Wii to Help Bring You Food
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: wii, food, delivery, system, japan | Themes: Digital Entertainment
With Nintendo’s success in recent sales of the Wii console, it’s not a surprise that many of you are owners of the generation's hottest console. With such health conscious games as Wii-Fit and Wii-Sports, it seems Nintendo is focused on bring healthy gaming to the masses. However, to balance all that exercise is the “Food Delivery Channel” that will be coming to Japan this spring.
The “Food Delivery Channel” is similar to the offerings by other services in North America, such as the Tivo/Pizza Hut system, but the key difference is the shear amount of online options that will be available at launch.
The Wii Channel will use the Demae-can.com online food delivery service, which boasts a selection from regional cuisine such as Japanese, Chinese and Western. There will also be specialized categories such as curry or sushi.
According to Kotaku, special mood music will play during your selection process and will change depending on the category of cuisine you choose. If you cannot decide on your menu item, fear not, there is a random option that will make an appropriate choice for you. There’s no word on if the automated choices are dependent on your Wii-Fit “age.”
The Wii in Japan serves as not only a gaming console but also a media and social hub for your living room. We highly doubt such a service will ever exist in North America or Europe on the Wii, but here's to hoping!
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Wii-Unfit possibly?
'There’s no word on if the automated choices are **defendant** on your Wii-Fit “age.”'
'Dependent' possibly? XD
Here's hoping it comes to the Xbox 360 or the Playstation 3 instead of the 480p blur-machine that is the Wii. I find it hard to believe, in Japan of all places, that pixellated nightmare of an interface is the "media and social hub" of choice. I would like to be able to tell the difference between a california roll and a spring roll before I order asian food, if you don't care about the difference then have fun with your Wii.
@joebob2000
you kids just don't get it do you THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WII THAN CRASHBOX AND PS3 shut up with your lameass talk and get a clue
@captaincharisma
Well put, good sir. The Nintendo marketing machine has ran full steam ahead and suckered millions of old people into buying a dated console since they can't even tell their grandkids apart let alone discern between 480p and 1080p. Then again, having one sixth as many pixels on screen as any other current console isn't a big deal when the games are no more involved than waving a stick-like controller around frantically. The graphics on it are just plain pathetic compared to the 360 or PS3, unless you are using a 27" tube tv from 1998.
In related news, you guys just make trolling way too easy. I have a Wii, and I like it, but some people take this crap way too far.
well apparently you don't know how business works so thats why you fail
@joebob2000 I agree with captaincharisma on this one... Nintendo flat-out said before launch they were choosing to stay 480p for a reason (other than to save money)- there is NO NEED FOR A 1080P MARIO. Also, I HIGHLY DOUBT everyone who owns a 360 or PS3 has it hooked up to a 1080p television. The majority of this country has yet to own one. Maybe in 2 years when the majority of people DO own 1080p televisions, your argument of a 1080p vs 480p system will be of value.
So the 102 Million new LCD TV owners in 2008 *ALONE* (not to mention the hundreds of millions sold prior) are going to be happy watching 480p mario on their 720p (or better) tv?
If you can't tell the difference, that's fine, go hug your Wii. Trying to argue that it simply "has no value" to anyone since your Wii is God's gift to mankind in return for a "great year for Jesus" or whatever your fanboy fanaticism comes from, is just sad.
I agree with Brenden- this a potentially Wii UN-Fit move! haha.
This is a video I just posted yesterday about my own Wii Fit obsession. Thought you might like if you like the Wii as much as I do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DYN7hP-swo