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Wii Menu
Wii Menu | |
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Type | Pre-installed |
Developer(s) | Nintendo |
Platform(s) | Wii |
Release date(s) | NA November 19, 2006 JP December 2, 2006 AUS December 7, 2006 EU December 8, 2006 KO April 26, 2008 TW July 2, 2008 |
Genre(s) | Utility |
Input methods | Wii Remote, USB Keyboard, Classic Controller |
Compatibility | 4 Playable |
See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
The Wii Menu, commonly known as the "System Menu", is the top-level menu interface of the Wii game console, allowing the player to navigate/launch channels, change settings, access the message board/address book, use the SD card, and load discs. The channels are displayed on a 4:3 grid with 4 pages, which the player navigates using the Wii Remote. The grid is customizable; users can move channels (except for the Disc Channel) amongst the menu's 47 customizable slots by pressing and holding the A and B button while hovering over the channel the user wants to move.
Dolphin does not include the Wii Menu by default, and it doesn't need it; it is able to launch games straight from the Dolphin GUI. However, the menu is fully functional; it can load channels and even discs. Starting with 5.0-4588, you can easily install the Wii Menu in Dolphin by going into Tools → "Perform Online System Update". Additionally, starting with Dolphin 5.0-5179, the Wii Menu can also be installed offline from a Wii disc containing an update partition by right-clicking the game on Dolphin's game list and selecting "Perform System Update". Once installed it can be launched from Tools → "Load Wii System Menu".
Emulation Information
Network Certificates Required
Wii Menu has functionalities that requires proper network certificates extracted from an IOS to work. Refer to the network guide for more information.
Alternate Region Titles
The Wii Menu will only load titles corresponding to its region. This region locking is enforced by the system menu. Use an appropriately aligned version or load alternate region titles via the Game List.
EULA for Online Services
Changing some settings in the Wii Menu will ask to accept the EULA again. If the hidden EULA channel isn't installed, it's impossible to accept it, and online features of some games won't work. To fix this, perform an online update through System Settings or go to File → Change Disc and select the ISO of a game which has an update partition, then go to the Disc Channel to perform the update. After doing so, the EULA can be accepted.
No Channels
The Wii Menu will initially appear without any channels, except for the Disc Channel. This is because Dolphin doesn't come with channels preinstalled as the Wii does; it's up to the user to install them, using the same process that was used to install the Wii Menu.
Wiiware Games & WAD Files Instead Launch System Menu
Deleting the NANDBOOTINFO file in the following Documents location will resolve this: %userprofile%\documents\Dolphin Emulator\Wii\shared2\sys\
Error 101232 / Total breakage of internet within Wii Menu
Pretty likely to happen when trying to change the internet settings within the Wii Menu settings (Regardless of whether RiiConnect24, WiiLink, Wiimmfi, multiple, or none of those are enabled), at which point Wii Menu cannot use any online or RiiConnect24 connections due to network tests failing with Error 101232, and utility channels launched from Wii Menu will complain about a lack of network configurations.
The best-working fix is to, while Dolphin is not running, go to (…)\Documents\Dolphin Emulator\Wii\shared2\sys
, and then delete the net
folder. Wii Menu can then be run with normal internet functionality.
"This channel can't be used"
A fully possible outcome of changing between Wii Menu system updates from different regions, as it would often result in clone Forecast Channel and News Channel listings on the Wii Menu. The ones from the current region works normally, while the clones from other regions will instantly show a black screen with "This channel can't be used" and then hardlock.
As the clones don't show up in the Wii Menu settings' channel list, removing the clones outright requires the AnyTitle Deleter MOD homebrew app, and run its boot.dol
with Dolphin. Its default Wii OS version (IOS249) can safely be picked regardless of a couple of error notes, leading to "Titles" → "System Channel Titles".
Crosschecking the 4-letter CODE
values to find the exact clones is nice to do, but as a rule of thumb, codes ending with E are North America, P are PAL, J are Japan, and A are either region-free or contains files shared between the regions. Once you've narrowed down the clones, press A on them, and then A again to confirm the deletion.
"You tried to access the address marc:(…)" when opening settings
Caused by some kind of conflict with Internet Channel. If Internet Channel doesn't show up in the Dolphin game list, use the same AnyTitle Deleter MOD homebrew as above, go to "Titles" → "Installed Channel Titles", and uninstall those whose codes match the first 4 letters of the codes match the IDs of the Internet Channel (HADE, HADP, and/or HADJ).
Problems
Screen Position Setting
The Screen Position Setting in the System Preferences has no effect in Dolphin. On Console, it moves the Position of the Screen either to the left or right by pressing the arrows in the desired direction. Refer issue 10984.
Accidental Temporary Region Change
Under very rare and convoluted circumstances that can be easily avoided, it is possible for Wii Menu to temporarily think it's in a different region, despite still having the original region's system menu files.
The process is unclear. The closest guess is that if both "This channel can't be used" and "You tried to access the address marc:(…)" mentioned above happen during a short time period, Wii Menu can begin struggling to tell which region it's in, and which system update it has.
If a disc from another region is mounted into Wii Menu at that point in time (e.g. Mario Super Sluggers for PAL, Monster Hunter G for NA), Disc Channel can possibly show a "Wii System Update" prompt. If Disc Channel is clicked on and the prompt is accepted, an update bar will be shown and possibly succeed.
After that process, upon returning to Wii Menu, some of the channels will act a bit weird. Not only Forecast Channel and News Channel, but also Everybody Votes Channel, can lead to "This channel can't be used", and the time format will have changed between 12- and 24-hour formats. Restarting the emulation session, and/or using the AnyTitle Deleter MOD fixes mentioned above, will fix the problem and return Wii Menu to its original region.
Error 109144 ("Unable to connect to the Internet.")
Certain Wii apps that depend on Region Select, will instantly produce this error message when trying to connect to them online. While the cause of the error is debated, the error code is intended to mean "WC24 account not registered", potentially related to how all default-NAND Dolphin configurations have the Wii number (a.k.a. Friend Code) 0000 0000 0000 0000 by default. Fixing the error would potentially require changing the number, which likely requires a NAND dump; as of February 2024, third-party apps to change subregions did not work in Dolphin.
For Wii Menu, this primarily concerns the mail functionality, specifically the envelope option and the "Register" button in the Address Book.
Failure to Reconnect Wii Remote When Returning to Wii Menu
When moving from a game, app, or homebrew app, into Wii Menu, the Wii Remote will turn off the connection, and then fail to re-connect on its own when the menu has loaded. On real hardware, the Wii Remote re-connects after around 2 seconds.
Configuration
No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Wii Menu since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This title has been tested on the environments listed below:
Test Entries | |||||
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
5.0-14197 | Windows 10 | Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.6 GHz | Intel HD Graphics 4400 | Playable. | Jack |
5.0-21088 | Windows 11 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | Core functions (Game/app launching, almost all settings, SD card menus) work pretty much spot on. Network settings are very fragile and should never be changed. Wii Mail envelope didn't work; likely requires NAND. Fails to load titles from other regions even with Priiloader. | DandelionSprout |
Gameplay Videos
- Nintendo (Developer)
- North America (Release region)
- Japan (Release region)
- Australia (Release region)
- Europe (Release region)
- Korea (Release region)
- Taiwan (Release region)
- 2006 (Initial release year)
- Utility (Genre)
- Wii Remote (Input supported)
- USB Keyboard (Input supported)
- Classic Controller (Input supported)
- 4 stars (Rating)
- Tested On (Release): 5.0
- Tested On (OS): Windows
- Tested On (CPU): Intel
- Tested On (GPU): Intel
- Tested
- Tested On (CPU): AMD
- Tested On (GPU): NVIDIA
- Wii games