So I had a bunch of people over to play today, most of which had their own Wii. The people who came over who had their own also brought their own remotes so 1) we would have at least 4 the whole time even if people left and 2) so they could use their Mii.
When there were just four remotes in the apartment, things worked just fine. As soon as the fifth one entered the apartment, things started messing up. The fifth one in the apartment just couldn't really connect and the other four weren't having any problems at all. We tried everything to get that fifth one to connect (since it had a Mii on it) but had absolutely no luck. We tried the reconnect through the menu, we tried all sorts of syncing, moving the fourth remote out of range, and even tried new battaries. Nothing.
The only way we were able to get the Wii to recognize that fifth persons remote was to take the battaries out of one of the other remotes. After that, it worked fine.
So if you ever have four remotes near your Wii and someone else brings theirs and wants to use it, you have to take the battaries out of one of the other remotes in order for the new one to recognized.
I can see a new business popping up for creating boxes that don't allow wireless signals through, designed for the new generation of wireless controllers.
maybe cuz ur not supposed to have 5 people playing a game ever so the wii doesnt let u connect 5. and also when u turn off the wiimote, the wii still recognizes that its there so its easier to reconnect. thats prolly why u still couldnt connect the fifth. i dont know why it didnt work when you took one out of range though. or why taking out batteries helped. o well.
maybe cuz ur not supposed to have 5 people playing a game ever so the wii doesnt let u connect 5. and also when u turn off the wiimote, the wii still recognizes that its there so its easier to reconnect. thats prolly why u still couldnt connect the fifth. i dont know why it didnt work when you took one out of range though. or why taking out batteries helped. o well.
Wasn't trying to have 5 people playing a game, just had 4 remotes in the apartment and a fifth walked in with a Mii we wanted to use. We even tried using the controller menu that actually disconnects all the controllers and you have to reconnect them all. The only way we got that fifth controller that walked in was just to remove the battaries from one of the previous four.
I assume one of those boxes that blocks signals would work, I just couldn't walk far enough in my apartment to block the signal (could go through 4 walls).
Just a little heads up for people that plan to have a bunch of people together that all have their own remotes.
u dont sync the new controllers, if u read the manual u can temporarily have your friend's controllers go on the system until you turn it off
u go to wii options, and then go to the wii-mote setting and click "one time mode" I think its called that
anyways if u do that their wii mote will work on your system until u turn it off
nifty!!
plus if u just wanna transfer mii's u don't have to do that, just go to the mii channel, click transfer mii's, and then press 1 & 2 on your friend's controller at the same time, wait about 5-10 seconds and then the wiimote will be on the system for u to transfer the mii
its so simple
P.S. I me, my twin, my little brother, and my dad made mii's and they are really acurate!!!!! I love it!!! and suprisingly, my dad loves the wii (he's 55 years old) and my mom want to play it tomorrow!!!
Basically, to me that's almost like trying to plug in a 5th controller into the gamecube, the system is just simply not made to support a 5th. Because technically, you were trying to use the 5th because you were trying to get the controller to come in contact with the Wii. Just like when you want to plug in a different controller in gamecube, take one out and put the other in.
It just seems like common sense to me. Am I missing something???
Thanks for the heads-up man. I'm getting my Wii really soon, and all my friends are big Wii fanatics, and I would like to have them all over at one point in time.
I noticed that when I play with my friend only using two Wiimotes and my friend leaves, his Wiimote doesn't turn off. Let's say I continue playing using the 1st Wiimote and no one is using the 2nd Wiimote, the 2nd one won't turn off unless I shut down the Wii. This could have possibly been the problem. The Wii still recognized that four were connected even though one wasn't being used or out of range. A reset would do the trick thought it might be a pain.
Ever since any of the reviewers have had a Wii to test they warned us about this. People should know better by now.
It shouldn't be a big deal, considering I don't even have more than four people to play at one time anyway.