Check Mii Out Channel

Check Mii Out Channel
Also known as: Mii Contest Channel (EU) Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Wii Released internationally: November 17, 2007 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

This game is defunct. Do note the game no longer works at all without modifications. This is most likely due to the game's servers being shut down (as of June 28, 2013). As a result, further official developments with the game are unlikely to happen.

Share your Miis with the world! Enter contests!...well, not anymore. But at the time, it was pretty fun. If you didn't mind losing to several hundred cut-and-pasted Miis that looked exactly the same, that is.

This channel was discontinued on June 28, 2013. However, it is possible to restore functionality by installing WiiLink.

To do: Build dates of the other versions. An internal documents in the a Wii Sports Resort folder in the 2020-09-20 Nintendo leaks.

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English Translation Differences There's a LOT of text differences.

Unused Graphics

content4\Test\Layout\testContest.arc.szs, present within 00000004.app, has two images for testing contest graphics.

Unused Models

content4\PickUp\G3D\sample.brres.szs, also present within 00000004.app, has a model of a human, as well as its textures from the NintendoWare SDK. There are 3 animations for it; one for jumping, running, and walking.

Build Date

Present in timestamp.txt:

EU v3	JP v1	JP v3	US v3
2008/01/23 14:03 -	2007/10/29 22:29 -	2008/01/23 14:00 -	2008/01/23 14:01 -

These can be seen in the main menu by using a hidden button combination.

Unused Text

00000001.app has some lines probably used in a debug menu for the channel.

Debug Save Data Access
Debug Menu
Rare Message Check
Safety Frame
Save Data Clear
All Your Base
Debug Print
Debug See Result
Debug Contest Off Limit
Save Data Clear
DLBox NwcScript Clear

In the same file, there's also a path to a pre-built NAND release version of a test of the Virtual Console Manual Viewer on someone's computer.

c:\vcmv\vcmvtest.bin\VcmvTestN.elf

Debugging Functions

Build Display

Oddly not stubbed out in release builds of the channel is a hidden display for the product build date and version that can be enabled using the following button combination on the Wii Remote held vertically while in the main menu: A, B, Down (D-Pad), 1, 2, Up (D-Pad), -, +, - and +. It outputs data in this format:

YYYY/MM/DD RT V

YYYY is the year, MM is the month, DD is the day, R is the region, T is the type and V is the version. For example, UF is US Final.

Regional Differences

Save File Banners and Icons

Japan	International

Japan	International

• The color of the Mii icons were changed to a lighter color in the International version.
• The Japanese version is stored in content4/Basic/SaveBanner/saveBanner_JP.szs.
• The International version is stored in content4/Basic/SaveBanner/saveBanner_US_EU.szs.