While such arbitrary categorizing is useless for the most part, Nintendo has compiled the data into some nifty pie charts. This way, you'll know exactly how hardcore and manly the game you're playing is. You can also find some interesting usage data about each game. For example, did you know that Wii Sports has been played for over twenty-four million hours? Now that's a lot of Wii Sports.
As far as we know, this accounts for only North American data, and even lessening that scope, only people who've agreed to share their information (remember that disclaimer you said "yes" or "no" to after downloading the channel?). With that said, such usage statistics can't be considered accurate.
Now that we've given you a caveat, go ahead and check out the stats to your little heart's content. To view them, just click on the information for the game you're curious about and scroll down until you find the pertinent information.
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6-16-2008 @ 11:11PM
Sonic_13 said...
I've been waiting for this feature to be added ever since I found out about it when I downloaded the channel.
Some of the stats are pretty interesting, such as the fact that the combined Smash Bros. Brawl playtime of everyone using the channel equals out to be over 2,900 years!
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6-17-2008 @ 10:42AM
Kaneda Shotaro said...
Is this story linked to the right place? I see a link to: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=247865
...which has nothing about Nintendo Channel statistics, just WiiWare recommendations.
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6-17-2008 @ 10:43AM
Candace Savino said...
Around page 26/27 on that thread they start talking about the stats.
6-17-2008 @ 6:45PM
Kamek said...
So what would happen if, say, nintendo released a much-anticipated title and the majority of the voters (gasp) didn't like it? What would they do? just wondering.
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