Check Mii Out Channel
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, Oceania
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and Japan
Japan
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and Miirame in Spanish
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-speaking countries in Latin America
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, is a channel for the Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
Wii
Wii
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that allows players to share their digital avatars
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, called Mii
Mii
A is a digital avatar used in Nintendo's Wii and Nintendo 3DS gaming consoles. They allow users to capture a likeness of themselves and others. After creating one using the Wii's Mii Channel or the Nintendo 3DS's Mii Maker, they can be used as playable characters in various titles for the...
s, and enter them into popularity contests. It was released worldwide at 12:45 AM UTC on November 12, 2007. It is available free to download from the channels section of the Wii Shop Channel
Wii Shop Channel
The Wii Shop Channel is an online shop for the Wii video game console that allows users to download Virtual Console and WiiWare games, and new channels. Downloading may require redeeming Wii Points. The channel launched with Wii on November 19, 2006...
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Posting Plaza
People are able to submit their Mii(s) for other Mii creators around the world to view. When a Mii is submitted to the Posting Plaza, a twelve-digit entry number is assigned to it (#### - #### - ####), so others can find it using the search function. The submitted Miis are also given two initials by their creator and the Mii's talent. If a person likes that Mii it can be imported to his or her Mii Channel plaza. An imported Mii cannot be edited, but may be used in Wii games that use the Mii interface. People can favorite Miis, and the Mii will be given a rank out of five stars, depending on how many people like the Mii. The artisan is also given a five-star rank.Every month, the Posting Plaza has a "Mii Artisan" ranking section that lasts for the whole month. The first ranking Mii Artisan by the end of the month is declared a "Master Mii Artisan".
Wii Message Board
Check Mii Out is the first Wii channel that uses the Wii message board. When WiiConnect24 is turned on, Nintendo will send a message as soon as new contests begin or when a contest update is available, if the user has set up an Internet connection. If a user doesn't want to receive these messages from Nintendo, he or she can opt out by going to the settings in the Check Mii Out Menu or the opt out button when viewing one of the messages sent to the Wii console.Wii Menu Icon
Scrolling headlines of a contest and a picture above it will appear on the Check Mii Out Channel icon when an update to a contest is available.Highest Mii Ranking Level and Judging eye
These stats are located in the "Mii Artisan Info" section of the Main Menu. The "Highest Mii Ranking" stat shows the highest ranking that the user has ever gotten on a contest, and the "Judging Eye" stat shows the user's most recent ranking for judging. Note that this is the user's most recent judging rank, not the best rank.Contests
The Check Mii Out Channel has new contests going on all the time. Players submit a Mii that they think fits the category, and they are judged by other players.At the end of a contest, a "Level System" is shown on a 1-10 scale (10 being the highest, and 1 the lowest). The Mii that you have created will be running up the mountain. Your Mii will be based on a 1-10 scale, and if it stops at a certain spot (ex: 5th layer), your Mii will be ranked level 5. This system is reverse-scored from the normal games; in other words, 10 is best, and 1 is worst. Your "Eye for Miis" is how you judge other people's Miis. If the ranking of the Miis is high, then you are a great judge. The user is then shown the first place Mii, along with its "Artisan." This leads into the top 50 Miis for the contest, viewable either as a "Parade" or "Arranged".
For certain contests, those who participated in a contest can create a souvenir photo that shows their submitted Mii and their artisan placed and posed on top of a background related to the contest theme. The image can then be sent to the Wii Message Board. Souvenir photos are usually related to Wii games such as Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy
is a 3D platform game developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It was released in most regions in November 2007, and is the third 3D original platformer in the Mario series, after Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. The game follows the protagonist, Mario, on a...
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Nintendo-themed contests
| Theme | Region | Date first seen | Date of results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Mario is a fictional character in his video game series, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as Nintendo's mascot and the main protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation... without his cap |
Worldwide | November 11, 2007 | November 26, 2007 |
| Luigi Luigi is a fictional character, featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by prominent game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the slightly younger fraternal twin brother of Nintendo's mascot Mario, and appears in many games throughout the Mario series,... without his cap |
Worldwide | December 13, 2007 | December 26, 2007 |
| A Mii Mii A is a digital avatar used in Nintendo's Wii and Nintendo 3DS gaming consoles. They allow users to capture a likeness of themselves and others. After creating one using the Wii's Mii Channel or the Nintendo 3DS's Mii Maker, they can be used as playable characters in various titles for the... version of Princess Peach Princess Peach is a character in Nintendo's Mario series of video games. She is the Princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom, and often plays the damsel in distress role within the adventure series. In 2007, Princess Peach landed on Forbes magazine's Wealthiest Fictional People list, with a fortune upwards of... |
Worldwide | January 24, 2008 | February 9, 2008 |
| A Mr.Ungry | Worldwide | November 17, 2011 | November 29, 2011 |
| Baby Luigi with cap | Worldwide | December 4, 2011 | December 15, 2011 |
| A Mii Mii A is a digital avatar used in Nintendo's Wii and Nintendo 3DS gaming consoles. They allow users to capture a likeness of themselves and others. After creating one using the Wii's Mii Channel or the Nintendo 3DS's Mii Maker, they can be used as playable characters in various titles for the... outfit with a carnival |
Worldwide | December 17, 2011 | December 30, 2011 |
| Princess Daisy the queen | Worldwide | January 1, 2012 | January 12, 2012 |
| Someone like Mario Mario is a fictional character in his video game series, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as Nintendo's mascot and the main protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation... but a little different |
Worldwide | 2009 | 2009 |
| Princess Zelda Zelda Zelda may refer to:*Zelda Spellman, the aunt of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, a character and comic strip from the 1960s onward.* The Legend of Zelda, a video game series by Nintendo** The Legend of Zelda , the first game in the series... laughing out loud |
Worldwide | 2011 | 2011 |
Update
On January 30, 2008, an updated version of the channel was released for download on the Wii Shop Channel:- In the Posting Plaza, users can now easily find all the Miis they have posted, without the need to enter codes.
- When viewing a Mii Artisan’s profile, a user can now find all Miis posted by that Artisan.
- If the judging of a contest is cancelled and returned to later, any Miis selected previously for the contest will be retained.
- Parental controls are now supported in the channel. If a user chooses to block the “exchange of user generated content” from the Parental Controls menu in Wii Settings, users will be prompted to enter the Parental Controls PIN in order to enter the channel.
- The main menu of the channel has a ticker that warns that the content of the channel may offend.
- When viewing Miis in the Posting Plaza under the “Popular” category, 500 of the most popular Miis over the past two weeks can now be viewed, instead of 50.
- When using the Mii search feature, the Mii's entry number is retained on the Entry Number screen. If the Mii searched for is not found, re-entry of the number is not necessary, making it easier to modify the search.