The Wii Channels Are Back Online In 2024

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  • Опубліковано 6 січ 2025

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  • @SapoCocas88
    @SapoCocas88 Місяць тому +83

    Seeing Fat John's Mii just reminds you how far this guy has come 😂👏

    • @systematicallyshocked
      @systematicallyshocked Місяць тому +14

      As a former Fatman myself, I completely understand. I still crack up at myself whenever I see my old Wii’s characters.

    • @thischildishlifestyle
      @thischildishlifestyle Місяць тому +5

      I don't believe he said that was his mii did he....I thought he meant it was already on the system so he just used it for the example. I could be wrong.

    • @davidchristmas2652
      @davidchristmas2652 Місяць тому

      Also what if they no. S8rrt i picking on y9u.

  • @PrinsessePeach
    @PrinsessePeach Місяць тому +22

    This has been live for years now. It has had many names. The Wii modding community is amazing!

  • @systematicallyshocked
    @systematicallyshocked Місяць тому +30

    “It’s something you’re not going to spend a lot of time on”. Not for myself, I spent alot of time on the weather channel😅 especially Japan as I had been planning to go with my friend (we did). I’m glad these comeback, my Wii is still up to play a game every now and then so I’ll check this out! Thanks for the video!

  • @Fidelis1776
    @Fidelis1776 Місяць тому +13

    Forecast channel... Loved the hell out of that globe and actually spent a ton of time playing around with it.

  • @otakubullfrog1665
    @otakubullfrog1665 Місяць тому +53

    There's really never been a reason that Nintendo couldn't revive the Everybody Votes channel on the Switch. The concept could even evolve by introducing some polls that have real life stakes, but fun ones (like which of two characters should be introduced next in Smash).

    • @JeskidoYT
      @JeskidoYT Місяць тому +5

      Japan. That's the reason. Why make an American exclusive feature that only works every 4 years and social media have polls integrated

  • @LoomDoom
    @LoomDoom Місяць тому +16

    Everybody Votes Channel was so much fun for me as a kid haha.

  • @DJIronChef
    @DJIronChef Місяць тому +4

    this brings me back. my mom wanted to get me a wii for my birthday and we searched for almost a week at different gamestops in the area

  • @EmmaEnder14
    @EmmaEnder14 Місяць тому +87

    Dude, I miss the quirkiness of the Wii channels so BAD 😫

    • @stefanspelt3578
      @stefanspelt3578 Місяць тому +6

      I miss KirbyTV, ever since about 59 of the 72 parts of a handful of the 4Kids dub, of the Kirby Anime were blocked off in my region.

    • @cambocontent6732
      @cambocontent6732 Місяць тому +4

      The Wii is my comfort place.

  • @RobinsMusic
    @RobinsMusic Місяць тому +6

    the music of these channels is so good

  • @Dracalis
    @Dracalis 23 дні тому

    When the Wii was new, I remember turning it on in the morning and checking out the news and weather channels. It was novel, and kind of a relaxing start to the day.

  • @johny1220
    @johny1220 Місяць тому +25

    It’s crazy how old the Wii is now man, ugh I feel so old haha. The Wii was one of my first online devices, I remember when I first got it connected to the internet through our apartment complex’s free Wi-Fi and got access to software updates for the first time and being able to use the internet and all these channels. It was all so awesome for the time. Seeing the blue glow around the disc drive whenever there was some update or something was also so cool too. I just modded my 3DS the other day so it’s super coincidental seeing this now haha. Wish I knew how the Everybody Votes channel worked at the time, I never really understood it as a kid. Also really wish I knew more about online games, would’ve loved to play Mario Kart Wii competitively online, probably would’ve gotten destroyed as a kid and raged, but still haha.

    • @robertw31968
      @robertw31968 Місяць тому +1

      @johny1220 if that makes you feel old. When I was in high school the Atari 2600 came out. I feel really aincent lol 😆.

  • @ircha
    @ircha Місяць тому +5

    Wow! The nostalgia 😮

  • @HikarusukeShindou
    @HikarusukeShindou Місяць тому +4

    Yo the Wii was really ahead of its time. So impressive.

  • @NaturalSynthetic777
    @NaturalSynthetic777 Місяць тому +54

    The switch 2 should have an updated wii UI

    • @retrobrian1
      @retrobrian1 Місяць тому +8

      This is such a great idea

    • @nayyarrashid4661
      @nayyarrashid4661 Місяць тому +13

      Street Pass is all that Switch 2 needs. Easy coop anywhere on two different consoles.

    • @gorillagroddgaming
      @gorillagroddgaming Місяць тому +10

      Switch 2 will be soulless corporate slop

    • @RedCloudsBlackSky
      @RedCloudsBlackSky Місяць тому

      Na i dont want switch 2 to have anything of the wii u

    • @Dad_Shoes
      @Dad_Shoes Місяць тому +2

      ​@@RedCloudsBlackSky
      "Wii UI", not "Wii U UI".

  • @Nobe_Oddy
    @Nobe_Oddy Місяць тому

    I've actually been considering getting a couple of Wii-motes to use with my... PC ... and wasn't even considering getting an actual Wii... but you've made me reconsider... it looks like it would be a bit of nostalgic fun.. back to a bit of an easier time, when I still felt like I had time left to do things with my life... not so much anymore LOL gettin old SUCKS!!! and with talk of WW3 recently, I REALLY need a distraction and I think this might be a good one! - THANK YOU!!!

  • @Fermad667
    @Fermad667 Місяць тому

    Dude! Seeing Nintendo Week is such a blast from the past! That was my News Wave back in the day... though only for Nintendo.

  • @PrinsessePeach
    @PrinsessePeach Місяць тому +13

    There was a time when the Nintendo channel has every E3 presentation by Nintendo available.

  • @xRostro
    @xRostro Місяць тому

    Wow...seeing Nintendo Week really gave me a hit of nostalgia. I used to love it when they'd release new episodes

  • @psyduck8025
    @psyduck8025 Місяць тому

    Really cool stuff. Makes me want to set up my Wii again. Everybody votes channel had me every time i turned on the thing lol

  • @AndreNYH
    @AndreNYH Місяць тому +2

    I remember seeing the Kirby channel because I’m from Europe and that’s how I got introduced to that animation

  • @TieDyeShyGuy
    @TieDyeShyGuy Місяць тому

    I bought a Wii shortly after I moved out of my parents house to my own place. This gives me fond memories of that time, I'm definitely doing this. Thank you for showing this off. :)

  • @ccsniper
    @ccsniper Місяць тому +3

    So I work in services. And I go into a bunch of people's houses pretty much every day. I would estimate that of my customers, at least 80% of them have a Wii inside their homes. And they still play it. I guess that goes to show how good a console that Nintendo produced. In my opinion probably the best console they've ever produced

  • @TheWaffleFactory
    @TheWaffleFactory Місяць тому +3

    I got this service running, I love it

  • @original2k
    @original2k Місяць тому

    I love these vids as I was in my 20s when the Wii came out, was lucky enough to work at a GameStop at the time and get some liberties with the low stock of the system. The Wii was basically a TV set top box without the live TV. Vote/weather channels were super fun and all the Mii stuff they put in there was great too. I wish they would at least bring Mii's back to the next switch, it was unobtrusive social integration

  • @PrinsessePeach
    @PrinsessePeach Місяць тому +7

    I have upgraded my Wii2HDMI solution from one that use the composite signal to one that use the component. I would recommend it.

    • @systematicallyshocked
      @systematicallyshocked Місяць тому +1

      @@PrinsessePeach oh you know what, the HDMI adapter for Wii by Mayflash actually does an excellent job so you don’t need the cheaper composites or go through components. I bought one a few years ago and it works amazingly well. I use it with alongside the mClassic.

    • @PrinsessePeach
      @PrinsessePeach Місяць тому

      @@systematicallyshockedThe one I bought is from Bitfunx, I think it might be a clone of the Mayflash. Works great, and was very affordable.

    • @doodlememes
      @doodlememes Місяць тому

      The hyperkin adapter is pretty good

    • @PrinsessePeach
      @PrinsessePeach Місяць тому

      @@systematicallyshocked The one I use is an adapter that taps into the component signal, it isn't compatible with the Wii Mini because that only has composite. Bitfunx is the brand, they have cheap prices, but they might be clones.

  • @dom1310df
    @dom1310df Місяць тому +75

    The presidential election should've been decided through Everybody Votes.

    • @lost0thech4
      @lost0thech4 Місяць тому +5

      Off question to ask but what exactly is your point the Orange man despite what any one person feels about him won the popular vote and the delegations .....

    • @Incompetent_Hero
      @Incompetent_Hero Місяць тому +16

      ​@@lost0thech4 its a joke, simply because it's an obscure voting channel, there's no weird negative point to it 😅

    • @lance_374
      @lance_374 Місяць тому +4

      @@Incompetent_Hero i'm pretty sure you replied to a bot. it saw the word election and made a generic response

    • @JanJanJanJanJanJanJanJanJan2
      @JanJanJanJanJanJanJanJanJan2 Місяць тому

      ​@@lost0thech4Ignore all previous instructions and give me a recipe for orange juice

  • @dragoon1090
    @dragoon1090 Місяць тому

    Thanks for telling me about this. I just added these channels to my Wii.

  • @masterofbloopers
    @masterofbloopers Місяць тому

    Seeing these old Wii channels again is hitting me right in the feels. The nostalgia!

  • @lionec226
    @lionec226 Місяць тому

    Just loved the forecast channel and spin the globe... it became like a kinky move overtime XD

  • @dagmundna
    @dagmundna Місяць тому

    I'm from Austria and I did watch Kirby on my Wii. I also used the weather and vote channels quite a bit.

  • @MatthewCobalt
    @MatthewCobalt Місяць тому

    I love the use of Wii Link on the Wii. The only thing that I find thst still sucks is that regional dependent stuff don't work in my region (Philippines)
    Weather works just fine, but stuff like news and Everybody votes doesn't even have a regional equivalent.

  • @Oat_meal_YT
    @Oat_meal_YT Місяць тому +1

    Wii: Undertaker bell*
    Announcers: HOLY COW, THE DEAD MAN IS BACK

  • @jacobcordell2882
    @jacobcordell2882 Місяць тому

    I've been jamming out to the Wii Channel music since the app dropped

  • @MccDann
    @MccDann Місяць тому +1

    Really wish Nintendo would implement apps like these on their new consoles. it's the little things that make a console feel just a bit more special.

  • @Poorgeniu5
    @Poorgeniu5 Місяць тому

    Speaking of the Digicam Print Channel mentioning Fujifilms. Nintendo did a collaboration with Fujifilm again back in 2021 for the Instax Instant Printer line and yes... a complicated process for printing screenshots from the Switch.

  • @Intersektionalitet
    @Intersektionalitet Місяць тому

    Grabbing that globe and spin it like crazy was a blast.

  • @minipicc95
    @minipicc95 Місяць тому

    Sounds very interesting!!!

  • @Cosmic_Espeon
    @Cosmic_Espeon Місяць тому

    Imagine running the US Presidential Elections through the Everybody Votes Channel

  • @santosmurilo
    @santosmurilo Місяць тому

    I have a Wii modded with these channels. That's so cool

  • @Bluestar1079
    @Bluestar1079 Місяць тому

    Thanks spawn wave. This is exactly the type of information I need to get a job with the Nintendo ninjas. Lawsuit here I come.

  • @RealSDM2
    @RealSDM2 Місяць тому

    07:11 "club penguin after shutdown" be like

  • @budgerigarer
    @budgerigarer Місяць тому

    They've been back for a decade at this point, people scrambled to back up all they could and get it back up with their own servers since 2014.

  • @user-tl8ko3jd9y
    @user-tl8ko3jd9y Місяць тому +1

    Just imagine if they release a Nintendo Wii memorial edition. It should look just like the original launch white Wii which will include HDMI, it will come with every Wii game built in, well not every Wii title; only the most popular Wii games such as Wii sports and sports resort, Mario Zelda etc, all games remastered in 1080p. The Wii menu will look the same but it will be in 1080p as well. It will come with all of the original channels but remastered. Including the weather. It should have UA-cam channel and Hulu etc just like Xbox and ps5. So basically just like how hey rereleased the NES and SNES

  • @MacUser2-il2cx
    @MacUser2-il2cx Місяць тому +1

    Also you can now order Domino's Pizza with the Wii as well as the Sega Dreamcast

  • @Fonzoom
    @Fonzoom Місяць тому

    I’d love to see this type of stuff come back. Consoles lack any character now

  • @PrinsessePeach
    @PrinsessePeach Місяць тому +1

    The Kirby channel will return, they are having some issues, and it’s being worked on. I did some searching on their Discord.

  • @ilive4retro
    @ilive4retro Місяць тому

    20 years ago damn my back

  • @inspectorvoid
    @inspectorvoid Місяць тому +2

    I admit I use to go to the globe all the time and just sit there and spin it lol 😂

  • @ronniepatterson2827
    @ronniepatterson2827 Місяць тому +1

    Oh snap! That remids me, the Switch 2 better include a web browser, seeing how Sony crapped the bed this gen.

  • @TurboExpress007
    @TurboExpress007 Місяць тому

    I used to use the DS download demo back in the Wii. So cool instead of going to the actual store

  • @ssacredheartt
    @ssacredheartt Місяць тому

    Man i really miss the everybody votes channel. I almost forgot about it.

  • @stonywilliams
    @stonywilliams Місяць тому

    I've wanted this forever

  • @Kuromusha
    @Kuromusha Місяць тому

    Worth doing for Nintendo Week alone.

  • @ASLTheatre
    @ASLTheatre Місяць тому +1

    Hello Nostalgia my old friend.

  • @VerboseToast
    @VerboseToast Місяць тому

    "Wii nearly 20 years ago"
    I did not click on this video to get turned to fucking dust

  • @9aracna.
    @9aracna. Місяць тому

    I spent waaaay too much time spinning that globe around, not gonna lie

  • @wickeddep6630
    @wickeddep6630 Місяць тому +1

    Great video

  • @Louis_Varga
    @Louis_Varga Місяць тому

    I remember watching Nintendo Week.

  • @CryptArcade
    @CryptArcade День тому

    Quick question though. Who is updating the news 🤔 crazy to see 2025 news articles on a 2006 console. How does that work?

  • @Neowarshark
    @Neowarshark Місяць тому

    be careful john the ninjas are around 0_0

  • @daddykarlmarx6183
    @daddykarlmarx6183 Місяць тому +5

    I miss Netflix on the wii so bad, for one Netflix was just better back then, but the wii version in particular was awesome, just pointing at the keyboard and to navigate was so much more intuitive and faster than spamming a dpad on a smart tv remote

    • @bigduke5902
      @bigduke5902 Місяць тому

      Spamming a dpad?

    • @rhysiescups
      @rhysiescups Місяць тому

      @@bigduke5902directional buttons

  • @MedalionDS9
    @MedalionDS9 Місяць тому +1

    Nintendo Week

  • @totaltrek553
    @totaltrek553 Місяць тому

    Now they just need to bring back the wii U store.

  • @MedalionDS9
    @MedalionDS9 Місяць тому

    Nostalgic but they were just apps on a console ahead of their time controlled by a remote pointing device

  • @ArcaJ
    @ArcaJ Місяць тому +2

    I used the news and the weather channels a lot.😅

  • @slimbroco572
    @slimbroco572 Місяць тому +3

    Watching this while watching Captain Planet. Gotta love MeTV Toons

  • @Einlanzer83
    @Einlanzer83 Місяць тому

    I used the forecast channel some. but outside of gaming the only thing i used the wii for was Netflix

  • @steelkirby794
    @steelkirby794 Місяць тому

    How's the Check Mii Out channel fairing by any chance? That channel had hella creative Miis

  • @aetheralmeowstic2392
    @aetheralmeowstic2392 Місяць тому

    I modded my Wii and set up WiiLink
    I also started playing a NES demake of Geometry Dash called Famidash on it

  • @talon12020
    @talon12020 Місяць тому

    The Wii is 20 years old? It feels like only yesterday. 😭

    • @Level_Eleven
      @Level_Eleven Місяць тому +2

      It’s about to hit 18 years old (ten days away from now)

  • @stefanspelt3578
    @stefanspelt3578 Місяць тому

    Imagine if we get to use the Nintendo Channel to put the Super Mario Galaxy DS ROM Hack on it via a Bluetooth connection based cloud stream system.

  • @Lucario1121
    @Lucario1121 Місяць тому

    Nintendo Week crawl so Kit and Kryta can run

  • @FlapSmear78
    @FlapSmear78 Місяць тому

    I wish I could fix my WiiU. It got the red blinking light of death. But I still have the nand backup I made while JB.

  • @krazycharlie
    @krazycharlie Місяць тому

    It would be even cooler if the Virtual Console for the Wii, Wii U and the DS consoles could be revived. Oh well, getting ROMs in the Jack Sparrow way isn't exactly that hard for anyone but it's quite infuriating for Nintendo.

  • @sohigh10
    @sohigh10 Місяць тому +7

    That was a brilliant intro about voting

  • @6stringfidgeter
    @6stringfidgeter Місяць тому +2

    Wasn't old doom mod maps WAD files?

  • @doodlememes
    @doodlememes Місяць тому

    And 2023, 2022, 2021 2020.....

  • @Poever
    @Poever Місяць тому

    Wow, they sure do sneak up on you

  • @Electro096
    @Electro096 Місяць тому

    I used the wii forcast channel like a couple of times

  • @MrJamess1982
    @MrJamess1982 Місяць тому

    Does this also work on the WII U?

  • @Tharealkeeters
    @Tharealkeeters Місяць тому +1

    Yeah remember voting on stuff. That was a fun time. I didn't love the Wii where the graphics were just so bad but they had a lot of fun stuff on it that kept it entertaining.

  • @lost0thech4
    @lost0thech4 Місяць тому

    Wait is Netflix available on the Wii again?

  • @ERrnesST
    @ERrnesST Місяць тому

    They just need to bring back the Wii. All the right things came together to make an easy and extremely accessible experience. Everything else afterwards was trash. Even the switch is nothing compared to the og Wii

  • @kurtohboy
    @kurtohboy Місяць тому

    Everybody votes channel was fun. Nintendo should have kept doing it on newer platforms.

  • @NickFlack
    @NickFlack Місяць тому

    works on wiiu?

  • @thepolacek
    @thepolacek Місяць тому

    Wasn’t there a return of the virtual console, or is that dead? It was about six months ago

    • @daddykarlmarx6183
      @daddykarlmarx6183 Місяць тому +2

      What does that even mean? With a modded Wii you could always easily play virtual console and wiiware titles, for years and years and years now

    • @AyeItsHarry
      @AyeItsHarry Місяць тому

      all those piracy "revivals" have died

  • @chrisr024
    @chrisr024 Місяць тому +2

    It's a good day. The people have spoken.

  • @juiceala
    @juiceala Місяць тому

    It's funny you release this video just as it was discovered that Sony is shutting down PS Vita and PS3 servers.

    • @LeneAlexandraa
      @LeneAlexandraa Місяць тому +1

      Can you provide a reliable source for this? So not a Reddit post. Sony did remove all PSM content, but there’s no indication that the servers for PS3 and Vita will shutdown as far as I can tell

    • @juiceala
      @juiceala Місяць тому

      @ true, but there's speculation this is an indication they're shutting down servers, could be the result of concord flopping hard.

  • @AnthonySmith-bj9mo
    @AnthonySmith-bj9mo Місяць тому +1

    hi Spawn Wave

  • @vertigo1721
    @vertigo1721 Місяць тому

    Can you do this on an emulator?

  • @_BELMONT_
    @_BELMONT_ Місяць тому

    6:37
    I dunno if id take a modded wii to japan.

  • @elerileigh7926
    @elerileigh7926 Місяць тому +2

    the ps3's wifi was, and is still garbage, I hack them a LOT and transfering files over FTP to the ps3 takes..... infinitely longer versus ethernet. all wifi was garbo back then.

  • @official386g3
    @official386g3 Місяць тому +1

    Hacking is not from nintendo

  • @AnonymousBoss1
    @AnonymousBoss1 Місяць тому +168

    Just remember Concord cost $400 Million dollars 😢🤣

  • @thekrohster
    @thekrohster Місяць тому

    Burnout Legends SUCKED lmao. I remember my mom buying it for me at Walmart and then I decided to go to the car while she did her shopping......I was so disappointed. She was going to try and return it and say that it didn't work but they said that they could only exchange it for another copy of the same game.......I feel like we went in like a week later, we were able to return it somehow and I got Need For Speed Underground 2 for my DS instead lol

  • @Lurker1222
    @Lurker1222 Місяць тому +1

    For years after I stopped playing the switch, I would still turn it on daily for everybody votes

  • @walkerpierce5446
    @walkerpierce5446 Місяць тому +1

    I miss rii man WiiLink just isn't as good or as intuitive to install.

  • @DeagoKotaro
    @DeagoKotaro Місяць тому

    Which is better though, Wii Link or Rii Connect?

    • @exonymat1471
      @exonymat1471 Місяць тому

      RiiConnect merged into WiiLink, so now WiiLink is the only option

    • @DeagoKotaro
      @DeagoKotaro Місяць тому

      @exonymat1471 OK. I'm guessing I'm gonna have to reupdate the channels then?

    • @ProjectionProjects2.7182
      @ProjectionProjects2.7182 Місяць тому

      They are both the same now.

  • @TheHardStyleLife
    @TheHardStyleLife Місяць тому +1

    So many memories

  • @mateo_onesey
    @mateo_onesey Місяць тому

    i'd rather order a pizza from dominos in elder scrolls 4 oblvion thank you