No storage for you!

Unfortunately, the Wii isn't a powerhouse. We can handle it when it comes to graphics, but what about storage?

Nintendo have announced they have 100 Wii Ware titles lined up, but how will all of them fit on your Wii?
There aren't many options. You could put some channels or VC games on an SD card when your not using them, or you could delete them and download them again (free of charge) when you want them.

Nintendo definitely need to solve this problem.

Nintendo Channel Review

Today the Nintendo Channel launched in Australia, and I thought: "Hey lets review this"!

Over the next few weeks I will be reviewing as many Wii Channels as possible, but only the ones that require WI-FI. These reviews are basically just to show people if the channels are worth the space or Wii Points.

Name: Nintendo Channel
Cost: Zilch
Handiness: 8/10
The Nintendo Channel has received a bit of mehs and whatevers from some people because of it's lack of content, but just like a spring flower: It can grow!

The first time you open the channel you will see a video showing off the latest game trailers, gameplay videos and interviews. This is great to keep you up to date on everything that's been going on.
My favorite thing about th channel is the videos. But when you watch for the first time they can take a little while to load.

Past the videos you can go to the find titles for you section. This is where you can search for any game you want by category or name. Once you find what your looking for it gives you a (very) brief summary of the game and other information. From that page you can also see what videos of the game have been made, and if it's a virtual console or Wii Ware title, you can download it at the press of a button!

Next up is the feedback section. The Wii knows if you've played a game more than an hour and brings up a list of those games.
You can give your feedback on those games. The feedback requires information such as gender, age, if it's for casual or hardcore, if it's better to play alone or with friends. And then you can give a rating.

So when you search by category you can search by the rating.

Lats but not least is the DS Demo Download service. This simply allows you to pick a demo off the channel, have it search for your DS, Do Download play on your DS, and then you get a free Demo!!!
This is great in my opinion, but there are only four games at the moment and they're all pretty old.
So overall I think this is the best channel by far. Sure it needs work, but if you check back each week and stay connected, your sure to get a surprise!

Wii Forcast Channel Review

Over the next few weeks I will be reviewing as many Wii Channels as possible, but only the ones that require WI-FI. These reviews are basically just to show people if the channels are worth the space or Wii Points.

Name: Forcast Channel
Cost: Zilch
Handiness: 7/10

everyone needs to know the the weather. It's a necessity. But it's available everywhere these days. On TV, on the internet, even on phones.But is it worth getting on Wii?


The forecast channel should be built in if you haven't already updated, so I guess there is no real answer to that question.

As soon as you enter the channel your greeted with the current temperature for your area, but it can be updated every hour, so you get the closest temperature to the current time. This means that the temperature can be very wrong and will fool you if you don't look at the temperature times.

In the corner of the screen you see 'Globe'. This zooms out and shows the entire Earth in a Google Earth type way.
You can grab the Earth and spin it around just for your amusement.
It shows you the weather of so many pointless places. Who would want to see the weather in Antarctica?!

When you click on one of the of the cities, you get to see the weather there as well.


If you want your able to see the five day forecast. Now I have to be honest with you. This is far from accurate. Most of the time the predictions are completely wrong, but the current weather is always right of course.

It also tells you the UV rating if your interested (you should be)

So overall, I think the forecast channel is fine to see the current weather, but pretty average overall.