Nintendo has been acting awfully naughty these past two days. First, they released the Nintendo Channel without any warning or press release. Second, they’re using the channel to not only give you goods and services on upcoming Nintendo titles, but also as a means to see what you’re doing, even when you’re offline. Basically, if you opt to send data to Nintendo, they’ll be asking for a bit more than what games you’re playing. What exactly are you sending them? Pretty much anything Wii related; from the position of your sensor bar, television preferences, your means of internet connectivity (wireless, AOSS, etc), to minuscule things such as whether or not you choose to have your Wii disc slot illuminate when you receive messages.
Of course you can opt out of this option, but then you wouldn’t be able to enjoy the DS Download Service. A bit unfair, no?
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