Wii Menu

Wii Menu

The Wii Menu operating system interface is designed around the concept of television channels. Separate channels are graphically displayed in a grid and are navigated using the pointer capability of the Wii Remote. It is possible to change the arrangement of the channels by holding down the A and B buttons.
There are six primary channels: the Disc Channel, Mii Channel, Photo Channel, Wii Shop Channel, Forecast Channel, and News Channel. The Forecast Channel was released on December 19, 2006.
The News Channel was released on January 26, 2007. Additional channels are available for download from the Wii Shop Channel and also appear with each Virtual Console title. The Everybody Votes Channel was released on February 13, 2007.

The full version of the Internet Channel was released on April 11, 2007 and was free for download until the end of June 2007. Currently, a fee of 500 Wii Points is required to purchase the Internet Channel. In June 2007 Nintendo announced a new service called WiiWare. The service will allow small and large developers to create their own games that can be bought through the Wii Shop Channel with Wii Points.