What's the Wii nickname for?

[aznricyboy]

Under the Wii settings, you'll notice that you can edit the console nickname for your Wii. What does this do? Will this be the name that displays when you play online, or do you just call it whatever the heck you want? Sorry, I don't own any WiFi games, so I wouldn't know.

I just named mine "Oathkeeper" because it's from Kingdom Hearts and it sounded cool.

 

[wiimagick]

i dunno...i tought it was the wii username, but i guess not..im haveing trouble finding username and online code. sorry..

 

[CantGetAWii]

Not sure to tell you the truth, I've always wondered this.

 

[Dzapper]

It's nothing really, I think Nintendo has plans to use it in the future but for now it's just an idle feature.

 

[mr wii]

well as far as i know it is not used in wifi games, it is just a console nickname as far as i know,

i dunno...i tought it was the wii username, but i guess not..im haveing trouble finding username and online code. sorry..

also the online code is shown when either you look on your message board, or for example on strikers your friends code is shown when u go too addd a friend

 

[wiimagick]

i see thanks....

and btw, the name thing might be like how you can name youre dvd player, tv, computer, etc. just there for sho imo

 

[Yuglooc]

Does anyone know if it's for a network ID? Like the console nickname will show up as a computer in your router's DHCP clients table?

 

[Yuglooc]

Does anyone know if it's for a network ID? Like the console nickname will show up as a computer in your router's DHCP clients table?

Scratch that. I just checked my DHCP table and it just comes up as "Wii"

 

[samXcor3]

Scratch that. I just checked my DHCP table and it just comes up as "Wii"

Maybe when Brawl hits theyll scrap friend codes and go with this.

 

[adam1111]

for adding peeps

 

[WiiWouldLike2Play]

I always thought it was for the Wii Games. Or wait, is there another Edit Console Name thing? Ahh, I'm so lost!

 

[crazyman2]

I think its just the name of your console. like "dave's wii". Nothing terribly special about it

 

[daviduk200]

lol my console was called, dave's wii.

what a coincidence, but now its just david. lol

Anybody, may it have something to do with DS-Wii link up ? so you know which console you are linking it to ?

 

[vi3tmix]

I imagine it's mainly for local network options to be used in the future. I always thought that you named your Wii for the same reasons why your PCs have names (once again, to easily associate with the device while looking through network lists), though we have yet to see expanded home networking features even suggested from Nintendo.

 

[LevesqueIsKing]

Nothing as of yet. Many had hoped that it would be your online username, but obviously that has not yet happened and most likely won't.

Another possibility is that it is for finding a lost wii, similar to writing your name and phone number on the tag of a clothing article.