Check Mii Out now lighting up Wiis

by Alisha Karabinus @ on Nov 11th 2007 8:27PM

It's Sunday, and as promised, the Check Mii Out Channel is now available for download on Wiis everywhere. It's pretty straightforward from first glance: you choose a Mii to represent your Wii, and it will be labeled your "Mii Artisan." It looks like you can only choose one Mii Artisan per console, so families who do a lot of Mii creation might have to fight it out (may we recommend a steel cage match?). Once you've designated the Mii who is in charge, you can get rolling with the real meat of the channel.

There's the regular submission process, in which you can select any of your Miis for upload and critique. You assign them initials, as well as a "specialty," which can include anything from cooking to comedy, or our personal favorite, writing. They join a parade (viewing options include regional and worldwide) of other Miis. When viewing Miis already submitted, you can choose to see them in motion, with a variety of silly poses (some of which we've captured for you after the break), or you can scroll through columns of static Miis.

Also in full effect is the contest feature. Currently, there's only one contest listed, and judging was not yet available. It's unknown as yet if that means no one's entered, or if it just means each contest has to be open for a certain period before you can view the competition. Right now, the listed challenge is for a capless Mario. We know a lot of you have Mario Miis hanging around, so if they're chillin' without hats, you might want to submit them. If not, get to work!

As of this time, there weren't a lot of Miis up, and just the one contest, but it seems likely that the popularity feature will soon fill up with a variety of Miis from around the world. Even now, there's a good selection, and we have to admit, it's pretty cute to get an idea (in cartoon form) of who else is using the channel already. Overall, there just doesn't seem like a lot to the Check Mii Out Channel beyond a few occasional moments of diversion, but the contests might offer a nice challenge for those who have run out of ideas for new Miis. We also know a lot of people who just love Miis, so surely, this new feature will have more than a few fans.