Forecast Channel

Forecast Channel
Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Wii Released internationally: December 19, 2006 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has regional differences. This game has a prerelease article

This game is defunct. Do note the game no longer works at all without modifications. This is most likely due to the game's servers being shut down. As a result, further official developments with the game are unlikely to happen.

The Forecast Channel was a channel made to check the latest forecast, and also allowed you to see worldwide forecasts by spinning the Earth until it explodes!

This channel was discontinued on June 28, 2013.

File Path

There's a file path present in banner.rso.lz7 in 00000005.app:

c:\home\wii\proj\album\Weather\build\rso\banner\bin\RVL\Final\banner.plf

Regional Differences

Weather Icons

In TPLWeather.tpl.LZ, you can find different weather icons. Although these were visible in both Japanese and International regions, these were used for the corresponding regions. The main difference is that the Japanese weather icon look has a more cartoonish look and the International weather icon look has a more realistic look. Also, the International version has some additional icons.

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Also, the Japanese version uses this arrow in some of the weather forecasts, usually to show there will be a different weather forecast changing in a few hours.

UV Index and Miscellaneous

In weather_layout.arc.LZ, there are a couple of interesting things...

Japan	International

life_b_UV.tpl is on the left, and life_b_UVWW.tpl is on the right.

The Japanese one was changed to reflect its layout.

life_a_laundry.tpl contains this image.

The Japanese version had a laundry check feature, while the international versions didn't.

life_c_pollen.tpl contains this image.

Just like the laundry check feature, the Japanese version had a pollen count feature, while the international versions didn't.

Numbers

In TPLCommon.tpl.LZ, there are some symbols and numbers that are different between the Japanese and International versions.

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International

Clock

In the Japan and European versions of the channel, there's a clock in the top left corner of the screen while using the channel, however they look different.

Japan
Europe

Layouts

In Japan, there's a 7-Day Forecast. Internationally, there's a 5-Day Forecast.

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The 6-Hour Forecast has many differences.

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Ultimately, the panel with the extra weather information such as the wind speed is also very different.

Japan	International

Loading Screen

In the Japanese version of the channel, the loading screen has all of the weather icons on it. In the International version of the channel, the loading screen has the sun weather icon. The background is also a little bit different between both versions.

Japan	International