Nintendo rep: Microphone Add-on for the Wii is possible
While nothing’s confirmed yet, there could be chance of a microphone add-on for the Nintendo Wiimote headed our way. This not-quite-rumor comes from a response from a Nintendo Customer Service representative when e-mailed about the audio translator chip recently found in the motion-tracking wands of pure happy. His response, verbatim:
While the chip is there, there is no inherent microphone function in the Wii Remote. Even the article you link to says it’s not used yet. However, you never know what the future holds for new accessories that would attach much like the nunchuk! We’ve created a microphone accessory for the Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, and built one into the Nintendo DS/DS Lite, so it goes to reason we might think ahead in case we ever want to build one for the Wii! Keep an eye on http://www.nintendo.com for official information.
As you can see, despite the vague way he said it, he hints that there MIGHT be a microphone add-on to the Wiimote on the works, one that will hopefully take advantage of this unused bit of technological magic. After all, they did it with almost all their products, it’d be a shame if they didn’t make one for the Wii. Talk about letting such potential go to waste.
While nothing’s confirmed yet, there could be chance of a microphone add-on for the Nintendo Wiimote headed our way. This not-quite-rumor comes from a response from a Nintendo Customer Service representative when e-mailed about the audio translator chip recently found in the motion-tracking wands of pure happy. His response, verbatim:
While the chip is there, there is no inherent microphone function in the Wii Remote. Even the article you link to says it’s not used yet. However, you never know what the future holds for new accessories that would attach much like the nunchuk! We’ve created a microphone accessory for the Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, and built one into the Nintendo DS/DS Lite, so it goes to reason we might think ahead in case we ever want to build one for the Wii! Keep an eye on http://www.nintendo.com for official information.
As you can see, despite the vague way he said it, he hints that there MIGHT be a microphone add-on to the Wiimote on the works, one that will hopefully take advantage of this unused bit of technological magic. After all, they did it with almost all their products, it’d be a shame if they didn’t make one for the Wii. Talk about letting such potential go to waste.
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