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A brand new channel launches today for the Wii Menu providing a
quick, easy and fun way to cast your answers to a multitude of
different questions. The Everybody Votes Channel
 allows
you to compare and contrast your opinions with those of friends,
family and people from across the globe. With a regularly updated
supply of new questions to ponder, this is a great way to discover
not only differences between you and your family, but also between
your country and others!
“If you have ever wondered whether many other people share the same
opinions, preferences, likes or dislikes as you, then the Everybody
Votes Channel is a quick and easy way to quell those curiosities”
says Laurent Fischer, Marketing Director, Nintendo of Europe. “From
whether people believe in aliens to what they would do if they had 1
million Euros, this quirky but addictive channel lets you find out
what others think as well as being a great discussion starter with
family and friends!”
Cast
Your Vote
This latest addition to the Wii Menu features different general poll
questions for users to answer. Three questions will always be
offered. These will then closed after a week and updated with new
ones. When accessing the main page of the Everybody Votes Channel,
users will be greeted with the current polls open and can then
register their votes by clicking on their chosen one.
Within hours of the poll closing, the
latest regional results of the poll will be made available and will
be displayed for each region of the relevant country. Vote ratios
for each question will be displayed on the Channel using hundreds of
Miis to represent the different votes.
The previous twelve polls that a player has voted on are archived so
they can check back on them after they have closed. Each time a new
poll closes, if the user has voted on it, it is added to the archive
and the oldest one on there is deleted.
In addition to casting a vote, users can also predict the outcome of
the poll. Every correct prediction will be added to the player’s
profile and used to calculate how tuned in they are with general
public opinion, which is shown in the “How Tuned In Are You?”
section.
Fun
For the Entire Family
Users are able to register a total of six different players on each
Wii console using Mii data and names from the Mii Channel, meaning
that each member of the household can have their own say on a poll.
The Everybody Votes Channel records all of the votes cast by a
player and allows them to check their opinions against those of
their family using vote results as well as their “How Tuned In Are
You?” results. This allows users to compare numbers of consecutive
wins and overall wins versus losses recorded.
Worldwide Polls
As well as providing three different sets of general poll questions
each week, the Everybody Votes Channel also features worldwide poll
questions.
 These
are set twice a month and run for approximately two weeks, with live
result updates appearing just hours after the vote closes.
Miis illustrate the global vote ratio and a bar graph shows the
results for each different country globally. Players can sort these
results by vote percentage, country or in order of prediction
accuracy.
Have
Your Say
An additional feature of this channel is the “Suggest a Question”
section, which allows players to suggest a poll topic they would
like to see on the service. Each player is allowed to make up to one
suggestion a day, the best of which may be converted into a poll
question by Nintendo.
While this additional Channel may not make those unsure
of Wii’s functionality rush-out and buy one, it does show promising
signs that Nintendo are thinking in an open-box design to what the
system can offer through its’ Channel services. An offering that
seemingly has come from nowhere fits into Nintendo’s WiiConnect24
philosophy that they’ve banded around since day-one, with any luck,
this’ll be the start of many more unique and interesting Channels to
come. |
