Report: Sunlight Affects Wii-Mote Sensors
- October 09, 2006 16:20 PM PST
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A blog report from Nintendo World on September 14th reveals that the Nintendo Wii is sensitive to natural sunlight.
Wii sensors affected by natural sunlight? Say it ain't so
OMBRENOIR17, a forum member at Nintendo NSider, was able to attend the event and reports in a blog that many of the Wii kiosks were completely shutdown and not working because of natural sunlight. Nintendo has already confirmed that halogen lighting will affect the sensors of the Wii and decrease functionality, but now sunlight has been thrown into the mix.
We've contacted Nintendo about the situation, but are still waiting on an official response. Stay tuned for an update to the recently discovered vampire-like nature of the Wii.
I hope Nintendo gets back to us on this one, because this could a nasty little weak point for the Wii if it's true. On the other hand, gamers are known to be a nocturnal breed...
As always, we need to give the benefit of the doubt to Nintendo until we hear official word, one way or the other.
