Author Topic: Weather Channel is live in North America (Read 12452 times)

Strell · « **on:** December 18, 2006, 09:21:06 PM »

Note: If there's an official thread for this, someone bump it up. I am too lazy.

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.

Blue Plant · « **Reply #1 on:** December 18, 2006, 09:22:49 PM »

I was wondering why the update service was acting all wonky, it took a while to set everything up. The interface is so very cool.

NeoThunder · « **Reply #2 on:** December 18, 2006, 11:05:17 PM »

wow.....an nintendo was nice enough to send me an e-mail to my Wii so it would have it's light blinking telling me it was up and ready to update

it so beautiful, i never thought weather would be so fun...

segagamer12 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 18, 2006, 11:20:20 PM »

when did this happen? Is it all of america? Mine isnt working.

vudu · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2006, 12:27:57 AM »

I just downloaded the update and it worked just fine. It's neat to play around with, but I honestly can't see myself using it too often. It would be more useful if they could figure out a way to show you the current temp, high/low, sunny/rainy/etc from the main menu.

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2006, 01:53:22 AM »

I haven't tested it yet to see how accurate it is compared to other Weather Sites. But I really like this service. It is very simple to use, and rather ingenious. I think it will be different for different people for usefulness. But for me, I live right in the middle of Dallas and Fort Worth so it should give rather accurate Weather Reports for me...since I can check Dallas and Fort Worth's report.

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.

ryancoke · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2006, 02:55:11 AM »

If nintendo would get opera up and running we could check the weather and news without using the dedicated channels. Plus we'd have an option of which source we get our news and weather from.

Ceric · « **Reply #7 on:** December 19, 2006, 03:03:41 AM »

I figure the country bias would be because each country or region has a different primary provider for the weather so they'll only have limited out of country places.
(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.

UncleBob · « **Reply #8 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?!?

Ceric · « **Reply #9 on:** December 19, 2006, 03:18:57 AM »

Sort of like the Gamecube had Game Boy Player capability since day one?

IceCold · « **Reply #10 on:** December 19, 2006, 04:14:02 AM »

No, because Strell wrote November instead of December

Damn winks

Ceric · « **Reply #11 on:** December 19, 2006, 04:19:34 AM »

I thought my assumption was funnier. I just notice it. That is interesting.

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.

Caliban · « **Reply #12 on:** December 19, 2006, 04:24:01 AM »

I always check the news thread first so I posted that the wii weather channel was up without even thinking that someone had already mentioned it, oh well.

Strell · « **Reply #13 on:** December 19, 2006, 04:58:40 AM »

Dare you mock my ability to change history!?!??

RiskyChris · « **Reply #14 on:** December 19, 2006, 05:35:05 AM »

This update is taking AGES.

Caliban · « **Reply #15 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!

MLS_man_64 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 19, 2006, 06:35:44 AM »

Hey Spak-Spang, you an F.C. Dallas fan, fellow metroplex person?

BiLdItUp1 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 19, 2006, 07:32:32 AM »

Damn. I'm gonna try to fix the WiFi again tonight to try this (as well as Opera beta)

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #18 on:** December 19, 2006, 08:43:09 AM »

I was waiting for this crap to update, and it left me wondering.

What the hell happened to those "seamless updates" we were supposed to get through WiiConnect24?

ThePerm · « **Reply #19 on:** December 19, 2006, 09:19:01 AM »

its raining here in tucson but it says its sunny, not a big deal, the temperature is right

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #20 on:** December 19, 2006, 09:21:37 AM »

I am currently at about the halfway point with the update needed to get the weather channel. Albeit it's downloading slowly, but I guess right now that's a give.

D_MaN87 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 19, 2006, 10:47:57 AM »

Well when i found out the news about the channel being live i went for an update. Turns out that today of all days my wii decides to be stubborn and stop connecting. I had to manually connect everything. Now, with over an hour of troubleshooting my router/wii. I got the connection test to work. The update started but is stuck right where the "off" is in the sentence "Updating...Do not turn the power off. Please wait a moment". It has not moved for about 10 minutes. Its very frusterating. Im half tempted to turn off my wii and restart the update but will this affect/corrept the system in anyway?

SixthAngel · « **Reply #22 on:** December 19, 2006, 12:21:43 PM »

My Wii update stopped today and I quit it with no repercussions. I don't think any more udates will be anything important enough cause problems with the Wii if interrupted.

D_MaN87 · « **Reply #23 on:** December 19, 2006, 04:40:29 PM »

Yeah i eventually got sick of waiting and unplugged. Update then downloaded within 2 min

MANTI5 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 19, 2006, 05:19:02 PM »

Weird, mine updated in about 20 seconds earlier today.

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