Wii Shop Channel

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Wii Shop Channel
Wii Shop Channel.png
Type Pre-installed
Developer(s) Nintendo
Platform(s) Wii Channels
Release date(s) NA November 19, 2006
JP December 2, 2006
AUS December 7, 2006
EU December 8, 2006
Genre(s) Utility
Input methods Wii Remote
Compatibility 5Stars5.pngEdit rating: Wii Shop Channel
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The Wii Shop Channel allows users to download Virtual Console games, WiiWare, and Wii Channels directly to the Wii. Nintendo uses Wii Points as the currency within the channel, and many downloads require payment.

Ideally, the functionality of this channel inside Dolphin would allow for download of Virtual Console Arcade games, WiiWare and Wii Channels directly to the Wii Menu. Currently this is impossible to achieve because of missing or improper IOS emulation.

Emulation Information

Updates

The Wii Shop Channel requires the latest version of itself to be installed. Simply do an online update to get the latest version. Note: the System Menu and its System Menu IOS must be installed for online updates to work.

Accounts

Keys from a real Wii are required. Nintendo's servers (and more specifically the authentication service -- IAS) check for the Wii's identity and will deny access to the shop if the device certificate is not signed by Nintendo.

If the device ID and certificate mismatch, error 205906 will be shown on start because the console is already registered (as far as Nintendo knows). This is non fatal and as long as Dolphin's Wii country setting matches with the original account's, it is possible to simply dismiss the error and access the main page.

Proper NAND required

The Wii Shop Channel is a bit picky about installed titles in the NAND, so a proper NAND is required.

Problems

Tickets are not decrypted properly

The Wii Shop channel uses console specific ("personalised") tickets, which Dolphin currently does not handle correctly at all. This results in contents being decrypted incorrectly. A fix is pending.

Error 206674 after installing a title

Error 206674 will appear before a title installation completes for unknown reasons, even though the install completed successfully.

Existing titles are not updated properly

The Shop makes no attempt to download and install new title contents, which results in broken channels after an update.

Configuration

This channel does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Wii Shop Channel since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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5.0-21270 (current)
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2.0 (r5384)
Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This channel has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision OS CPU GPU Result Tester
r7598 Windows 7 Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz ATI Radeon HD 5770 Unable to configure internet settings. SephirothFanatic
3.0 Windows 7 Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz ATI Radeon HD 5770 Unable to configure internet settings. SephirothFanatic
3.0-376 Windows 7 Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 2.8GHz ATI Radeon HD 5770 Unable to configure internet settings. SephirothFanatic
3.0-913 Windows 8 AMD @ UnknownGHz ATI Radeon HD 7520G Black Screen Guest
5.0 Windows 7 Intel @ 2.2GHz Intel Gave error 206672, would've worked perfectly Guest
5.0-2612 Windows 7 Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.6GHz Intel HD Graphics First, there is a message that says that i did not read the contract, i tried to read it and then the channel, then the emulator hangs, i had to force closing. EblfIYH
5.0-2646 Windows 7 Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.6GHz Intel HD Graphics Error 206672. EblfIYH
5.0-2742 Windows 7 Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.6GHz Intel HD Graphics After installing IOS 61 the error code changes to Error 204905. EblfIYH

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