Weathernews Offers Weather Information on Nintendo Wii in Japan, the US and Europe.Tokyo Tokyo (tō`kēō), city (1990 pop. 8,163,573), capital of Japan and of Tokyo prefecture, E central Honshu, at the head of Tokyo Bay. , Japan, Dec 27, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Weathernews, Inc., the world's largest publicity-traded weather information provider with business bases in 16 countries, began providing 'Forecast Channel' service to Nintendo's next-generation home-use game machine Wii via the 'Wii Channel'. Forecast Channel is individually designed for each of the three regions in which Wii is sold - Japan, the US and Europe - and provides detailed weather reports for each region. Forecast Channel enables the user to check weather information for his/her place of residence or any other part of the world using the Wii. Weather reports includes weather forecast, maximum and minimum temperature for that day, the next day or the coming week, and the probability of rain is displayed at three-hour intervals. Local base areas including towns, cities, villages and wards such as Minato-ward, Tokyo in Japan and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). in the US can be registered, so that user can check the latest weather report for his/her immediate area via the Forecast Channel each time the Wii is turned on. The new channel also offers a 'Weather Report for Today's Life' corner, in which 'Laundry index,' 'Pollen index,' 'UV index,' and other detailed information closely related to daily life is available (this function is limited to Japan). Using the Wii remote See Wii. controller, weather reports for places around the world can be seen on a real 'globe' that seems to be rotating ro·tate v. ro·tat·ed, ro·tat·ing, ro·tates v.intr. 1. To turn around on an axis or center. 2. , giving this function an entertainment factor as well. Nintendo's Wii features a remote controller that the user moves to play a game and includes a function based on the new Wii Channel. The game's top screen shows a list of channels including Games, News, Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and Shopping. The desired channel may be selected in the same way that a user selects a TV channel, so the user can enjoy playing a game, shopping or finding information. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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