Today's most obsessive-compulsively awesome video: Wii Photo Channel mosaics

by Scott Jon Siegel { Jul 3rd 2007 at 12:01AM }

Does anyone even use the Wii's Photo Channel anymore? We suspect that many, like ourselves, thought the Photo Channel was a neat addition for about 15 minutes, after which the kitsch factor wore off and the channel was promptly relegated to the back pages of the Wii menu, to make room for copious Virtual Console purchases.

Well, apparently one person enjoys the Photo Channel, if for no other reason than zooming in and out on giant, time-consuming mosaics. Blogger Random J found footage of one user's mind-numbing labors. Watch, as hundreds of photos of cute anime girls transform into one giant cute anime girl! Be amazed, as Mario and a goomba appear... out of around 500 pictures of cute anime girls! Hold on, I'm sensing a pattern. Check it out for yourself after the break.

Tags: hottest video, HottestVideo, mario, mosaic, photochannel, video, wii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

KrazyGamer @ Jul 3rd 2007 12:09AM

Old

Jonathan Tran @ Jul 3rd 2007 12:20AM

I don't think it's as impressive as the post it art, though it's cool SOMEONE uses that chanel

check THIS out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0biAlUkh2Zs

Andrew H. @ Jul 3rd 2007 12:23AM

Yeah this has been around for a while.

ZapDash @ Jul 3rd 2007 1:17AM

I wish the person would zoom out faster, that photo tornado that results looks awesome.

accidental @ Jul 3rd 2007 1:17AM

That's insane!
An interesting post that I would otherwise never have known about. Thanks Scott, and shut up you boring oafs who have nothing to say but "this is old".

laserboyjc @ Jul 3rd 2007 1:28AM

I own a Wii since February and have yet to use the photo channel...too busy tinkering with Photoshop on pc, but maybe now I'll look at it to see what it does

Adv2k1 @ Jul 3rd 2007 1:44AM

yeah photo channel is cool. i wish i could save this video and watch it on that channel...but whatever for what it is not bad at all

4cr JaXs @ Jul 3rd 2007 2:43AM

what he needs to do is make one that uses full zoom out then post the folder so we can play with it

Please

BPM @ Jul 3rd 2007 4:21AM

One thing needs to be said:

Is this loli?

sjenky @ Jul 3rd 2007 4:31AM

We use the photo channel all the time actually, whenever someone comes from a trip or some raveparty :) (Probably because my TV ia 10 times as large as my PC monitor).

JodyAnthony @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:41AM

cool but yeah, my photo channel is in the very last slot of my wii channels menu (with my news and weather ones on the second page)

gotta have a place for all my vc games.

oh, except Mario 64, which I have also banished to the back page because i'll be damned if that game isnt frustrating.

Zoe K. @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:46AM

The first mosaic of the two is of Kagami from the anime Lucky Star.

Here's the Wiki, if you're curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Star_(manga)

fawazr @ Jul 3rd 2007 9:55AM

Okay, this isn't mind numbing labor. Here's how to do it yourself.

1. Find out how many tiles at max zoom out resolution.

2. Download mosaic maker from the internet.

3. Enter desired tile resolution, and picture set for mosaic.

4. load the sequence into the photo channel.

5. Upload video to Youtube and have lazy bloggers be easily wowed by how much effort you've made.

haven @ Jul 3rd 2007 12:47PM

perhaps a stupid question, but since the article mentions it I thought I would ask,

How do you change the order of channels in the Wii menu? I tried and tried but can't seem to figure it out.

JodyAnthony @ Jul 3rd 2007 1:45PM

haven: point at the channel and press both a and b at the same time (like picking up a mii) and you can pick up and move the channels around. You can only put them in a blank spot though. I wish you could just drop it on a used spot and the two would swap spaces, but oh well.