Wii Weather up and running by December 20 *UPDATE*

Posted Dec 18, 2006 at 1:39PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii Tags: WiiConnect24, Wiimote

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Just as promised, new channels are being made available for the holidays, and in fact, Nintendo has just announced that the Wii's Weather Channel will finally be available by December 20. This announcement appears in the videos section of their website, and is accompanied by a video which demonstrates how the Weather Channel will work. Sadly, we can't seem to embed the video, so here's a screenshot of it instead.

Despite it being rather late, the new feature is still a welcome development, and one can't help but wonder if perhaps this could be the first dose of the Holiday Wii surprise that Nintendo is cooking up for its users... but then again, we could just be getting our hopes up. Either way, just click on the "Read" link below to see the video and the announcement for yourself, in case you don't want to take our word for it.

Now, if only they'd hurry up with the News Channel as well...

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UPDATE: Going over the net, we spotted some pictures of the Wii Weather Channel in action at a site called The Awful Forums (yup, that's the name of the site). So here are the captures of the Wii's Weather Channel just for you.

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# aoiubvkfv — Guest 2006-12-18 13:57

Just announced?

Its been annonunced since it was released!

Cheeseus Cripes!

Whats wrong with you people?

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# lol — Guest 2006-12-18 14:44

yeah that sure is some breaking news

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# YUP! — Guest 2006-12-18 15:27

it is now available, i have it now!

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# same — Guest 2006-12-18 15:38

same have it now

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# poo.. — Guest 2006-12-18 15:51

must only be in europe then, as i cant seem to get it :(, glad to hear its going up though!

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# Replie: Yup — Marc-El 2006-12-18 16:08

How do you like it?

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# WoW — Guest 2006-12-18 16:14

Cool now there is a reason to buy a Wii to check the weather!!!....

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# @ — Guest 2006-12-18 16:21

the location is very vague, the closest i can choose on where i live is london or chelsmford

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# . — Guest 2006-12-18 17:17

It's up now. Just got a message from Ninty.

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# wii wether — Guest 2006-12-18 23:09

got the update this morning - its really fun to go weather watching aroung the world - it moves a bit like google earth but without the detail

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# where? — Guest 2006-12-19 01:28

Where is the sensor bar in that video?

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# ebaymag0t — Guest 2006-12-19 01:51

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxBixZ3iIkQ

i just uploaded it and here is the video

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# asogiajs — Guest 2006-12-19 03:34

omg just saw the blue light on the wii, updated, there it is! it kicks ass, i can check all the cities my relatives live in in like less than 10 seconds



spinning the earth with the wiimote kicks ass

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# Yeah, Where's the UPDATE UPDATE — Guest 2006-12-19 04:11

Yeah, Where's the UPDATE UPDATE?



This thing is live in the US already!

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# UPDATE after I updated — Guest 2006-12-19 05:07

Well I manually updated this morining to get weather. Then a few minutes after I updated it, Nintendo sent me a message telling me that I could update to get it.

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# Update — Guest 2006-12-19 06:16

is the update free

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# blah — Guest 2006-12-19 10:24

Yes, the update in definatly free.

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# wii suks — Guest 2006-12-19 12:09

wii suks trust me its a box of *****!!!!

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