Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: TAYREL713 on November 14, 2007, 06:32:13 AM
Title: Wii Question
Post by: TAYREL713 on November 14, 2007, 06:32:13 AM
Do new Wiis come with the new and forecast channels or do they need to be downloaded?
Title: RE: Wii Question
Post by: IceCold on November 14, 2007, 06:36:45 AM
Well, to use the forecast channel you need an Internet connection anyway, so if it isn't pre-installed, you could download it easily, right?
Title: RE:Wii Question
Post by: TAYREL713 on November 14, 2007, 06:53:34 AM
Well a friend of mine is getting one and wanted to know what she needed to get and as I have had my Wii since the jump off I have had to download everything and hadn't the foggiest idea if she needed to download or would it be there when she fires the system up.
Title: RE:Wii Question
Post by: Kairon on November 14, 2007, 07:01:15 AM
Since both the forecast channel and the news channel are dependent upon the Wii having an internet connection, it makes sense that you'd probably have to download it yourself... but actually... I don't...knooooow.... hmmm
Title: RE:Wii Question
Post by: TAYREL713 on November 14, 2007, 07:13:09 AM
So I'm on the offical Wii site trying to find an answer and they have interviews for the developers of each channel. Did you know the Forecast and News channels have different music depending on the time of the day? That is so sweet. As for the answer, it simply reads must have internet connection to use these features so I assume they are there just not able to be used if you have not got the internets up and running on the Wii.
Title: RE:Wii Question
Post by: Kairon on November 14, 2007, 07:26:23 AM
Oh god I love those interviews. I really have to make the time to read the new interviews that Iwata ran with the developers of Mario Galaxy, because I read all of those talks that he had with the Zelda team, the Wario Ware team, and the channels team like you did!
Title: RE:Wii Question
Post by: wulffman04 on November 14, 2007, 03:04:20 PM
The Mario interviews were pretty awesome I read all of them, but i really need to look through them again. For some reason I can't remember most of the interview! I
Title: RE: Wii Question
Post by: Rhoq on November 15, 2007, 04:23:16 AM
Um...The Forecast and News Channels were there on launch day, but weren't activated until the proper Wii system updates were issued in December 2006 and January 2007. I'd assume the channels will be there on a new Wii, but might require firmware updates to become active, depending on when the console was manufactured.
Title: RE: Wii Question
Post by: Stogi on November 15, 2007, 05:46:17 AM
i bought my Wii in August and they were both there.
Title: RE:Wii Question
Post by: Shift Key on November 15, 2007, 09:25:14 AM
Quote Originally posted by: KashogiStogi i bought my Wii in August and they were both there.
