Nintendo announced that the new Wii Speak accessory and Wii Speak Channel will be launched for Wii across Europe on December 5th, 2008. Wii Speak can be connected directly to the console and pick up the conversations from an entire room of people. The new Wii Speak Channel, accessed from the Wii’s main menu, allows up to four console users to connect together and chat or share pictures and text messages at no extra cost. Users have to share their private Friend Codes to be able to communicate with each other.