The Wii Had ONE Weakness: Sunlight

As time marches toward the end of November, things are just looking up for the House of M and their new console. It's just one piece of rose-colored news after another for Nintendo, while Sony seems to be suffering the opposite. However, we've got some interesting news regarding the Wii--we knew that it didn't work under halogen lights, but it turns out that the sensor bar doesn't work in sunlight, either.

From the Nintendo NSider Forums, some info about the September 14th demo event at the New York City Nintendo World store (I used to work there, y'know).

We know that the sensor bar goes all wonky when halogen lights are in the room. But did you know that natural sunlight messes it up too? That's right, if you have the sun beaming right onto the sensor bar, it doesn't work. For about an hour or so, the sun shone right into the store, the two MP3:C kiosks had to have curtains above them, and the Wii Sports Tennis and Shooting Game kiosks were unplayable since they were "shrouded" in sunlight. Later the sun went behind a building, and everything was in working order again. So when you get your Wii, don't play it in the sunlight. Or keep the sensor bar and TV away from the windows.

Well, this shouldn't be a problem--everybody knows gamers don't like sunlight anyway.

Still, if you were planning on having outdoor Wii parties, might wanna reconsider.