Mii

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A Mii competing in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.

Miis are characters in the Wii console; they take residence in the Mii Channel. Miis are based off of human beings and players can design what their Miis look like. Players can make themselves into Miis or make any other person into Miis. Players can make as many Miis as they can fit in the Wii's memory.

The Miis can be used on many video games for the Wii and can even be playable in the game Wii Sports. If the player hasn't created any Mii yet and is playing Wii Sports, the player will play as one of the game's default characters.

Appearances in Mario Games

WarioWare: Smooth Moves

Miis have first appeared with Wario in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. In this game, the Miis star in multiplayer mode and in a few of the microgames. Players must also use Miis to personalize their own files. One of the multiplayer modes starring the Miis is very similar to the mini-game Balloon Bang.

Mario Party 8

In Mario Party 8 they are playable characters in the Extra Zone and are sometimes seen in the background of mini-games. The Miis in this game however wear overalls, gloves, and shoes like the Mario Bros. Miis are also available to personalize players' files.

A Mii, replacing Dr. Mario as the main character in Dr. Mario & Bacterial Eradication.

Dr. Mario & Bacterial Eradication

In Dr. Mario & Bacterial Eradication, Miis are able to replace Dr. Mario as the playable character.

Other Appearances

Miis also appear in games such as Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, Mario Kart Wii, Mario Strikers Charged, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and Super Smash Bros. Brawl to represent the player, similar to an avatar. In Super Mario Galaxy, players can personalize their files with Miis.

Check Mii Out Channel/Mii Contest Channel

One of the channels in the Nintendo Wii is the Check Mii Out Channel (or the Mii contest channel), where Nintendo holds contests to see who can create the Mii that looks the most like a certain person, for example a few contests had players to create Miis that looked like the Tooth Fairy, or another that even had players to create a Mii of a Gingerbread Man. Some of the contests have been Mairo related. Here is a list of them:

• Mario, without his hat, was the first contests in the Check Mii Out Channel.
• Luigi, without his hat, was another later contest.
• Another contest had players create Princess Peach.

Trivia

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A screenshot of the face creation software in Mario Party Advance, similar to to the Mii concept.

• The name Mii originates from the words "me" and "Wii".
• Nintendo had wanted to create Miis since the NES, and kept trying to create them with mostly every system they could such as the Nintendo 64DD and Nintendo DS.
• A face editor was used for creating passports in the game Mario Party Advance, sharing similarities with the Mii concept, but it is unknown if this contributed to the development of Miis.