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We've discovered that a new Wii channel has just gone live across the globe, upon the unknowing public. Please greet the aptly named, 'Everybody Votes Channel'.
The service, available via the Shop Channel allows you to answer questions, and compare your opinion to others around the world. Regularly updated, you can choose to see the results of your own country or abroad.
Here's the official details directly from Nintendo:
"The Everybody votes channel brings you regularly updated questions upon which you can vote, simply by choosing one of the two answers provided. You can then check the results and see how your opinion compares with others in your own country and abroad. You can also see how tuned in you are to public opinion by predicting which answers will get the most votes."
Register up to six Mii's and participate on various different polls. Current hot topics include;
- 'How do you like your Egg : Boiled or Fried?'
- 'What do you prefer : Eating or Sleeping?'
- 'If you have free time do you : Go and party or stay in and relax?'
Assuredly an enlightning experience. Feel free to submit your very own polls as well.
For those who don't have a Wii, here's a short video of the channel in action courtesy of GameVideos.
Be sure to download it free of charge, and share your opinions in the comments section!
Update - And now the official Press Release, with full information on the new channel has been released:
A brand new channel launches today for the Wii Menu providing a quick, easy and fun way to cast your answers to a multitude of different questions. The Everybody Votes Channel allows you to compare and contrast your opinions with those of friends, family and people from across the globe. With a regularly updated supply of new questions to ponder, this is a great way to discover not only differences between you and your family, but also between your country and others!
"If you have ever wondered whether many other people share the same opinions, preferences, likes or dislikes as you, then the Everybody Votes Channel is a quick and easy way to quell those curiosities. From whether people believe in aliens to what they would do if they had 1 million Euros, this quirky but addictive channel lets you find out what others think as well as being a great discussion starter with family and friends!"
- Laurent Fischer, Marketing Director, Nintendo of Europe.
Cast Your Vote
This latest addition to the Wii Menu features different general poll questions for users to answer. Three questions will always be offered. These will then closed after a week and updated with new ones. When accessing the main page of the Everybody Votes Channel, users will be greeted with the current polls open and can then register their votes by clicking on their chosen one.
Within hours of the poll closing, the latest regional results of the poll will be made available and will be displayed for each region of the relevant country. Vote ratios for each question will be displayed on the Channel using hundreds of Miis to represent the different votes.
The previous twelve polls that a player has voted on are archived so they can check back on them after they have closed. Each time a new poll closes, if the user has voted on it, it is added to the archive and the oldest one on there is deleted.
In addition to casting a vote, users can also predict the outcome of the poll. Every correct prediction will be added to the player's profile and used to calculate how tuned in they are with general public opinion, which is shown in the 'How Tuned In Are You?' section.
Fun For the Entire Family
Users are able to register a total of six different players on each Wii console using Mii data and names from the Mii Channel, meaning that each member of the household can have their own say on a poll. The Everybody Votes Channel records all of the votes cast by a player and allows them to check their opinions against those of their family using vote results as well as their 'How Tuned In Are You?' results. This allows users to compare numbers of consecutive wins and overall wins versus losses recorded.
Worldwide Polls
As well as providing three different sets of general poll questions each week, the 'Everybody Votes Channel' also features worldwide poll questions. These are set twice a month and run for approximately two weeks, with live result updates appearing just hours after the vote closes.
Miis illustrate the global vote ratio and a bar graph shows the results for each different country globally. Players can sort these results by vote percentage, country or in order of prediction accuracy.
Have Your Say
An additional feature of this channel is the 'Suggest a Question' section, which allows players to suggest a poll topic they would like to see on the service. Each player is allowed to make up to one suggestion a day, the best of which may be converted into a poll question by Nintendo.
Everybody Votes Channel is the latest addition to the Wii Menu and can be downloaded for free from the Wii Shop Channel. The Wii Menu is the starting point for all of the console's functions and offers a gateway to a rich variety of entertainment options. When connected to a TV, the Wii Menu offers a simple interface letting users pick games to play, receive news and weather reports, view and send photos or even create playable caricatures of themselves to use in actual games. Additional functions allow users to download classic games to Wii's Virtual Console.
So how can we use this here on Cubed3? Well, considering we are all allowed one question suggestion per day, why not try to make our voices heard about certain subjects? Want to see Nintendo poll 'Which Japanese-only VC game would you like on the Euro VC?' or something like that? Then discuss in the forum below the best sort of poll suggestions we can all make.
Stick with Cubed3 for further updates...
The service, available via the Shop Channel allows you to answer questions, and compare your opinion to others around the world. Regularly updated, you can choose to see the results of your own country or abroad.
Here's the official details directly from Nintendo:
Register up to six Mii's and participate on various different polls. Current hot topics include;
Assuredly an enlightning experience. Feel free to submit your very own polls as well.
For those who don't have a Wii, here's a short video of the channel in action courtesy of GameVideos.
Be sure to download it free of charge, and share your opinions in the comments section!
Update - And now the official Press Release, with full information on the new channel has been released:
A brand new channel launches today for the Wii Menu providing a quick, easy and fun way to cast your answers to a multitude of different questions. The Everybody Votes Channel allows you to compare and contrast your opinions with those of friends, family and people from across the globe. With a regularly updated supply of new questions to ponder, this is a great way to discover not only differences between you and your family, but also between your country and others!
"If you have ever wondered whether many other people share the same opinions, preferences, likes or dislikes as you, then the Everybody Votes Channel is a quick and easy way to quell those curiosities. From whether people believe in aliens to what they would do if they had 1 million Euros, this quirky but addictive channel lets you find out what others think as well as being a great discussion starter with family and friends!"
- Laurent Fischer, Marketing Director, Nintendo of Europe.
Cast Your Vote
This latest addition to the Wii Menu features different general poll questions for users to answer. Three questions will always be offered. These will then closed after a week and updated with new ones. When accessing the main page of the Everybody Votes Channel, users will be greeted with the current polls open and can then register their votes by clicking on their chosen one.
Within hours of the poll closing, the latest regional results of the poll will be made available and will be displayed for each region of the relevant country. Vote ratios for each question will be displayed on the Channel using hundreds of Miis to represent the different votes.
The previous twelve polls that a player has voted on are archived so they can check back on them after they have closed. Each time a new poll closes, if the user has voted on it, it is added to the archive and the oldest one on there is deleted.
In addition to casting a vote, users can also predict the outcome of the poll. Every correct prediction will be added to the player's profile and used to calculate how tuned in they are with general public opinion, which is shown in the 'How Tuned In Are You?' section.
Fun For the Entire Family
Users are able to register a total of six different players on each Wii console using Mii data and names from the Mii Channel, meaning that each member of the household can have their own say on a poll. The Everybody Votes Channel records all of the votes cast by a player and allows them to check their opinions against those of their family using vote results as well as their 'How Tuned In Are You?' results. This allows users to compare numbers of consecutive wins and overall wins versus losses recorded.
Worldwide Polls
As well as providing three different sets of general poll questions each week, the 'Everybody Votes Channel' also features worldwide poll questions. These are set twice a month and run for approximately two weeks, with live result updates appearing just hours after the vote closes.
Miis illustrate the global vote ratio and a bar graph shows the results for each different country globally. Players can sort these results by vote percentage, country or in order of prediction accuracy.
Have Your Say
An additional feature of this channel is the 'Suggest a Question' section, which allows players to suggest a poll topic they would like to see on the service. Each player is allowed to make up to one suggestion a day, the best of which may be converted into a poll question by Nintendo.
Everybody Votes Channel is the latest addition to the Wii Menu and can be downloaded for free from the Wii Shop Channel. The Wii Menu is the starting point for all of the console's functions and offers a gateway to a rich variety of entertainment options. When connected to a TV, the Wii Menu offers a simple interface letting users pick games to play, receive news and weather reports, view and send photos or even create playable caricatures of themselves to use in actual games. Additional functions allow users to download classic games to Wii's Virtual Console.
So how can we use this here on Cubed3? Well, considering we are all allowed one question suggestion per day, why not try to make our voices heard about certain subjects? Want to see Nintendo poll 'Which Japanese-only VC game would you like on the Euro VC?' or something like that? Then discuss in the forum below the best sort of poll suggestions we can all make.
Stick with Cubed3 for further updates...
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L58 Hylian Knight
Kyubi Ricky said:
this is the worst channel yet
this is the worst channel yet
Killjoy.
Woooooooo!!!
Sex is bad. Sex is a Sin. Sins are forgiven so stick it in!
9415
L100 C3 Master
It's basically poles you would find on websites a little bit of causal fun, nothing wrong with that.
XBL Gamertag: James2t3
XBL Gamertag: James2t3
has left the building.
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L72 Samus
Not a bad idea. It'd be much more interesting if they could perhaps include the odd serious question (perhaps concerning VC/peripherals/future releases/channels/requests/etc) inamongst the fluff. But I'm all for casual fun.
Less posty, more gamey.
Less posty, more gamey.
jump for gold
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L52 DK
This is a nice little extra but who is going to bother with it 3 days from now? I havent even touched the news or forecast channel since the day they came out. Its free but I dont care about it.
-Have you any idea what it's like to be a Fembot living in a Manbot's Manputer's world?
-What?
-Have you any idea what it's like to be a Fembot living in a Manbot's Manputer's world?
-What?
Sex is bad. Sex is a Sin. Sins are forgiven so stick it in!
9415L100 C3 Master
Well it's designed like every other poll in that you don't use it all the time 
you vote forget about it, look at it, maby vote again some other time.
XBL Gamertag: James2t3
you vote forget about it, look at it, maby vote again some other time.XBL Gamertag: James2t3
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L2 Toad
totally quirky. only nintendo could come with this.us god bless em.us more of the same please...
'is it ten 2 two already'
Plod, plod, plod, plod, plod, plod, stab, kill, plod, plod, plod...
1314L58 Hylian Knight
artmonkey said:
Not a bad idea. Itd be much more interesting if they could perhaps include the odd serious question (perhaps concerning VC/peripherals/future releases/channels/requests/etc) inamongst the fluff. But Im all for casual fun.
Not a bad idea. Itd be much more interesting if they could perhaps include the odd serious question (perhaps concerning VC/peripherals/future releases/channels/requests/etc) inamongst the fluff. But Im all for casual fun.
I think the serious stuff will come later. They will secretly include a question every now and then that will, without your knowledge, divulge all your secret information which they can manipulate for their own benefit!
Yay Nintendo!
Woooooooo!!!
Operations Director, Senior Editor
My poll suggestion today was:
'Which Japanese-only VC game do you want to see translated?'
A: Fire Emblem IV
B: Super Mario Picross
I think lots of other people should do similar stuff, like 'Which Square Enix game should make the VC?' A: Chrono Trigger or B: Dragon Quest VI
Adam Riley [ Operations Director :: Senior Editor :: Cubed3 Limited ]
Word of Adam | Voice123 Profile | AdamC3 on Twitter
'Which Japanese-only VC game do you want to see translated?'
A: Fire Emblem IV
B: Super Mario Picross
I think lots of other people should do similar stuff, like 'Which Square Enix game should make the VC?' A: Chrono Trigger or B: Dragon Quest VI
Adam Riley [ Operations Director :: Senior Editor :: Cubed3 Limited ]
Word of Adam | Voice123 Profile | AdamC3 on Twitter
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10036L100 C3 Master
Yep, that's my plan, try and make them release games! 
A campaign to release Rhythm Tengoku should be started on there...
A campaign to release Rhythm Tengoku should be started on there...
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L91 Wario
Mass suggestions (yes or no questions):
Do you want a messaging channel (similiar to Pictochat)?
Do you want the Opera browser to have tabs?
Do you want a demo/trailer channel?
Do you want polls with more than two options?
I'm about to go download it and then put up some suggestions.
Do you want a messaging channel (similiar to Pictochat)?
Do you want the Opera browser to have tabs?
Do you want a demo/trailer channel?
Do you want polls with more than two options?
I'm about to go download it and then put up some suggestions.
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"If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone." Romans 12:18
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4122L91 Wario
Tried to download it today but for some reason i can't get a connection.
I am sure i will be able to download it 2moro.
So far seems like a great idea, as Mason said stuff like campaigns doe titles to be released on the VC or games like Earthbound to be released globally.
Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he [Richard Ashcroft] promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the cliché. They were the statement and the definition."
I am sure i will be able to download it 2moro.
So far seems like a great idea, as Mason said stuff like campaigns doe titles to be released on the VC or games like Earthbound to be released globally.
Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he [Richard Ashcroft] promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the cliché. They were the statement and the definition."
Sex is bad. Sex is a Sin. Sins are forgiven so stick it in!
9415L100 C3 Master
My question was: Who do you prefer, Sonic or Mario?
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Blade2t3 said:
My question was: Who do you prefer, Sonic or Mario?
My question was: Who do you prefer, Sonic or Mario?
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2289L72 Samus
What I mean is, this is a great, direct way for Nintendo to get in touch with their consumers. Future polls could be about important stuff, like Wii breakdown issues, future Wii colors, or your opionion on a delayed game. This has a alot of potental.
For a good example, the Xbox 360's Ring of Death issue. The only easy to find out how many Xboxs were affected were online polls. But anyone could vote, the polls could be hacked, etc. If a issue happened with the Wii, Nintendo could quickly find out how many people were affected or whatever.
For a good example, the Xbox 360's Ring of Death issue. The only easy to find out how many Xboxs were affected were online polls. But anyone could vote, the polls could be hacked, etc. If a issue happened with the Wii, Nintendo could quickly find out how many people were affected or whatever.
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L12 Kremling
I really like this channel and before I even answered the polls, I submitted my own "Do you think Nintendo should release a Demo channel" ..
Interesting to note that the blokes like Fried eggs more than the ladies
Interesting to note that the blokes like Fried eggs more than the ladies
There are 10 types of people in the world: Those that understand binary and those that don't ..
117L12 Kremling
I think it's a good idea. It's free and fun, what more could you ask (realistically 
)? I go on every time a new question comes up and the results come in. I'm only on it for about 5 mins, it's not supposed to be absolutely fantastic, but I think it's a nice little feature.
)? I go on every time a new question comes up and the results come in. I'm only on it for about 5 mins, it's not supposed to be absolutely fantastic, but I think it's a nice little feature.Pro-Sonic, anti-Fagio (Mario)
1300L58 Hylian Knight
Kyubi Ricky said:
this is the worst channel yet
this is the worst channel yet
The mans right, don't try justafying it cus its Nintendo or its free, its still a big steaming pile of wank. Although saying that I did enjoy sending a suggested question to them. Which do you prefer 'Wii or 360?'
Enoch Powell was right, and you know it.
117L12 Kremling
What do people actually expect from Nintendo's Channels? I'm intrigued...
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hi there you are right my poll question wich ds sysytem you like better dsi or the new 3DS
on 21.04.2010 at 05:09
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