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{{Infobox system menu
 
{{Infobox system menu
|reldateusa      = None
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|title = Prelaunch System Menu
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|builddate      = August 16, 2006
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|reldateusa      = None ([[Wii Startup Disc]] menu was released to some retail store demo kiosks in the US circa October 2006)
 
|reldatejap      = None
 
|reldatejap      = None
 
|reldateeur      = None
 
|reldateeur      = None
|sysmenuios      = 12 ?
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|sysmenuios      = 4]] used for [[Wii Startup Disc]] menu, otherwise unknown <span style="display: none;">
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|hackmii        = http://hackmii.com/2010/09/insert-startup-disc/
 
|newerver        = 1.0
 
|newerver        = 1.0
 
}}
 
}}
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=== Startup Disc Menu ===
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On early-run Wiis shipped for use in store demo kiosks, and some early consumer Wiis, the primitive "Insert Startup Disc" menu was installed. You can read more about this on the HackMii article; it's a menu that prompts for a disc, checks it, then loads/installs from it.
  
== Info ==
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=== Other Menu Prototypes ===
 
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There are other menu prototypes shown in pre-release videos and conferences, sometimes labeled "9/14". There are several versions under this label.
=== 2004 to 2006 === 
 
*The console was known by the code name of "Revolution" until April 27, 2006, using a development menu with no version number identified, it was announced at E3 2004 Beta models were reveiled at at E3 2005 as a modified gamecube and then the offical wii version at E3 2006.
 
*The system menu shown at E3 2005 was that of a gamecube if the console started without a disc, but when a disc was inserted it would show a black screen with the words Wii on it.
 
*The system menu shown at E3 2006 showed that it was very similar to system menu 1.0/1.2, with slight cosmetic differences.
 
 
 
 
  
 
'''WARNING:''' Be advised that if your system is shipped with 4.0 preinstalled, you can not downgrade and will brick your console.
 
'''WARNING:''' Be advised that if your system is shipped with 4.0 preinstalled, you can not downgrade and will brick your console.
  
==Beta Materials==
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== Beta Materials ==
  
Inside a System Menu TPL, there exists a unused DVD icon, and a Animal Crossing message icon (Shown at E3 2006)
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Inside a System Menu TPL, there exists a unused DVD icon, and an Animal Crossing message icon (shown at the September 14 press conference; see link below).
[http://www.nintendojofr.com/images/nouvelles/2006/10/wii2.JPG]
 
[http://www.nintendojofr.com/images/nouvelles/2006/10/wii3.JPG]
 
[http://www.nintendojofr.com/images/nouvelles/2006/10/wii6.JPG]
 
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
  
[http://www.nintendojofr.com/redaction/nouvelles/?id=Gfew http://www.nintendojofr.com/redaction/nouvelles/?id=Gfew]- The first images
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121002074007/https://www.nintendojo.fr/post/2006/10/13/%5BWii%5D-Images-exclusives-de-l'interface-finale nintendojo.fr] - (The first images) Archived from the original.
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*[http://hackmii.com/2010/09/insert-startup-disc/ Insert Startup Disc]
  
 
{{System Menu Navigation}}
 
{{System Menu Navigation}}

Latest revision as of 19:47, 5 February 2023

Prelaunch System Menu
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Date history
Build dateAugust 16, 2006
Release dateUSA Flag.png None (Wii Startup Disc menu was released to some retail store demo kiosks in the US circa October 2006)

JAP Flag.png None

EUR Flag.png None
System
System Menu IOSIOS4 used for Wii Startup Disc menu, otherwise unknown ]]
Links
HackMii post
Version History
Succeeded by1.0

Startup Disc Menu

On early-run Wiis shipped for use in store demo kiosks, and some early consumer Wiis, the primitive "Insert Startup Disc" menu was installed. You can read more about this on the HackMii article; it's a menu that prompts for a disc, checks it, then loads/installs from it.

Other Menu Prototypes

There are other menu prototypes shown in pre-release videos and conferences, sometimes labeled "9/14". There are several versions under this label.

WARNING: Be advised that if your system is shipped with 4.0 preinstalled, you can not downgrade and will brick your console.

Beta Materials

Inside a System Menu TPL, there exists a unused DVD icon, and an Animal Crossing message icon (shown at the September 14 press conference; see link below).

Links