Wii Forecast Channel goes live

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You might have noticed that your Wii disc drive was glowing this morning. That’s because Nintendo has rolled out the update that will activate the Wii Forecast Channel.

When you first try to access the channel you’ll be asked to download an update, and once complete the Forecast channel is open for you to, erm… look at the weather forecast. I can tell you that in London the current temperature is 2 degrees Celsius, and it’s sunny – although it’s not particularly sunny outside my window at the moment.

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