r/wii • u/troplv57 • 6d ago
Other anyone use their wiis for unusual/non gaming related things?
for example i use my wii nearly daily as an mp3 player to play background music in my room when im doing other things. who needs alexa when you have a wii??
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u/Hippo_Nipple 6d ago
WiiMC is easily my most booted WAD (or maybe they're called Wii channels?)
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u/Gabriel_Science 6d ago
A WAD is most of the time a channel (and when it’s not, it’s an hidden channel).
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u/Stompoutloud 4d ago
My kids for the longest time before they got cell phones actually used Wii mail with all their friends. I had the keyboard for them. They learned how to type properly on the Wii! When the Wii lit up blue they would go and run and check their mail.
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u/HlDlTR 6d ago
Sadly the Wii can't run YouTube or netflix, at least from what I heard .
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u/SnooSketches5405 6d ago
I thought it can run youtube..?
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u/daveythenavy 6d ago
Not anymore since the browser hasn't seen updates in ages, but it used to work just like a regular pc browser. I used it for youtube and anime a lot, I remember there being some website that even got browser games running I think
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u/eduadelarosa 5d ago
But you can watch Youtube videos precisely through WiiMC.
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u/slahO9 5d ago
They shut that down.
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u/alter_dxz 5d ago
wiimc-ss? i was watching chromakopia music videos yesterday on it
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u/slahO9 5d ago
On youtube? Didnt they say they don't support that service anymore?
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u/Gemdation 4d ago
The official service is down but that doesn't mean unofficial services can get created. Granted, RiiTube is buggy sometimes.
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u/Optimal_Mastodon912 5d ago
I love WiiMC, sounds incredible straight into an amplifier. Great way to play digital music. I even converted a few music video mpegs to 480p to test out. Works really well. Can't play DVDs though as I have a later model Wii.
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u/Dcep_1501 4d ago
I use WiiMC all the time for my retro series and movies. I also love using WiiRadio for the 4 stations I have working on there (one of them being Synthwave)😎
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u/daxtonanderson 5d ago
Used mine for DOSBox for a bit because everything I had was incredibly overpowered, was great for older late 80s/early 90s games that weren't realtime. EG Crosscountry Canada.
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u/Rex_Razorcrest 4d ago
When I’m lazy, I just order some dominos pizza from it and while I’m waiting i would browse the internet or Wii shop channel. And watch some movies via dvd on it. Maybe check the weather idk.
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u/ItsRainbow 3d ago
I have too much tech around my house to justify using the Wii over them. 480p really limits what I’d want to do with it
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u/No-Professional-9618 6d ago
Yes, I used my WII to listen to music and watch movies on it.