Can I sing into it?

Those looking forward to voice-played games such as Boogie and High School Musical may be interested to know that the Wii-mote has been recently reported to conceal a ‘hidden microphone’.

This news originally started through a CNN article that shows an in depth look at the inside technology of the ‘magic wand’ remote, along with a description of how the inner technology provides a unique gaming experience.

The inside component known as the Audio Translator Chip was described in the
article: "This translates analogue input such as human speech into a digital data stream. The feature is unused now, but will probably be employed in future games".

Whether or not this is an independent feature or something that is used in conjuction with a possible microphone (where the nunchuk would normally be attached) remains to be seen. Certainly it raises interesting questions for future Wii titles and further innovation in gaming with the lil' white box.

Quotes taken from: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/storysupplement/wiiremote/index.htm