Wii Rally Feature Friday: Forecast Channel
Well another week has past which means it’s time for Wii Rally’s Feature Friday. This week we will be talking about the Wii’s Forecast Channel.
The Forecast Channel allows you to get a weather forecast for your local area or a vacation spot on the other side of the world. The Forecast Channel gives you a lot of information like wind speed, UV index, temperature and conditions. Now the reality, the Forecast Channel has gotten a lot of flack lately for not being the most up to date. I can see how this would frustrate some users but if we are only talking about a couple of hours or degrees than I don’t see the problem. Do you get angry at your local news caster for being off by a degree or two? I think not.
The Forecast channel has practical gaming applications as well. Madden ‘07 for the Wii uses the forecast Channel to generate local weather for games. Like to play as the Sea Hawks well you might be playing in the rain. If Green Bay is your team, hope you like playing in the snow. This is just one example of how the Forecast channel can be used to provide a more immersive game experience. There is the potential to see this used with other games like EA’s upcoming MLB ’07. Can you say “rain delay�?
Using WiiConnect24 allows the Forecast Channel to constantly update itself and attempt to provide you with the most up to date weather conditions. So whether you want to know what the UV index is in Cancun or just like watching the globe spin check out the Forecast Channel and never miss another sunny day.
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January 12th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
good work like this article on the forcast channel, KEEP IT UP TIM!