Nintendo Announces Wii Speak Channel News

The Wii Speak peripheral gets its own dedicated channel in preparation for a December launch...

By Chris Leyton
Posted: 07/10/2008

Nintendo will be hoping Wii owners can't get enough of talking to one another this winter, with confirmation that a specific Wii Speak channel will launch alongside the peripheral on December 5th.

The Wii Speak peripheral sits alongside the sensor bar and allows a whole room of people to chat and communicate with up to four others across the globe. Using Mii's to represent each person during the on-screen conversation, the virtual characters will talk to match the sound that is picked up by the peripheral. The channel adheres to Nintendo's strict Friend code system, which should hopefully eradicate the trash-talking that plagues other online services.

Bundled alongside Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City, Nintendo claims that the peripheral will be used in other Wii titles to expand its concept of social gameplay, but we have no further information on this at the moment.

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	By: Anonymous Added:Wed 17th Jun 2009 21:03, Post No: 334 i hope wii HD dosent exist i mean seriously what good is a wii with the only new thing about it is High Def think about it...
	By: Anonymous Added:Wed 06th May 2009 13:02, Post No: 333 If the friend code system is sucking for you then Friend Horde will help ease the blow, it allows you to store all of your codes making them available to everyone plus it has a automated messaging that kicks off after you've confirmed someones code - saves wondering who has registered you.
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	By: Anonymous Added:Thu 09th Apr 2009 22:28, Post No: 331 I HOPE this is the end of Wii ! Really ! I hope so
	By: Anonymous Added:Mon 06th Apr 2009 12:38, Post No: 330 That's very nice .I have a Wii but look at the shelves of your local walmart man!I’ve had my wii for about a year and have never had any problems with the remote flying out of my hands. I think the first buyers of the wii must have been some serious hard core gamers.
	By: Anonymous Added:Tue 31st Mar 2009 15:23, Post No: 329 *library >_>
	By: Anonymous Added:Tue 31st Mar 2009 15:23, Post No: 328 All this stuff about hardcore/casual is simply an excuse for gamers lacking confidence to elevate themselves above anybody they possible can, it's pure BS. >_> As for the problems in this current generation? My current prediction is that microsoft can easily run away with it if sony and nintendo don't sort themselves out. Nintendo in particular are in the most trouble, but to blame the Wii's currenty librarie on just publishers or gamers is stupid - truth is, NEITHER take the wii seriously as a console, hence not many good games are around, and not many people will actually buy them when they DO arrive. Much as it pains me to say this, nintendo needs to change the very image of the wii in order to save it, and themselves. They need to focus on style over substance for a little while, until they can secure some good releases to get back the long term gamers, and not just the people who wanna play wii sports for half an hour here and there. >_>
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	By: Anonymous Added:Mon 12th Jan 2009 20:57, Post No: 326 This looks soo cool! I cant not wait for it to release in America. :)
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