Topic: So I got my Wii repaired by Nintendo, but one thing's still screwed up. My Miis! :(

[JonLeung]

Upon receiving my Wii back from Nintendo of Canada, I immediately checked the serial number.  It was different.  I was a little alarmed at first, until I figured that maybe they just transferred all my info onto a new Wii, rather than fixing my original Wii (it had speckles in areas with long draw distances and lots of light, mostly noticeably in outdoor areas in Zelda).

I still had to reconfigure my Wi-Fi settings and do a very large update and redownload my VC games (for free), but nearly everything else was indeed there, transferred from my original Wii; saved games, VC saved games, Miis, Wii Points, Photo Channel records, Address Book entries, Internet Channel bookmarks, Forecast Channel region settings, console nickname, well, pretty much everything I could think of was there.  Except only two things (other than the serial number), one of them major.

1. My Wii console # is changed.  That's okay, I only gave it to three people, so I'll simply give it out again.  I can see their Miis in the Mii parade, so maybe they don't actually have to reregister me.

2. This is the big one.    I CAN'T EDIT MY MIIS!    It says I can't edit a Mii I didn't create.  This is probably because this is a different Wii, and the Wii console #s are probably in the Mii data so that they can't be edited except on the same Wii they were made from.

I have 45 Miis, four of them are family members, and me and my brother have [PRO] status in several Wii Sports.  I don't want to delete those Miis' records, but what if I ever want to edit any of my Miis again?  I might have to delete and recreate them!  

My brother asked for the repair originally, so he's referencing the repair number as well as both the serial numbers and both the Wii console #s of both of the Wiis.  Hopefully Nintendo can change all our Miis (remotely) so that they'll be editable again.

EDIT: Speaking of editing, my spelling all went in the gutter...  >_<

[Ceric]

Yeah, I'm sort of in the same boat with me and my wifes me since I got a replacement.

[NeoThunder]

I would call and complain to Nintendo first.

And clearly what they did was they just gave you a new Wii, and sounds like they just copied your Wii flash memory to your new one.  

The reason you can see your friends Mii's is because they were on your memory, I would send them some messages and ask them to send you one back to make sure you have them in your friends list still

You probley can't get it fixed but you might be able to score some free Wii points for your inconvence.

[Pale]

I heard from somewhere that there was a computer program that can modify the Mii's "original wii" number so that you can then modify them again....

I think it was in the comments in that article about that guy who took his Wii right to Nintendo headquarters.  I've never tried it though.

Edit:  I found it.  This is a quote from some guy on the Internet.  I have no idea if it's true or if the program is a virus.  Your call on if you want to try it.

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If you have bluetooth setup on your PC, you can use Mii Mega-mall ( http://www.miimall.com ) and the Mii Editor (http://www.miieditor.com ) to transfer your Miis to your computer, edit them to match your new Wii (via MAC address), and send them back to the Wii as being editable.  More information about that can be found in the Mii Editor FAQ.

[JonLeung]

I don't think I have a bluetooth setup.  But if this works...

*takes back everything mean I might have said about Pale ever*

[Shecky]

Sounds like it should work fine.  It probably makes the Bluetooth computer look like a Wii Remote.  And you can send a Mii to a Wii Remote as part of the Mii channel.  Can you suck down Mii's from the remote?  I'll have to double check.

Edit:  You can pull Mii's off the remote.

[JonLeung]

Has anyone tested that out yet?  Does it really work?  I would guess that's more likely than it NOT working, but is it easy enough to not seriously truly screw up my Miis?

I don't have a Bluetooth adapter, and I'm not going to get one just for this.

If I gave my Bluetooth-equipped friends my Wii Console #, could they grab my Miis from the Mii Parade, put them in their own Mii Plaza (or I could send them directly, if I'm able to send ones that appear to not be mine), put them up on their own Wii Remote, use the programs mentioned to tweak the Mii's Wii Console #s and/or MAC address to my current ones, and then send them back (or at least put them where I can grab them back via the Mii Parade)?  Might that work?

Would that affect my Wii Sports records in any way?  I suppose I ought to test with Miis I don't care too much about, assuming that plan works at all...  

[Shecky]

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Originally posted by: JonLeung
Would that affect my Wii Sports records in any way?  I suppose I ought to test with Miis I don't care too much about, assuming that plan works at all...

That's a good question.  From what I can tell, there is a unique Mii ID as part of the Mii Data.  If that's the case, then that likely gets tied to records in Wii Sports.  However, they may take pairs of data to make that association... like maybe the unique ID *and* lower MAC.  I don't have bluetooth on my machine, otherwise I'd be testing this out.