Wii: Hack to View Wii Shop

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From the computer of: MickeyMouse (238 recipes)
Created: Nov 22, 2006     Updated: Dec 15, 2006

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The wii uses an internal internet browser to communicate through the internet. By emulating this browser, you can view the wii shop from your browser.

Hats off to this guy. I wanted to do the exact same thing but still have not been able to get my hands on a wii yet.

The wii uses a browser to communicate. By emulating this browser with firefox, you can surf the wii shop.

1. Open Firefox
2. Install the User Agent Switcher

The previous tech-recipes on the use of this tool is also killer.

3. Click Tools
4. Click User Agent Switcher
5. Click Options -> Options
6. Click User Agents
7. Click Add
8. Description: wii
9. User Agent: Opera/9.00 (Nintendo Wii; U; ; 1038-58; Wii Shop Channel/1.0; en)
10. Click OK X 2
11. Click Tools again
12. Select User Agent Switcher
13. Select wii

14. Copy and paste one of these links into firefox and visit it:

Main Channel:

http://oss.shop.wii.com/oss/common/vc/W_01.jsp?language=en®ion=USA&country=US

Surf the Manual!

http://209.67.106.203/en_US/html/manual/USA/startup.html

My Nintendo Membership Link:

http://oss.shop.wii.com/oss/common/vc/S_02.jsp?language=en®ion=USA&country=US&&state=init

Sonic The Hedgehog Page:

http://oss.shop.wii.com/oss/common/vc/B_05.jsp?titleId=000100014D414845

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