Bad news on wii speak your stuck with it forever

Well it seems that when u install wii speak ur stuck with that one forever, here is the news

I'm sure you all know of Wii Speak by now, it's the peripheral that can be used with Animal Crossing: City Folk. But there's something odd you should know about it. Straight from Gizmodo, once you buy or recieve a Wii Speak, it's chained to you forever. Wii Speak comes with a 16 character code with allows you to download the Wii Speak channel. That's just it. You only get this code ONCE. If you lose it, sucks for you. Also, this means that when you use the code, this thing will basically be unable to be sold. You can't even buy it to replace an old one, because Wii Speak only works on the Wii that the Wii Speak channel was originally downloaded on.

I'm not saying that Wii Speak is a horrible thing, I'm just saying one of two things. As soon as you get your code, download Wii Speak. And NEVER buy a secondhand Wii Speak. Is Nintendo trying to limit secondhand sales because it makes no money from it? Nintendo is already ahead in the "Console Race", does it need the unnecessary boost at it's consumer's expense? Or is it just trying to stop people from reselling a bundled Wii Speak to prevent any would be loss of profit? Either way, Nintendo, it's my Wii speak, and I'll it if I want to.

So that sucks so just take really good care of it.

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I for one wouldn't want to get rid of my Wii Speak. If I bought it, I wouldn't sell it. I see how this could anger people, but I don't trust used products because anything could have happened to them.

Anything...just think of the possibilities...

Wii speak can be used 2 swear and yell at people that will be fun.GamerTron0

only with your friends. Unless a 3rd party developer decides to use it for online.

Anyway i dont really care, im not going to get rid of it.

That's somewhat greedy on their part. They're creating an inconvience for people who have a broken wiispeak/need to buy a new one just to make a few extra bucks.

I already made a thread on this when it was announced, after further thought I can only say....

HOORAY FOR NINTENDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Way to show those second hand sellers that you better go to night school because you wont have a job for long.

Thank our lucky stars that one company is willing to stick it to these places that prey off selling second hand games.

I already made a thread on this when it was announced, after further thought I can only say....

HOORAY FOR NINTENDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Way to show those second hand sellers that you better go to night school because you wont have a job for long.

Thank our lucky stars that one company is willing to stick it to these places that prey off selling second hand games.

Jaysonguy

I agree.

My understanding is that the code is for a channel that can be used in out of game chat.  But, would still work for any game with chat built in (like AC:CF).  If this is correct, then it really shouldn't affect Wii Speak resales.  If I want to talk to someone when I'm not gaming, I believe that's what a telephone is for.  Unless Nintendo provides a way to use the Wii Speak channel while playing any game (backwards compatibility FTW) then it's a garbage channel taking up the precious little space available on the Wii.

absolutely worthless. all this does is cripple the consumer, again.

if it's defective or it breaks (which will happen in many households, period) then we're screwed.

a worthless microphone if this happens. wow, never thought i'd see it. only nintendo can accomplish such a thing.

if it's defective or it breaks (which will happen in many households, period) then we're screwed.

MrUn1t

No

Then you buy a new one, contact Nintendo about the change, and use the working one.

Just like Virtual Console games from the Shop Channel

Not complicated.

Well it seems that when u install wii speak ur stuck with that one forever, here is the news

I'm sure you all know of Wii Speak by now, it's the peripheral that can be used with Animal Crossing: City Folk. But there's something odd you should know about it. Straight from Gizmodo, once you buy or recieve a Wii Speak, it's chained to you forever. Wii Speak comes with a 16 character code with allows you to download the Wii Speak channel. That's just it. You only get this code ONCE. If you lose it, sucks for you. Also, this means that when you use the code, this thing will basically be unable to be sold. You can't even buy it to replace an old one, because Wii Speak only works on the Wii that the Wii Speak channel was originally downloaded on.

I'm not saying that Wii Speak is a horrible thing, I'm just saying one of two things. As soon as you get your code, download Wii Speak. And NEVER buy a secondhand Wii Speak. Is Nintendo trying to limit secondhand sales because it makes no money from it? Nintendo is already ahead in the "Console Race", does it need the unnecessary boost at it's consumer's expense? Or is it just trying to stop people from reselling a bundled Wii Speak to prevent any would be loss of profit? Either way, Nintendo, it's my Wii speak, and I'll it if I want to.

So that sucks so just take really good care of it.

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neji122793

I am not sure why all of the gloom and doom.  I would suspect that if your Wii is linked to your Nintendo account, you can transfer the Wii Speak if you ever needed to replace your Wii.  The same limitation applied to your VC/WiiWare purchases should apply here.  Nintendo isn't trying to screw anybody, but trying to protect their button line.  Let's face it, priracy is now affecting those of us how are honest. 

Like dotWithShoes and Skie7 said, I was under the impression that the code is only required for downloading the Channel which is not necessary to use Wii Speak in-game features.

If that's the case, a number of people will probably be reselling Wii Speak with the code because they, like me and like Skie, view the Channel as simply a space-wasting gimmicky alternative to a telephone. I would really only want it for the convenience of talking to people in-game. So I really don't see how this puts as much as a crimp in second-hand sales.

Way to show those second hand sellers that you better go to night school because you wont have a job for long.

Thank our lucky stars that one company is willing to stick it to these places that prey off selling second hand games.

Jaysonguy