PSA: How to change your Wii-mote volume

by Alexander Sliwinski { Nov 22nd 2006 at 7:30PM }

If you don't believe in the use of instruction manuals -- and lord knows we don't -- than you too may have been confused on how to change the volume on your Wii-mote. Yes, it actually can be lowered to avoid that tinny noise that is driving gamers mad ... especially during Zelda.

To change the volume, hit the home button on your Wii-mote and then select the controller you are using from the lower-third of the screen. Voila! A volume screen is clearly displayed so you can adjust that shrieking banshee noise to your heart's content.

Tags: change, volume, wii, wiimote

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

gameclu @ Nov 22nd 2006 7:39PM

Kick ass! I just assumed the volume was fixed.

Capt. Castellanos @ Nov 22nd 2006 7:47PM

i'm suprised people didn't know this.

oh well.
its not thier fault if they wanna play the wii more than they want to read instructions.

Kevin @ Nov 22nd 2006 7:48PM

I thought this was pretty easy to find out? :P Ah well, at least everyone will know now.

Papa @ Nov 22nd 2006 7:48PM

Are you serious? Maybe it's just me but I always like to mess around with settings. Don't know why some people never figure out that the speaker had volume levels in the Home menu.

Neccy @ Nov 22nd 2006 8:14PM

A clear cut case of RTFM in my opinion, why its Joystiq news i'll never know. I would of let the idiots go mad.

Squeek @ Nov 22nd 2006 8:29PM

This was my only gripe in Zelda until I figured out how to change the volume.

Now I am quite positive it is one of the greatest games ever made.

Goofyman @ Nov 22nd 2006 8:38PM

Really? I found out at a test unit in Gamestop, I was tinkering with it there. I guess as #4 said, people don't like to look around settings...

abstract @ Nov 22nd 2006 9:10PM

PS3's menus are so deep no one even knows it can merge with other devices like the Dawson Creek Trapper Keeper 2001.

funkonaut @ Nov 22nd 2006 9:53PM

I love my Wii! Don't you?

Seriously, Wii Sports is the shiznit. And boxing is a crazy intense exercise.

Just watch. In ten years all the Wii players will be tone, fit, fighting machines, while the PS3/360 players will be fat couch potatoes. :P

dan s. @ Nov 22nd 2006 10:00PM

If all else fails use fire

David @ Nov 22nd 2006 10:16PM

You know what happens when you assume...

Number Six @ Nov 22nd 2006 10:27PM

Just an FYI: This changes the volume for ALL connected remotes. They can't be changed independently of eachother. Maybe a future firmware upgrade could change it?

QS @ Nov 23rd 2006 12:17AM

am i the only one that really enjoys the wiimote speaker?

Aprime @ Nov 23rd 2006 2:09AM

Wii annoyance #00?: You can't get out of Gamecube mode using the Wiiremote's home button.

It's as if it literally turned into a Gamecube when you play Gamecube games.

Ben @ Nov 23rd 2006 2:32AM

What's wrong with the speaker? I think it's a cool addition in Zelda...it makes it that much more immersive. The controller speaker has some really great uses in other games too, especially Rayman.

Ashitaka96 @ Nov 23rd 2006 4:50AM

I like the speaker too. I think it adds to the immersion too.

I agree with Aprime, you should be able to exit out of Gamecube games into the Wii menu.

mr8ucket @ Nov 23rd 2006 3:30PM

I also enjoy the wii speaker in zelda, but it only needs to be on the 2nd voulme level to be heard. anything above 3 is just too much.

PaleGringo @ Nov 23rd 2006 8:04PM

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the whole "My controller is talking to me" make Wii delight #002 or somesuch? I'll go back and do some checking, but it would seem from popular opinion that this is more of an annoyance than a delight, for the record.

blackace @ Nov 24th 2006 12:41AM

thank god, im in high school and was grounded and unable to actually play my wii. So i would wait till midnight then play it and that damned wimote is so loud it makes it really hard to play for fear of gettin busted, Now i can play zelda without that annoying sound and play my wii (that i do deserve anyway cus i bought it after working and waited in line for it.) without any worries