Will the Wiimote have a microphone in it? • Gaming • Wii • Eurogamer.net

evilashchris 9 Aug 2006 14:24:51 7,785 posts
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Surely this is such an obvious idea, singstar out of the box=massive sales? Just wondering if anyone has heard anything similar really..

brutal 9 Aug 2006 14:31:03 883 posts
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it has a speaker, which im im not mistaken is essentially exactlly the same as a mic? It would just require teh console to be built for it to be both.

Given the DS has a liny little mic, i would be amazed if there was not a seperate mic though

DaveT 9 Aug 2006 15:11:37 309 posts
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Youthist wrote:

brutal wrote:
it has a speaker, which im im not mistaken is essentially exactlly the same as a mic? It would just require teh console to be built for it to be both.

Given the DS has a liny little mic, i would be amazed if there was not a seperate mic though

you think a speaker is the same as a mic? lol - Naice!

Well, technically it is. I've used really really shitty microphones as speakers.

A dynamic microphone is the same a s a speaker in that they are both EM coils attached to a microphone, so can be used either way.

spindizzy 9 Aug 2006 15:15:53 7,755 posts
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Yep. The basic mechanics behind both are the same and you can definitely use a standard* small speaker as a mic ... much like you can use electric motors as dynamos and vice-versa. Done it many times.

*Piezo-electric (sp?) speakers wouldn't work I'd guess.

Flightrisker 9 Aug 2006 15:17:18 18,139 posts
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@youthist

It is, I used a set of headphones as a mic in a college project

Youthist 9 Aug 2006 15:19:40 14,724 posts
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well bugger me sideways. I am going to start to talk into my hi-fi system, see what happens!
er and delete my initial post!

Edited by Youthist at 15:19:52 09-08-2006

Youthist 9 Aug 2006 15:20:08 14,724 posts
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Flightrisker 9 Aug 2006 15:22:05 18,139 posts
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Youthist wrote:

er and delete my initial post!

It's already quoted

evilashchris 10 Aug 2006 12:57:18 7,785 posts
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well bloody ell! speakers as mics? the worlds gone mad i tells you! Nice to know thoughm cheers!

Tonka 10 Aug 2006 13:14:55 31,980 posts
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Flightrisker wrote:
@ youthist

It is, I used a set of headphones as a mic in a college project

I did that at a party once. A girl started MCing (if that's a word) really bad and we all had a laugh. It was great.

Salaman 10 Aug 2006 13:21:08 24,162 posts
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Well isn't the Wii going to have some sort of online element and a friend list and what not. Sort of like Xbox Live I'd assume.

Surely you'll want to be able to chat to yout friends/opponents whislt you play online together.

It'd better have a mic!

djchump 10 Aug 2006 13:40:17 4,463 posts
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TBH - I think it's more likely they'll do a wireless headset. Having a mic in the controller would be too awkward to try and speak into it while you play a game at the same time - it'd be like having a mic in a PS2 pad, you'd have to keep raising it to your face to speak into it.
Acutall, it'd be worse than that as the Wiimote is motion-sensitive, so it'd be impossible to raise the controller to your mouth to speak without making it impossible to play the game - e.g. think trying to aim and shoot in an online FPS while at the same time bringing the aiming controller to your mouth to speak ;-)

Tiger_Walts 10 Aug 2006 13:46:04 16,674 posts
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A proper mic head that slots into the remote would be the kind of thing to sell with a Singstar-alike.

Ignatius_Cheese Moderator 10 Aug 2006 14:32:22 11,104 posts
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To be blunt, no it won't. This has already been confirmed by Nintendo. However, they are not ruling out a wireless headset/microphone.

evilashchris 10 Aug 2006 15:56:40 7,785 posts
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way to kill my thread!

(oh, and ta!)

Ignatius_Cheese Moderator 10 Aug 2006 16:19:05 11,104 posts
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evilashchris wrote:
way to kill my thread! (oh, and ta!)

However... It would have been a good idea. The reasoning behind not putting one in the Wiimote was due to the effect it would have on the production costs of the controller. Saying that, it would be better to have a specific controller (a la the Singstar microphone) to ensure it is made of quality components. The DS mic isn't exactly of the highest standard now is it...

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Flightrisker 11 Aug 2006 01:06:09 18,139 posts
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Surely it would be a no-brainer for online chat without games.

Speaker in the top, mic in the bottom and het presto it becomes a phone.

bigbadbeasty 11 Aug 2006 09:18:16 126 posts
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The controller that does everything- wow!

Change the TV channel?

Cut bread?

Paper weight?

Maybe even play games?

VinculumGate 8 May 2007 19:55:08 545 posts
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