Nintendo Channel allows automated transmission of non-confidential user info

How would you feel if something “talked” about you to Nintendo while you were asleep? Oh, don’t worry. That something won’t reveal any confidential information about you – only what you choose to let it reveal. We’re talking about Nintendo’s newest channel, of course, as well as the company’s info reporting service. More automation ensues in the full article after the jump.

Customer service seems to be taking an interesting turn as far as Nintendo is concerned. For instance, if you’d rather not go through the hassle of reporting stuff directly to the company, you can always have the new Nintendo Channel do it for you.

This is how it works: just agree to the terms and conditions stated in the “Data Sharing Settings” under the Nintendo Channel settings. Once you agree to them, the following categories of information will be sent to the company every time you start up the said channel, among others:

• a summary of your play history (“Today’s Accomplishments”)
• your Wii console settings
• your Wii remote settings

Alternatively, you may opt to manually and anonymously share your opinions regarding various games by entering and submitting responses to questions posed by the company. The purpose of these options is for Nintendo to gather data for game recommendations and for the improvement of the company’s services.

Note that Nintendo is only asking for non-personal information. All of the information that you submit via the channel will be non-identifiable and anonymous, unless you have your Wii account linked to your My Nintendo account.  For a more comprehensive listing of exactly what kind of info will be transmitted to Nintendo, just click on the source link below.