7-15 Wiimotes on One Console?

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ssj12 said:

BenKenobi88 said:
Uh...there's lots of times where more than 4 people want to play Wii when we do...

But I'm fine with 4 players...it is kinda strange that 4 players has been the accepted maximum in-house player amount for so many videogame generations though...why don't consoles have like, 8 ports? Mario Party would rock with 8 players, and of course racing games would... (I'm excluding online play, just in-house)

its not limited by the number of players, its limited to screen-size, and the consoles ability to handle that many people on screen through split screen. Yes there would be some games like Mario Party which you dont always need split screen but most games you do. And most consoles cant handle more then 4 screens.

 

Also we are talking IR vs BlueTooth. IR can support more but the signal between will weaken. BlueTooth is limited currently to 7 devices, but all have the same signal strength.

Perhaps I am missreading your post, but it seems you are saying there might be a problem with the IR portion of the Wii-Mote setup with more than 4 Wii-Motes. This doesn't really make sense though since the IR LEDs in the sensor bar are not actually transmitting data. All that needs to happen for the IR portion to work properly is for the IR camera to see the LEDs. This shouldn't weaken the LED signal any more than observing a light bulb weakens its output (which is to say it doesn't weaken it all). The data about the position of the IR LEDs is transmitted back to the Wii over the bluetooth connection.