#wii forecast channel

[pegasuskiss]

my OC, stratus! based off the wii forecast channel (but i liked the weather symbols from the japanese version more!)

[dandelionsprout42]

Managed to install Wii System Menu, News Channel, Homebrew Channel, and Priiloader in Dolphin

A chain of events led me to see the potential of what Dolphin was truly capable of:

Installing the Wii System Menu was the easiest part, far easier than on PCSX2. I just ran Tools → Perform Online System Update → Whichever region suits you best (Note that the region also determines available Forecast Channel countries to some extent).

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With Options → Settings → Wii → Enable WiiConnect24 via WiiLink; then going to the Wii System Menu → Settings → WiiConnect24 → turn on. In Europe, the System Menu's default country is Switzerland, which should be changed in the System Menu settings to your preferred country. You'll be prompted with a long and somewhat silly TOS by Nintendo, which you can accept. Forecast Channel will now work.

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News Channel doesn't work through this, however, with Error 107305; and at the time of writing, the Dolphin Wiki is blatantly lying that it works.

Only through https://github.com/riiconnect24/RiiConnect24-Patcher/releases does it have a chance to work. On Windows, it's not sufficient to just click on the .bat no matter what the Releases page says. Instead, open PowerShell, run "cd [whatever folder you saved it in, with single apostrophes if the folder path has spaces]", then run ".\RiiConnect24Patcher.bat". Running the resulting menu should go pretty easy.

The files generated by the menu can then be pasted into the folder(s) where Dolphin detects games from, then right-click on the game's row in Dolphin and choose "Install to the NAND". News Channel will now work.

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Now comes the crown jewel: Get Wii System Menu to show disc banners for games from other regions. For instance, Mario Super Sluggers on a PAL System Menu, or Monster Hunter G on an NTSC-NA System Menu. This was a tough one for sure:

Since fail0verflow's official repo doesn't have meaningfully downloadable versions of Homebrew Channel, one has to go to https://github.com/FIX94/hbc/releases instead. Once it has been downloaded, paste it in the Dolphin game detection folder, where it can be launched directly and/or from Wii System Menu.

Once it has been confirmed that Homebrew Channel launches correctly, one needs to add Priiloader Installer and very likely also Launch Priiloader to Dolphin's emulated SD card; the standard Wii versions of both files will work. Dolphin didn't exactly make the process of adding files to the SD card easy, however:

Download ImDisk Manager from Sourceforge, then use Powershell once again, run "cd [the folder you unpacked it to]", then run ".\install.bat". Once installed correctly, the launch file is so hard to find that it's actually better to search for "ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver" in the Windows start menu.

It's likely best if Dolphin isn't running at this point. Run ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver → Mount new… → The exact filepath of the SD card that is used in "Dolphin → Options → Settings → SD Card Path:". Checking the "Removable Media" option in ImDisk is also said to be an advantage. At this point, the card will show up as a disk in Windows File Explorer, likely G:/ or something like that.

Extract Priiloader Installer and (if at all possible) Launch Priiloader into that disk. Then cut and paste the folders' "apps" folders onto the root (Top menu) of the disk. Don't worry about 2 folders having the same name, they will merge into each other.

In ImDisk, click on the disk and choose "Remove". Any complaints it claims about lacking rights are fake, and can be clicked OK on. If it complains about "Invalid filesize", click back and forth on the options of "Size of virtual disk" and then try "Remove" again.

Run Dolphin → Homebrew Channel, and see if Priiloader Installer and Launch Priiloader show up as launchable apps in Homebrew Channel. If yes, run Priiloader Installer.

There is one installation process across all Wii OSs, so don't worry about there being no specific Dolphin process. Once completed, the installer may hang on "Exiting…", but the emulator can safely be closed at this point.

To use Launch Priiloader, you have 2 options: 1) Launch Homebrew Channel → Launch Priiloader. 2) Rename the boot.dol from a LoadPriiloader folder to something descriptive, paste the .dol into the Dolphin game detection folder, and run it directly.

All the relevant options for Wii consoles (though not those exclusive to Wii U) will indeed show, including the good stuff like "Region Free EVERYTHING" and "Auto-Click A on Warning Message". If you want to, you can safely use the "System Menu" on top afterwards.

The result: Showtime!

(Piantas are wildly OP in that game, by the way. They live up to their nickname Chucksters.)

[illusiveman]

Splatoon 1 and 2 music isn't on the app 😔

[koobird]

Either we’re fucking to the Nintendo Music Wii Forecast Channel Playlist or we aren’t fucking at all.

[cledaydog]

[ask-theconsoleponies]

Wii: I wonder what today's weather is on the Forecast Channel...

She can still access those discontinued channels as well as WiiConnect24 to this very day…

(Hello there everyone! I want to deeply apologzie for the the lack of any recent pictures from questions you have been sending to us. This is because I am currently hard at work on another picture that I'm focused on.)

(In the meantime, while this is something that I don't usually do on the blog, I felt like sharing an adorable picture featuring SWiitch when she was Wii from her time during the original blog from long ago. For this picture, I decided to have it be in a style that closely resembles the original blog's style in a way while also going with the style of our blog of today. I'd say SWiitch as her old Wii self is very adorable!)

(With that being said, I hope you all love the picture and I along with the other mods will return with answering more of your questions from SWiitch and the others as soon as we can.)

[kirfluffbon]

i just checked the wii forecast channel and it said the reactor core is going to explode

[cahootings]

I’m fine this is my emotional support 10 Hours Wii Weather Forecast Channel (Globe At Night)

[iwakuraz]

why does the song that plays on the wii forecast channel during nighttime sounds so emotional

[chorusfm]

Nintendo Release New Music App

Nintendo has released a new music app. MacStories has a rundown: The iPhone-only app is an exclusive perk for Nintendo Online members. Once you sign into your account, you’re greeted with a deep catalog of classic Nintendo music. You’ll find old favorites from the biggest titles, but there are also many, many more obscure songs. A prime example is the Globe: Daytime Forecast song from the Wii Forecast Channel. It turns out it’s an excellent tune for writing. --- Please consider becoming a member so we can keep bringing you stories like this one. ◎ https://chorus.fm/linked/nintendo-release-new-music-app/

[farflypants]

I really miss the forecast channel on the Wii sometimes. I miss spinning the big globe and seeing the weather in other countries n' stuff.

[seasidesatellite]

do NOT look on the wii forecast channel

the wii can produce weather?

[chiguire]

10 Hours: Wii Weather Forecast Channel Music (Globe at Night)

[ask-theconsoleponies]

Nintendo wii,i still have you console!! You are so cute.PD: don't tell playstation about that.

Which makes her heart that much more happy every time someone says that she's cute in every way! I'm sure PlayStation won't mind in the slightest...

(Alright, so as I am still figuring things out, I'm also getting ideas of doing different backgrounds for our blog as to add more depth and life, so in this case, we have SWiitch as Wii in the Wii Menu. This is actually the Wii U version because I myself don't own an original Wii but instead the Wii U which is where I play all of my Wii games from alongside the Virtual Console and Wii Ware games I had downloaded long ago. 10 years to be exact!)

(While it's not shown on here, SWiitch in her Wii form can actually still fully access the discontinued features of both the Wii and Wii U such as the Forecast and News Channels as well as the Wii U Chat and Miiverse applications for example)

[coolerdracula]

he was really expecting me to not already be on the Wii forecast channel