Mii

The best way to display user's Miis

When you want to source Mii imagery from a user, you use a mixture of JavaScript and the miip protocol. This is useful for identifying various users to send letters to, with all of its 64x64px action.

var mii = new wiiMii();

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mii.getMiiNum()

Returns the amount of Miis this console has. Will not exceed 100.

mii.isValidIcon(index)

Returns a boolean if the Mii at number index exists. This is helpful when looping to access via index from 100.

mii.getMiiName(index)

Returns a string with the Mii at index's name.

Protocol

You have two ways of accessing Miis: via an index (IDX), or using the Mii's character ID (CID).

Regardless of what method, the miip:// protocol accepts a basic format:

miip://METHOD/IDENTIFER.bmp?bgR=red&bgG=green&bgB=blue&width=64&height=64

You need to set a few params in order to use such a URL.

  • METHOD must be IDX or CID.

  • IDENTIFIER is the value relating to what's mentioned above - be it an index of a Mii, or a friend's character ID.

  • bgR, bgG and bgB are the background of the Mii image in integer values. Instead of 0xff in hexadecimal, you would write 255.

  • width and height are the rendered size in pixels of this bmp.

IDX

Nintendo imposes a max of 100 Miis. Due to this, you can iterate an index from 0-99 and call wiiMii#isValidIcon(index) to verify its validity.

For example, to show the images of all valid Miis and log names using the functions above:

CID

Every Mii has a unique ID (known as a Mii ID, character ID, or CID) derived from its creation timestamp and other data. (For more information, read the WiiBrew articlearrow-up-right.)

When you utilize NWC24 to retrieve the user's friends list, you are able to query a friend's attached Mii and retrieve a usable CID. (For more in-depth information about the friends list, see its available methods.) Internally, the CID is converted to a usable index.

For example, to iterate through all available friends and show their respective Miis:

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