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The Everybody Votes Channel start screen

The Everybody Votes Channel is a Wii Channel that allows users to vote in simple opinion polls and compare and contrast opinions with those of friends, family and people across the globe.

The Everybody Votes Channel was available from February 13, 2007, although it was not officially announced as available until the next day. Its release came as a surprise, as Nintendo made no announcement regarding it until after it was available for download.^[1] It is currently available for free download in the Wii Ware/Wii Software section of the Wii Shop Channel.

Features

The Everybody Votes Channel features general poll questions for users to answer. Three regional questions are offered, as well as one or more global polls; after a set period of time, a question closes and is replaced by another one. New regional questions are posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Global questions are due to be posted twice a month, although to launch the channel two worldwide questions were released in quick succession.^[2] When accessing the main page of the Everybody Votes Channel, users are initally greeted with the current open polls and have the opportunity to vote with a registered Mii.

Users are able to register a total of six different players on each Wii console using Miis to represent individuals in the household. The Channel records all of the votes cast by a player and allows them to compare their own opinions with those of their family.

Within hours of a poll closing, the results of the poll are made available. Vote ratios for each question are displayed on the Channel using Miis to represent different votes. Furthermore, a geographic breakdown is shown of which options were most popular in different areas - for example, a UK user will be shown results for Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. These results are displayed on a map, with color coding indicating which option received the majority vote in each region. The color is a deeper shade if the majority is more pronounced.

The previous twelve polls that a user has voted on are archived so that they can check back on them after the polls have closed.^[3]

In addition to casting a vote, users can also predict the outcome of the poll. Every correct prediction will be added to the player’s profile and used to calculate how "tuned in" he or she is with general public opinion, which is shown in the "How Tuned In Are You?" section.

Suggest a Question

The Suggest a Question section allows players to suggest a poll question along with two possible answers to the question that they would like to see on the service. Each player is allowed one suggestion per day; Nintendo then takes each question into consideration, and chooses the best to use in future polls.

Reception

IGN's Mark Bozon said "As a quick time-waster, Everybody Votes is a decent addition to the Wii console", but added that it does not add serious lasting power to the Wii. Criticism was directed at the small number of polls to get into, as well as the fact that there are only two options per question.^[4] However, previews of other polls in the tutorial indicate that up to four answers may be available for some questions.

References

^ Nintendo Players - Nintendo Unleashes 'Everybody Votes' Channel
^ Nintendo Pressroom. "Nintendo News: Nintendo Launches Everybody Votes Channel for Wii", Nintendo Pressroom, 2007-02-14. Retrieved on February_14, 2007.
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^ Into the Everybody Votes Channel IGN. Retrieved on February 17 2007.

External links

Official Wii channels website

[1] Nintendo Players - Nintendo Unleashes 'Everybody Votes' Channel

[2] Nintendo Pressroom. "Nintendo News: Nintendo Launches Everybody Votes Channel for Wii", Nintendo Pressroom, 2007-02-14. Retrieved on February_14, 2007.

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[4] Into the Everybody Votes Channel IGN. Retrieved on February 17 2007.

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 Users are able to register a total of six different players on each Wii console using Miis to represent individuals in the household. The Channel records all of the votes cast by a player and allows them to compare their own opinions with those of their family.
-Within hours of a poll closing, the results of the poll are made available. Vote ratios for each question are displayed on the Channel using Miis to represent different votes.  Furthermore, a geographic breakdown is shown of which options were most popular in different areas - for example, a UK user will be shown results for [[Scotland]], [[England]], [[Wales]], [[Northern Ireland]] and the [[Isle of Man]].  These results are displayed on a map, with colour coding indicating which option received the majority vote in each region.  The colour is a deeper shade if the majority is more pronounced.
+Within hours of a poll closing, the results of the poll are made available. Vote ratios for each question are displayed on the Channel using Miis to represent different votes. Furthermore, a geographic breakdown is shown of which options were most popular in different areas - for example, a UK user will be shown results for [[Scotland]], [[England]], [[Wales]], [[Northern Ireland]] and the [[Isle of Man]]. These results are displayed on a map, with color coding indicating which option received the majority vote in each region. The color is a deeper shade if the majority is more pronounced.
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 === Suggest a Question ===
 The Suggest a Question section allows players to suggest a poll question along with two possible answers to the question that they would like to see on the service. Each player is allowed one suggestion per day; Nintendo then takes each question into consideration, and chooses the best to use in future polls.
-=== Worldwide polls ===
-The Everybody Votes Channel also features worldwide poll questions. Worldwide polls are posted twice a month and run for approximately two weeks, with live result updates appearing within hours after the vote closes. Miis are used to illustrate the global vote ratio and a bar graph shows the results for each different country globally.  Players can sort these results by vote percentage, country or in order of prediction accuracy.
 ==Reception==