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    Rev Wii Dashboard Emerges

    Nintendo has gotten round to showing what you can expect from the increasingly interesting front end of its new home console, the Wii, with games old and new, and entertainment and community features coming together to form a big squishy, happy Nintendo-ey world you might never want to leave.

    Joystiq picked up on recent developer interviews that touted more functionality than was widely expected, with the Wii emerging as a fully viable home communications hub:

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    Stores user achievement data and shares it will other users of that console
    Integrates with games to alert players of important events; e.g. "Concert next Saturday in town" (Animal Crossing)
    Utilizes date sorting and calendar integration
    When connected to the internet, can be linked to other consoles' Message Boards to exchange notes, data, screenshots, etc. (in other words: simplified email client)
    Compatible with mobile phones

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    Data collection function, which cannot be cleared
    Compiles total amount of playtime (and possibly other stats) for every game played
    Doubles as a monitoring system for parents wanting to keep a watchful eye on their kids' gaming habits
    Will be used by Nintendo (with user consent) to pool data into useful statistical categories; i.e. "most played game of the year"

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    you could already see the dashboard at www.wii.com

    but this is great news!

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    I'm sure some of that will be hacked later...

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    will u be able to have music on it?

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    Aw man! I can't wait!

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    I'm sure some of that will be hacked later...
    true, its got wi-fi!!!!! and an opera browser!!!!!

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