Check Mii Out Channel
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The Check Mii Out Channel, known as the Mii Contest Channel in Europe and Oceania and Miirame in Spanish-speaking countries like Mexico, is a channel for the Nintendo Wii that allows players to share their digital avatars, called Miis and enter them in to 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.
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[edit] Features
The Check Mii Out Channel has the following features:
[edit] Posting Plaza
People are able to submit their Mii(s) for other Mii creaters around the world to view. When a Mii is submitted to the Posting Plaza, a twelve digit Entry Number is given (#### - #### - ####), so others can find it using the search function. The submitted Miis are also given two initials by their creator. If a person likes that Mii it can become theirs.
For 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 as "Master Mii Artisan
[edit] 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 or when contest update is available (i.e. judging, results, etc.). If a person doesn't want to receive these messages from Nintendo, they can opt out by going to the settings in the Check Mii Out Menu.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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. Your "Eye for Miis." is how you judge other people's Mii's. If the ranking of the Miis are 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 like, for example, Super Mario Galaxy.
[edit] Nintendo-themed contests
| Theme | Region | Date first seen | Date of results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario without his cap |  |
November 11, 2007 | November 26, 2007 |
| Luigi without his cap | |
December 13, 2007 | December 26, 2007 |
| A Mii version of Princess Peach | |
January 24, 2008 | February 9, 2008 |
[edit] 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.
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