Forecast Channel
Forecast Channel | |
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Type | Pre-installed |
Developer(s) | Nintendo |
Platform(s) | Wii Channels |
Release date(s) | JP/NA/EU/AUS December 19, 2006 |
Genre(s) | Utility |
Input methods | Wii Remote |
Compatibility | 5 Perfect |
GameIDs | |
See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
The Forecast Channel allows weather reports and forecasts to be downloaded onto the console from the Internet via the WiiConnect24 service. The Forecast Channel displays a view of the Earth as a globe (courtesy of NASA), with which users can view weather in other regions. The user can also spin the globe. When fully zoomed out, an accurate star map is visible in the background (the Big Dipper and the constellation Orion are easily recognizable, for example). The Forecast Channel features include the current forecast, the UV index, today's overall forecast, tomorrow's forecast, a 5-day forecast (only for the selected country), and a laundry check (Japan only). Certain games (like Madden NFL 07 and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams) can use the Forecast Channel to simulate weather conditions depending on the player's region.
Emulation Information
Shut Down
This channel has been shut down as of June 28, 2013 and works in neither Dolphin or on Wii hardware.
Problems
Wii Menu crashes when loading the channel banner
The import handling in Dolphin's IOS HLE was broken before 5.0-3147 and caused channels not to install properly. This causes the Wii Menu to crash in some cases when loading the Forecast Channel's banner.
A workaround is to create the title data directory manually on the NAND.
There is no fix unless the channel is updated via IOS HLE (the Install WAD feature is still broken). This affects all NANDs where the Forecast Channel was installed in Dolphin (from the very first Dolphin version to 5.0-3147).
Configuration
This channel does not need non-default settings to run properly.
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Forecast Channel since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This channel has been tested on the environments listed below:
Test Entries | |||||
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
5.0-2877 | Windows 7 | Intel Celeron G1610 @2.6GHz | Intel HD Graphics | Well, it started, but since the service was shut down i don't know how many stars should i put to it. It ran the same on my wii. "Unable to get latest information." | EblfIYH |
Gameplay Videos
- Nintendo (Developer)
- Japan (Release region)
- North America (Release region)
- Europe (Release region)
- Australia (Release region)
- 2006 (Initial release year)
- Utility (Genre)
- Wii Remote (Input supported)
- 5 stars (Rating)
- Tested On (Release): 5.0
- Tested On (OS): Windows
- Tested On (CPU): Intel
- Tested On (GPU): Intel
- Tested
- Untested for 10000+ revisions
- Wii Channels