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Wii Hardware \ The Wii remote’s final secret?

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Check this out. This peek into the Wii remote hardware by CNN Money and Fortune 500 magazine reveals an Audio Translator chip on the back of the circuitboad for the remote. The description is as follows:

Audio translator
Manufactured and designed in the Philippines and Japan by Rohm

Function: Converts analog data such as human speech into a digital data stream. This feature is unused now but will probably be employed in future games.

Has there been a microphone in this thing all along? Or at least, the potential for one once a light-on-hardware microphone or headset is plugged into the Wii? While a microphone wouldn’t be a huge revelation (as EA’s Boogie and Disney Interactive’s High School Musical are set to use microphones), the fact that it’s been built in all along would be a huge thing.

PS. Highschool musical is a piece of ****

25/06/2007

Perth

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Version2 says:

At least you said High School Musical is worse than crap. That would be awesome if there was a microphone inside.

25/06/2007

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Reality is just a virtual concept

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Dante_10 says:

Wow although i hate the high school musical i never knew the wii-mote was capable of such monstrosity

25/06/2007

Sydney, NSW

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Dante_10 says:

sorry double post

25/06/2007

Sydney, NSW

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gokhan says:

If there's the potential for a microphone in there, why is Boogie coming out with it's own microphone then?

25/06/2007

Mario Kart Wii

Melbourne, Victoria

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d0mino says:

Im sure it will be an add on mic that goes in the nunchuck slot.

25/06/2007

brisbane

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gokhan says:

But the picture shows a full mic...

25/06/2007

Mario Kart Wii

Melbourne, Victoria

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DarkEnemy says:

Always had a suspicion Nintendo wouldnt leave out a mic from the wiimote

25/06/2007

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Sydney

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BundyDanger says:

WHere's the full mic?? Isn't that just the speaker on the remote?

25/06/2007

Super Mario Galaxy

Placid Hills, Queensland

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headofwfc says:

looks good. microphone on wii would be so awesome

talking to people online before and after your match in strikers mario!

25/06/2007

Sydney

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gokhan says:

25/06/2007

Mario Kart Wii

Melbourne, Victoria

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headofwfc says:

cool but is that wii?

25/06/2007

Sydney

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gokhan says:

25/06/2007

Mario Kart Wii

Melbourne, Victoria

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headofwfc says:

wow cool i like front cover!

Release Dates:

United States August 7
Europe August 31

Probably usb mic or something like that.

25/06/2007

Sydney

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BundyDanger says:

I think it's a wireless mic

25/06/2007

Super Mario Galaxy

Placid Hills, Queensland

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BeNo29 says:

I love Nintendo secrets

25/06/2007

Melbourne, Victoria

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jinzzz says:

d0mino said: Im sure it will be an add on mic that goes in the nunchuck slot.

There should be a microphone via USB on the back of the Wii which is wireless. I wanna play mario strikers with a mic (****, just realised they can't implement that anymore).

eh

25/06/2007

sydney, australia

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DNOONEY says:

Guitar Hero + Mic = Singer Song Writter Hero

25/06/2007

HOLLYWOOOD, California

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DNOONEY says:

25/06/2007

HOLLYWOOOD, California

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hainaku says:

Nintendo is secretly recording your conversations using the secret microphone of the remote, and sends it out via the wireless link. This is how it knows what it's customers think of the Wii, and how to improve the product.

of course i'm talking total bullcrap.

25/06/2007

Okami

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hellspice says:

hainaku said:

of course i'm talking total bullcrap.

dang ! i just wrapped my wiimotes in foil

25/06/2007

Guitar Hero III

ACT

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MattyD says:

Bundy, I wish it was a wireless mic, but look at the pic above. We have cable

I hope we have the capability of adding another mic for some duet action.

25/06/2007

Sydney, Australia

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spyke says:

for those they do not know already the mic provided with boogie is usb. two players is possible because there is 2 usb ports. if the game provides 2 player functionality is another thing tho.

25/06/2007

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Top 25 Brawler in [NSW]

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MattyD says:

I take it the mic that comes with boogie is a third party peripheral anyway (it's EA branded). So who knows what Nintendo themselves have in store for coming games.

25/06/2007

Sydney, Australia

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