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A new law may force Nintendo to remove a huge part of the upcoming system. WiiConnect 24 takes advantage of a standby feature to allow the Wii system to be 'always-on'. Whilst it remains on, Nintendo and your friends may be able to send messages or 'phone' your system, visit and interact with your town in Animal Crossing, and send downloads to your system, amongst other features. The new law means that Nintendo may have to rule out this feature for the UK, which may also mean that the UK becomes treated as it's own entity, rather than part of the European region.
ok dont get all mad. and if you knew anything its not off, its in stand by mode which consumes little electricity, about as much as a little light bulb.
all its saying is wiiconnect24 wont be "always on" but only on while the system is on, like the xbox360 and xbox LIVE. you can only be connected to Xbox LIVE while the xbox is on so i would imagine it be the same way with the Wii. if there is something you want to download, just start the download and then watch some TV while it downloads
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all its saying is wiiconnect24 wont be "always on" but only on while the system is on, like the xbox360 and xbox LIVE. you can only be connected to Xbox LIVE while the xbox is on so i would imagine it be the same way with the Wii. if there is something you want to download, just start the download and then watch some TV while it downloads
If this law does go ahead, it'll take years to implement, so it's unlikely we'll have to worry about it for the foreseeable future. Also, it could be argued that it is more eco-friendly for the Wii to download in standby mode rather than while using full power.
Just read it again and I know this is a stupid rumour because they can't turn fridges off at night it would spoil al the food. Don't worry Uk gamers this is a big fat lie!
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Well all the examples they gave were of items in which the standby mode was a non-essential feature, who gives a toss whether you can leave your tv on standby? Just get up and turn it on ¬_¬ However with the Wii one of its primary features involves a standby mode and to remove this would be to lessen the product and as such I don't believe that the law will affect it, it's more for products that don't need it.
Anyway I'm pretty well keyed up on the news reports and general laws in parliament and I've never heard of this specific movement, when was it put forward?
Oh and it doesn't really matter, if it were true it would take a good few years to ratify and put through by which time the consoles would have been on mass sale so no worriers. As someone in the article said it simply can't be though as everything we import would have to be devoid of a standby feature. No company is going to alter their designs simply for our country, everything we get is imported from Taiwan or somewhere, it will cost us more for the removal of the feature.
Heck look at it this way, I'll just leave my Wii on to download instead thus using about a quazillion times more power rather than the "less than a lightbulb" amount it would on standby so up yours government officials.
Just read it again and I know this is a stupid rumour because they can't turn fridges off at night it would spoil al the food. Don't worry Uk gamers this is a big fat lie!
One thing I REALLY hope wont happen Is what happend to my DS when trying to connect to my wirless router.. I cant EVER play Mario Kart DS Wifi it is so annoying... It does work and my friends house though. But if that problem comes up I will just get a computer Techy to help me out
Just read it again and I know this is a stupid rumour because they can't turn fridges off at night it would spoil al the food. Don't worry Uk gamers this is a big fat lie!
Sorry, it's real. The proposers of this new law are targetting TV and DVD player standby modes (they didn't mention games consoles, but presumably they mean them as well). A fridge is not in "standby" because it still performs an essential task. Also, it should be pointed out that this law might not pass.
anyway I dont live in the U.K
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