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Forecast Channel allows weather reports and forecasts to be downloaded onto the console from the Internet via the WiiConnect24 service. Since the official servers for this were discontinued on June 28, , RiiConnect24 has since bought this back. A Kaitai file documenting the file structure can be found here: forecast. 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.

The Forecast Channel first became available on December 19, , one day earlier than previously advertised. The channel is also well known for its peaceful music. The music also is time-sensitive, 2 different tracks one for local music and one for globe play for daytime and nighttime.

The icons were also used in the early version of the channel for the forecast. If you appreciate the work done within the wiki, please consider supporting The Cutting Room Floor on Patreon. Thanks for all your support! From The Cutting Room Floor. Categories : Prereleases Defunct games. Navigation menu Personal tools English Create account Log in. Most of the team from the News Channel reunited to create the Forecast Channel.

Since the current weather is easily accessible on various outlets such as online, on the television and in newspapers, the team had to create an interface completely unique to the Wii, which resulted in the creation of the globe.

At first the globe they created simply looked like one that a user could find on the internet, so after a revision it became more similar to what one would find on TV. Unlike the News Channel, with which its content is provided by many outlets, the Forecast Channel was easier to develop due to only have one source of information.

The developers felt that, since the condition of weather isn't something to joke around with, they wouldn't insert too many silly elements, but did add a few such as the ability to spin the globe by holding on to it and flicking the Wii Remote. When it came to placing names on the globe, they generally looked at regular globes and put all the names that were on them on their own Earth. Various countries around the world then requested that their country also be placed on it.

The amount of city names you see on a globe generally depend on where you're from. For example, if you live in North America, you'll be able to see many more cities in countries such as the United States and Canada than people in the United Kingdom and Japan would be able to see.

When developing the Forecast Channel, the team involved were surprised to see the cultural differences when it came to weather information, and thus they had to appropriately alter the channel to accommodate those living in different countries. One of the major ones was requested by Nintendo of America, who stated that the current weather condition should be displayed on the start up window when the player presses the channel.

The Japanese developers weren't exactly sure why this was a necessity since it would be just as easy to look outside, but NoA insisted and thus this feature is included in the American and European edition of the channel. Another problem they encountered was creating icons that represented the various weather conditions.

In Japan there are a set of icons that are universally understood in that country, though they wouldn't be as easily recognized overseas.

In Japan, a sunny day is symbolized by a red sun with yellow spikes, a cloudy day is represented by a cartoon-looking cloud, and rain is represented by an umbrella.

They reportedly were surprised when they received documents from America and Europe stating that these are not as easily understood, and requested that they change them for the overseas version. For the overseas version, the weather icons are photorealistic. It was also requested overseas that they created icons representing a combination of the various different weather conditions, which is not available in Japan.

Nintendo of Europe also required that they create various different icons for hail, sleet, and graupel soft hail.