The Player’s Poll Sweepstakes for the August issue of Nintendo Power (volume 206) asks the question: Which of the following Wii control features or functions is of the greatest interest to you? One of the options: “6. Compatibility with WaveBird for playing GameCube titles.” Could this mean that the Wii could support Wavebirds out of […]
The Player’s Poll Sweepstakes for the August issue of Nintendo Power (volume 206) asks the question: Which of the following Wii control features or functions is of the greatest interest to you? One of the options: “6. Compatibility with WaveBird for playing GameCube titles.”
Could this mean that the Wii could support Wavebirds out of the box without the need to attach the controller’s receiver?
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Don't laugh at the fact that I still don't even HAVE a wavebird (though I have killed 2 Cubes and am going strong on my 3rd)…but that is awsome. I am married with 2 little ones so I don't have as much "disposable" time or money for games but the Wii is gonna be part of my monthly budget at launch date.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this any earlier. It seems like a no-brainer, especially since the console will already have a wireless system in place. I don't think that would add much to the cost of the system, and it would look much better on a shelf without the Wavebird receivers sitting on top of the console.
Wait a minute…I thought the WaveBird and the Wii-mote worked with two completely different and incompatible systems! Wasn't the Wii-mote supposed to be using some kind of BlueTooth technology to connect to the Wii??The WaveBird works with readio frequencies, I thought…
Great news if it comes to be… I have, for months, commented about this same thing in several blogs…It would make sence, heck I would even go as far as leaving out the ports if it weren't because of the other periphelars… Having built-in support for the WaveBirds is esential, and I would prefer it over using the controller receiver and "oglifying" the Wii…
I guess it really depends on how many people actually have a Wavebird. I don't, but I can't see it being hard for Nintendo to add a receiver for it inside a Wii. But wouldn't you need four separate receivers? Now it sounds less likely.And InvisibleMan you're right .. Wavebirds are not BlueTooth.
ummmm….NO; bluetooth does not imply radio frequencies…there would be no way to associate a number selected for the wavebird frequency with a number on the wii without the receiver; they could have easily just said "the compatability with gamecube controllers" but i consider, as of now, a gamecube controller is always spoken of as a "wavebird controller" by nintendo
I'm pretty sure that Nintendo Power is reffering to how the Wii has ports for gamecube controllers.
Ok, let's end this right now.Look at Anon's provided pic of the black Wii. The angle of it is what's causing this confusion– the ports are upside down. Flip the pic over and you'll see that the long part of the Wavebird's receiver would be poiting away from the flap. The bottom part (probably) wouldn't collide with the flap either, seeing as on a GameCube there's barely any space between the ports and memory cards anyway. If not, Nintendo surely spaced it out better by now.
what's it matter whether you have a reciever connected or not?… its still wireless?.
It was just referring to the ability to use GameCube controllers. Don't overanalyze everything.
wasn't this already confirmed? I already bought 2 of these things after reading about it along time ago. Maybe is the lack of news that makes old news appear new again?