Real stars in Wii weather
by Zack Stern 
{ Dec 21st 2006 at 8:00AM }
Gamer, Josef Faulkner poked around in the Wii Forecast Channel, discovering that the stars generally correlate to actual astronomy patterns. He identified a few constellations, including Orion and Ursa Major on his Wii.Have you tagged other constellations? Southern Hemisphere gamers, are your stars in the right place?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mo @ Dec 21st 2006 8:44AM
holy crap
thats alot of spare time
TeamAwesome @ Dec 21st 2006 8:55AM
I feel it. I feel the cosmos.
/Please stop touching me, Cosmos.
mark @ Dec 21st 2006 8:57AM
I knew there had to be a reason for the (c) NASA for the image.
Corbo @ Dec 21st 2006 9:09AM
#3, it's more likely that the NASA copyright is because of satellite photos or something like that rather tha the stars.
Pretty neat little feature though. Say what you like about Nintendo but you can't fault them for attention to detail.
Omegasquash @ Dec 21st 2006 10:17AM
You know, an astronomy channel with which one may play could be really fun.
Samuel McConnell @ Dec 21st 2006 10:22AM
We need a Wii version of Stellarium! (click my name for more info)
Kittie Rose @ Dec 21st 2006 10:22AM
I wonder how many people rushed to make a Patrick Moore Mii after reading this?
mykie @ Dec 21st 2006 3:37PM
"Out 'neath the arms of Cassiopeia,
Where the sword of Orion sweeps,
It's me and you, Rosie, cracklin' like crossed wires,
And you breathin' in your sleep,
You breathin' in your sleep"
--The Boss
umrain @ Dec 21st 2006 11:28AM
I don't think what hemisphere you live on makes a difference when you are looking from outside the globe, rather than from the Earth's surface.
Also I thought most NASA imagery was not under copyright. I guess whatever maps they are using are a special case though.
killr0y @ Dec 21st 2006 12:23PM
In other news, Joystiq is having a slow day...
Antipilor @ Dec 21st 2006 12:26PM
#5, Fricken seconded dude, that would be awesome probably cause I'm a bit of a space nut.
Mats @ Dec 21st 2006 2:38PM
Then comes the question: Does it show Uranus?
White Rose Duelist @ Dec 21st 2006 4:04PM
In a trite way, Mats hit on a point. Anyone know if other celestial bodies are at the expected location? Stars could be done as a static image, since they change so little, but planets would take a bit of work.
/count me in for "space nuts"
AzaMcWazza @ Dec 21st 2006 4:33PM
When I first used this channel I immediately saw (like a lot of us I'm sure) that this could turn into an awesome educational piece of software covering the solar system or galaxy.