“Check Mii Out” on the Wii Channel is Coming

Nintendo is preparing to launch its “Check Mii Out” channel for the Wii the evening of November 11.

Wii users are rather attached to their Miis and have gotten very creative with them, crafting caricatures of themselves as well as pop icons and even their favorite historical personages. Now Wii users with an Internet connection will be able to download the new channel from the WiiWare section of the Wii Shop Channel.

Users will be able to share their Miis with Wii players worldwide. You can look at a random selection of 1,000 Miis, choose just the current or all-time favorites or search for specific a Mii by the name of its creator or by a number specific to each Mii. Vote for your favorites, tag them and import them into your own system if you wish.

Contests will also be a feature of the “Check Mii Out” channel.

The contest section of the Check Mii Out Channel challenges users to
submit Mii creations to represent a specific person, character or theme. These
could include historical figures (Abraham Lincoln or Vincent Van Gogh),
fictional characters (the Tooth Fairy or the New Year’s Baby) or descriptive
themes (”the biggest bully ever” or “the overbearing boss”). Users can then
vote on Miis submitted by others to determine the Mii that best fits the
challenge. Each contest will generally last two weeks: one for creating and
submitting Miis, and the second week for people to vote on the results.

via Press Release