fore000006 when trying to update....
Post by: anubis6789 on November 29, 2007, 04:57:01 PM
Post by: vudu on November 30, 2007, 06:27:53 AM
Post by: Shecky on November 30, 2007, 07:01:42 AM
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Originally posted by: vudu
My Weather Channel no longer functions because I have WiiConnect turned off. How retarded is that?
That's a bug in my book... There's no reason that channel (or any other for that matter) should not work simply because you want to opt out of having your Wii connect to the Internet at its leisure.
