Using the data contained within each Mii character, the channel can obtain the daily fortune of up to six people. The main section gives the Miis a fortune in five categories; work, love, studies, communication, and money. Each one is measured on a five-point scale and can be clicked for a more detailed description. At the end of the fortune telling, players will be given a lucky colour of the day, and their Mii will change clothes accordingly.
Other features include a compatibility feature, where in two Miis can be dragged onto an icon and will be told how compatible they are. This is not strictly a love-meter, rather an indicator of how well they could theoretically play or work together.
Other modes include Food, Play, and Beauty where keywords will be shown related to your fortune. The words are often general and it is left to the user to interpret their meaning.
Today And Tomorrow's Lucky Fortune Telling Channel is available free to download now from the Japanese Shopping Channel.
More details can be found on Nintendo's official website. (Japanese only)
pap64, you are spot on with your analysis!
There are sections in most major daytime TV shows that dedicate a fair amount of time to this kind of stuff.
Blood type is also another way that Japanese people like to predict what kind of person you are or what will happen to you (unique to Japan).
That's why most Japanese games (especially fighting games etc) have Name, Age, Nationality and Blood Type in the character's profile.
OK, Japanese culture lesson is over now!
Heh, thank you.
I admit the reason I know this because this is something common on Japanese shows and anime. They always show the character tuning in and hearing his or her horoscope for the day. In the US, they usually like to check the weather.
I know New Year's is a big Holiday there, since families go to temples to pray for a good year.
Finally, I once saw a show on the travel channel which showed people visiting temples to get their fortune read and acting according to such (ie praying for better love, doing good luck rituals and such).
Again, the Wii Horoscope channel makes sense since it dives deep into Japanese culture, so American gamers complaining about it is stupid. Its like if they announced an exclusive American channel that tracks the latest football stats and the Japanese complained about it...
All this time I thought the blood type in Virtua Fighter was to add athletic credibility. IE: In a fight a fighter might bleed all over the damn place and need a transfusion, thus the information is important. Virtua Fighter just has such an attention to detail that health related info is included and if their was room for an emergency contact there would be. ;)
