Check Mii Out Channel launches Nov. 11 on Wii
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Nov 8th 2007 at 8:48AM }
There is also a contest section on the Check Mii Out Channel allowing users to submit their own creation based on a theme like a fictional or historical figure. There's no explanation of what these people win ... bragging rights? We'd be more excited about this if the Miis actually did something in the last year -- although that seems to be changing. Oh well, at least there's Mario Galaxy next week.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Michael Johnson @ Nov 8th 2007 8:56AM
Cool, hopefully will be able to find new friends with this also.
Stef Geiger @ Nov 8th 2007 9:00AM
Is this stuff actually enticing to Wii owners? Not flamebate, I just don't see the entertainment value.
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Nov 8th 2007 9:11AM
Probably not to the community of wii owners that post here. I mean, I don't really care about it, nor do I care about the everybody votes channel.
But thats just me. Unlike most folks, I realize that these channels aren't for me, they're for my mom or my grandmom. The Channels Nintendo has for me are ones like the MP3 preview channel.
Jerk Face @ Nov 8th 2007 9:19AM
Yeah, well said chief.
M Keyser @ Nov 8th 2007 9:06AM
If I'm not mistaken, that pic's the cast of Lost in Mii-form...pretty cool.
Foggy Bottoms @ Nov 8th 2007 2:39PM
nice find, m keyser (i'll cover for you Jerk Face). sawyer and hugo look the most like themselves.
icicle0424 @ Nov 8th 2007 9:08AM
Gold pants...
isn't there something in the Mii code that allows them to have gold pants (I think some hackers figured this out), but as of yet nobody has figured out for what purpose? Perhaps the winners get gold pants...
DarthDavid @ Nov 8th 2007 9:12AM
I got a Danger Mouse Mii that everyone must check out...with this Galaxy/Time Crisis/Rock Band and Contra 4 in the next two weeks...this is just nuts!!!!
Jerk Face @ Nov 8th 2007 9:20AM
Hah. Nice spot! I didn't catch that.
Jerk Face @ Nov 8th 2007 9:21AM
That was suppose to be a reply to M Keyser. F*cking reply system.
Brandon @ Nov 8th 2007 9:26AM
Hasn't the novelty of Miis died off now? Its really nintendo's fault for no one really caring about Miis anymore. They hardly did anything with them, so the nintendo faithful just pretended it was a promise never made.
I mean, hasn't everyone seen enough Mii Michael Jacksons, Mii Dr. Zoidbergs, and Mii Southpark characters?
WiNG @ Nov 8th 2007 9:40AM
My only beef with Miis is that they never added to the Mii channel. It is impossible to make certain people due to the small selection. They really should add more haircuts, skin tones, hair colors, etc.
Also are they going to edit the names? I mean a lot of people, esp with Indian or Pakistani names, are spelled to resemble English curses. It would be bullshit to see them removed.
And hey, some people out there ARE named Adolf, I wonder if those will get removed.
student @ Nov 8th 2007 9:42AM
Wow, a lot of hate on this. I'm looking forward to it as a chance to get my family interested in the miis again. You'd be surprised at the casual gamer's interest. My sister still does everybody votes pretty religiously.
sgaffney @ Nov 8th 2007 9:56AM
Woohoo I can look at other peoples Mii's.
On the day PS3 releases an update that allows me to switch on my PS3 from anywhere in the world and view all my media on it Nintendo announce this.
I have a Wii before I get flamed. I like it a lot and enjoy playing (from time to time) the limited games that are available but nintendo have been lazy this year in providing anything to give the Wii longevity. They are riding the wave of Wii Sports and new gamer markets but are ignoring the important part of the machine. Content !
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Nov 8th 2007 10:21AM
Keep in mind that Nintendo's philosophy is to keep it simple for anyone to use, and to treat it's consoles as game consoles, not media devices.
sgaffney @ Nov 8th 2007 10:30AM
Then give me games. Give me online games I can play against my kids who live away from me and my sister. I want to play Wii Olympics online against my friend and remotely cut him in two with a Wii lightsabre.
The ONE online game has awful functionality. Enter 20 digit codes. Not sure if they're online so you have to call them first. Can't chat to them while playing either.
There are no games of any real quality (Zelda was an exception).
Keeping it simple is one thing. doing nothing new is something else entirely...
B1gC72 @ Nov 9th 2007 2:49AM
well said on both accounts sgaffney. me and you are in the same boat as PSWii/WiiS3 owners and i honestly havent touched my Wii since the last firmware update cause it was flashing blue. my PS3, on the other hand, i use everyday. it has plenty of games out now that i like and a bunch more coming before years end. while the lone Wii game im looking forward to is Super Mario Galaxy since SSBB got delayed.
i mean when my PS3 didn't have any good games, at least i could use it for DVD upscaling and music and such, but my Wii just sits and collects dust. it sucks not being the target audience anymore. they are really riding the hell outta this new casual gamer.
Neon Jebus @ Nov 8th 2007 10:00AM
I always hated the limited selection of clothing. You have a small set of shirt colors and then you pretty much have two colors of pants.
I can't see the long term enjoyment to this new feature. But to those that enjoy Mii creation I'm sure they'll love this new channel.
LAZoftheTamarinds @ Nov 8th 2007 10:07AM
Cool. But they need to add more facial parts,skin colors, shirt colors, pants colors, and hair colors. Then will have IMPRESSIVE Mii'S.
deaftly @ Nov 8th 2007 10:07AM
Its free, and i'll prob mess around with it to kill some time. Whats the point of bitching when i got something for my gf to mess around with and not bitch at me for playing games and not paying her attention :)
Grapefruit Juice @ Nov 8th 2007 1:49PM
Yawn....
Shockgamer @ Nov 8th 2007 12:58PM
GOTY material.
Jason @ Nov 15th 2007 2:33PM
I love this whole, "I'm so macho that I can't possibly like this channel so I'm going to pretend that I'm happy that it gives my girlfriend/mother/grandmother/aunt/female something to do."
Well I, for one, am happy that the check me out channel is coming. I'm not going to pretend that to be a man, you have to like Halo. That's probably because I'm the only grownup here.
Fullmetal Salchemist @ Nov 8th 2007 1:49PM
"Check Mii Out;" otherwise known as "Holy crap, that's a lot of Hitlers and Jesuses.
zero @ Nov 8th 2007 2:12PM
Just when I thought Nintendo couldn't possibly put anymore useless channels into the Wii, I get proved wrong; again.
GoonieGooGoo @ Nov 8th 2007 2:55PM
Well it give me something to do with my Wii when my nieces aren't around......
kyle kowalsky @ Nov 11th 2007 7:32PM
so, what time does this release?
kielo @ Nov 12th 2007 12:11AM
right now their just keeping us at bay for the real fun at the begining of next year i got info that nintendo is going to release 4 to 5 wi-fi games from begining to the end of next year, it's great i'm waiting on brawl, and wii cart, well see the rest later.
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