Wii Menu

The Wii Menu (sometimes called (Wii) System Menu) is the top level menu interface of the Wii console. It has 4 pages each with a 4×3 grid and each displaying the current time and date. Channels & WiiWares and Virtual Console games are displayed in a grid and navigated using the Wii Remote. The channels on the grid can be moved (except for the Disc Channel) in the 47 channel slots. By pressing the +/- or D-Pad buttons the pages can be switched.

Channels[]

Disc Channel[]

Main article: Disc Channel
This built-in to the Wii Menu and it is the primary way to play Wii and GameCube titles from supported discs inserted into the console.

Banner types[]

Normal Banner - A Wii game banner will play and the Start button is available
No Disc Inserted - A grey disc with a question mark appears
GameCube Banner - A GameCube banner will show with the startup sound
Wii System Update - If your Wii is not updated and a new game is inserted it will replace the Disc Channel with this banner

Stock Channels[]

Main article: :Category:Channels

Wii Options[]

In the Wii Options there is Data Management and Wii Settings

Data Management[]

The Wii channels, GameCube and Wii game save data can be found here and transferred or copied to the SD Card.

Wii Settings[]

Wii System Settings are found here such as Display, Network, Parent Controls, Formatting, WiiConnect24, etc.

Startup Settings[]

If the Wii is starting up for the first time or if it was factory resetted, it will boot into the startup settings configuration.

Message Board[]

The Wii Message Board is always under the Wii channels, It is a board for personal notes, mailing users, and receiving images from Photo Channel and certain Wii games. Wii Mail is used often in the Message Board.

Mail Types[]

Today's Accomplishments - Letter with the day's records of letter sent and channels/games played
Game Letters - Letters sent to the user that requested an image or information. (Example: Mario Kart Wii celebration photo, Super Mario Galaxy Star Sheet)
- Some games have custom letter themes (Example: Mario Kart Wii & Animal Crossing: City Folk)
Channel Letters - Letters sent to the user if they are asked to post it to the Message Board. (Example: Photo Channel)
Notice Letters - Letters informing the user of new channels or important changes. (Example: YouTube is here! or WiiConnect24 is discontinued)
User letters - Wii Mail letters exchanged by a user and a person; the sender can also attach a Mii to the letter

SD Card Menu[]

The SD Card Menu is a side of Wii Menu for digital content stored on the SD Card, it uses the Wii system memory to boot up a game temporarily instead of the content being stored on it at all times. In the Wii Settings the SD Card Menu Data can be found, which repents the last game is played. The SD Card channel will immediately boot if it already has data for the channel.

About[]

Trivia[]

The Wii Menu is not the operating system; it is just a launcher for titles with access to the Message Board and Options.
The Disc Channel's banner and thumbnail is built-in to the Wii Menu
There was once a plan for channel time limits, this would've been most likely used for game demos.
In the Japanese Wii Settings, there is leftover options to have the Wii Remote be set to control the TV.
During the Wii Menu's early days (1.x?) online channels (such as the News and Forecast) were stubs and had to be updated

References[]

↑ NOTE: In Dolphin it is known as 0000000100000002, in the Wii System Memory it is stored in /title/00000001/00000002/, making 00000002 the ID.

[1] NOTE: In Dolphin it is known as 0000000100000002, in the Wii System Memory it is stored in /title/00000001/00000002/, making 00000002 the ID.

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