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==Wii Channels related to ''Super Mario''==

[[File:Wii Systemmenu.png|thumb|250px|The Wii Menu, up to August 2007]]

The Wii is Nintendo's first home console with a wide variety of built-in software. '''Wii Channels''' are channels accessible from the Wii Menu. There are four pages of channels; each page can hold twelve channels, meaning there can be in total 48 channels in a typical Wii Menu. The channels can be moved around on the Wii Menu by holding {{button|wii|A}} + {{button|wii|B}} and dragging them.

===Disc Channel===

[[File:Wii Discchannel.png|thumb|left|The Disc Channel, when no disc is inserted]]

The Disc Channel is the channel in which game discs are loaded and played. It is the first channel on the menu and cannot be moved. It displays a preview icon of the game currently inside the disc slot and plays a unique jingle when selected; if a [[Nintendo GameCube]] game is in the slot, it does not have a preview and only displays the Nintendo GameCube logo and plays the default GameCube startup jingle when selected. When a disc is loading, as seen in the picture, the Nintendo GameCube and Wii discs are shown spinning, and whichever disc type that was inserted will lower into an opening denoting a disc reader.

===Photo Channel===

[[File:PhotoChannel.jpg|thumb|The Photo Channel]]

The Photo Channel allows the user to save, view, and apply various effects to photos and videos from either an {{wp|SD card}} or the Wii Message Board. Effects include doodling, stamping, and altering brightness settings. Photos can also be turned into sliding puzzles. When the game ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' is beaten, the player is given the choice whether or not to send the winning photo to the Message Board. There are several other games that behave like this such as ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.

===Wii Shop Channel===

The Wii Shop Channel was a virtual shopping network where users could purchase and download [[WiiWare]] and [[Virtual Console]] games in exchange for the required amount of Wii Points. The Virtual Console allowed players to download games that were originally released on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], and [[Nintendo 64]], and play them on their Wii console. They could also buy special games called [[WiiWare]] which can be purchased only on the Wii Shop Channel itself. Rather than using money to directly buy the games, a credit currency called [[Virtual Console#Wii Points|Wii Points]] is used. Wii Points can be earned by either purchasing them with a credit card or redeeming a Wii Point Card. Other free-of-charge channels, such as the Nintendo Channel and Internet Channel, were also available for download at the Wii Shop Channel.

===Forecast Channel===

[[File:ForecastChannel.jpg|thumb|The Forecast Channel]]

The Forecast Channel was added on December 19, 2006, about one month after the console itself was released. The channel preview displayed the local weather of where the user is located. Some games, including ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'', have an option that allowed the game to draw information from the Forecast Channel and use that weather as the weather conditions in the game.

==Peripherals==

===Wii Remote===

[[File:wiimote.jpg|thumb|150px|The Wii Remote (right). The standard controller for playing Wii games, along with the Nunchuk Attachment.]]

The '''Wii Remote''' (also known as the "Wiimote") is the standard game controller for the Wii. It has a rectangular shape, resembling a television remote, making it unique from other consoles' controllers. It consists of several buttons (one behind ({{button|wii|B}})) and a directional pad ({{button|wii|Pad}}) as well. The Wii Remote also has a power button ({{button|wii|power}}), which can be used as a remote to either turn the Wii console on or off, rather than pressing the power button on the machine itself. The Wii Remote can be used for NES [[Virtual Console]] games but not for SNES and N64 Virtual Console games because the Wii Remote cannot be mapped to emulate a SNES or N64 controller properly.

===Nunchuk===

[[File:Black Nunchuk.jpg|150px|thumb|A Black Nunchuk]]

The '''Nunchuk''' is the main attachment to the Wii Remote. Upon buying a Wii, one Wii Remote and one Nunchuk are included. It consists of two buttons ({{button|wii|C}} and {{button|wii|Z}}) along with an analog stick ({{button|wii|Stick}}). Like the Wii Remote, the Nunchuk also includes motion sensors. It is named as such because of the similarity in appearance to {{wp|nunchaku}} when being used together with the Wii Remote.

===Classic Controller===

[[File:wiiclassic.jpg|thumb|The Classic Controller, used for playing classic [[Nintendo]] games on the Wii]]

The '''Classic Controller''' is an extension or accessory for the Wii Remote. Besides the two analog sticks, the button layout resembles that of the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]'s controller. The Classic Controller must be used to play some Virtual Console games such as ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Some Wii games, such as ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' are compatible as well.

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====Classic Controller Pro====

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===Wii Balance Board===

[[File:BalanceBoard.jpg|thumb|left|The Wii Balance Board]]

[[File:Black Wii Balance Board.jpg|thumb|A Black Wii Balance Board]]

===Nintendo GameCube Controller===

The [[Nintendo GameCube#Nintendo GameCube Controller|Nintendo GameCube Controller]] can also be used for certain games such as ''Mario Kart Wii'' and Virtual Console games, and as an alternative to the Wii Classic Controller (and the Pro version).