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Everybody Does Free Market Research for Nintendo Channel

Aeropause's Stephen Munn, reacting to a recent Everybody Votes Channel question about how people preferred to buy music, suspects that the Everybody Votes Channel may not be just about harmless fun.

He believes that this question is aimed at gauging interest in a future music download channel, implying that the Everybody Votes Channel has always been an attempt to get marketing data from Wii users and pretend it's a game. We're going to have to add this plausible theory to our our own list of Everybody Votes conspiracy theories.

What do you think? If this is true, are you outraged? Or does the intent of the service not matter as long as you're having a good time?

Mii Popularity Channel coming April

Nintendo recently filled the inboxes of Japanese Wii consoles with a message about the "Mii Popularity Channel's" upcoming release. According to Siliconera, Wii owners will be able to download the new channel and vote for their favorite Miis as early as April 29th. Whether or not this is the worldwide release date hasn't been confirmed, but channel updates tend to occur on the same day.

The Mii Popularity Channel (not the official name) was announced last week at Shigeru Miyamoto's GDC keynote. Similar to the Everybody Votes Channel, users will be asked to pick out their preferred Mii from a lineup. The Mii that wins the majority vote will not only be crowned the "most popular kid" at school, but will enjoy the benefits of a fashionable wardrobe, invitations to every weekend party, and dates with the best-looking jocks or cheerleaders. That's life.

Friday Video: It's full of questions



Are you burning with the need to share dozens of questions with Nintendo? Are you completely without patience? Then this week's video spotlight is bound to hook you up with everything you need. One intrepid Wii artist figured out that by advancing the system's internal clock, you can suggest as many questions as you want in a day. There is no limit when all of time is at your fingertips! *cue evil laughter*

Check out the (somewhat wiggly) video after the jump to see just how to pull this off.

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Everybody Votes followup: another theory


Yesterday, we discussed the significance of the Everybody Votes Channel, and made some conjecture about how it relates to the future of the Wii online. We've discovered another theory we think is worth sharing, from a post made in one of our own comments threads last week! Our readers are so smart; we, of course, take full credit.

Reader Cole thinks that the Everybody Votes Channel is a sneaky way to test netcode for online play, getting players to interact with the system in a simple manner. It sounds plausible to us, and certainly goes a long way in explaining why a poll channel appeared out of nowhere.

Wii Fanboy takes you through the Everybody Votes Channel


We've been receiving lots of emails asking for more in-depth coverage of the new Everybody Votes Channel that has just hit the Wii and we are happy to oblige. Included, past the post break, is a short video taking you through registering a Mii and participating in a few polls, as well as the prediction area and stats screens.

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