DS connectivity feature found in Mii Channel

[thelocaluk]

Apparently for over a year the Mii Channel has held a secret: DS connectivity. It relates to a game DS Personal Trainer: Walking (Aruite Wakaru Seikatsu Rhythm DS) not out in EU yet, but our Wiis are apparently ready to connect to it. You can unlock the DS connection feature in your own Mii Channel right now, by pressing A, B, 1, and then holding 2. The Wii will start looking for DS systems nearby capable of interfacing with the Mii Channel -- which pretty much means Personal Trainer, into which Miis can be imported. Even if the connection fails, your Mii Channel will now feature a "connect to DS" button.

[huzzellio]

Captainff from Gameov3r saw your post and has tried it. Yep, it worked a treat :D

[munkle]

This sounds intriguing. Good find :)

I'll give it a try when I get home.

[Junior]

Yeah I seen something about this before.
I'll see if I can scoop it up in a bit think it was wikipedia or something.

[kryn1030]

Pointless.

[Junior]

Video game developer Shigeru Miyamoto revealed information regarding the development of Mii during his keynote speech at the Game Developers Conference in 2007. He stated that the current Mii design is based on traditional Japanese wooden dolls (known as "Kokeshi")[2], and also highlighted several stages of the Mii's development process. The idea first appeared for the Famicom Disk System, but confusion over how the idea could be a game halted development.[2] The idea appeared again with the Nintendo 64DD, where the player could edit a 3D character with a wide variety of clothes. Again, however, the project was never furthered.[2] With the release of the Nintendo GameCube the idea was incorporated into Stage Debut, an unreleased game which planned to make use of the e-Reader and a camera attachment, but this idea was also canceled, as those at Nintendo feared there was not really a game to make out of it.[2] The build Miyamoto showed during his conference showed a virtual Miyamoto dancing with some Pikmin upon a stage.

Around the time of the development of the Wii, a separate team at Nintendo were working on a friend registering software for the Nintendo DS.[3] Within the software they were also developing a program where, in a manner similar to the Japanese puzzle game Fukuwarai, the player had to place the different parts of the face onto a drawing of a face. This team, however, was completely unaware of Miyamoto's Mii concept.[3] Eventually the software evolved to allow the player to edit the parts of the face in terms of size and position, in order to make the character look more like a specific person, and was soon shown to Satoru Iwata, president and CEO of Nintendo.[3] The software was then shown to Miyamoto as soon as possible, and eventually the team working on it moved to work with the Nintendo division EAD on the development of the Mii Channel.[3]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Mii_Prototype_for_NES.jpg/200px-Mii_Prototype_for_NES.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/DS_caricature_software.jpg

[coveycom]

Here's a YouTube video showing it in action:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxRtQy_5nQ&eurl=http://www.examiner.com/x-856-Los-Angeles-Video-Games-Examiner~y2008m11d11-WiiDS-feature-found-in-Mii-Channel

[captainff]

Captainff from Gameov3r saw your post and has tried it. Yep, it worked a treat :D

Indeed it did!!

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/captainff/gameov3r/IMG_0143.jpg

[Junior]

Nice one there. I'll try it sometime soon.

Rofl Your mii on your avater scared the ***** out of me when it winked at me I was like wtf??lol

[captainff]

Rofl Your mii on your avater scared the ***** out of me when it winked at me I was like wtf??lol

My work here is done for the day then :D:D:D:D

[Junior]

My work here is done for the day then :D:D:

Lol shouldnt do things like that I started getting scared:(:p