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{{Seealso|System Menu/BS2}}
{{Seealso|System Menu/BS2}}
The '''System Menu''' is software shipped pre-installed into every Wii which allows the launching of games from an officially Nintendo certified game disc, launching of Nintendo Certified channels and Virtual Console and WiiWare titles.
The '''System Menu''', more commonly known as the '''Wii Menu''', is software shipped pre-installed into every Wii which allows the launching of games from an officially Nintendo certified game disc, launching of Nintendo Certified channels and Virtual Console and WiiWare titles.
On the [[vWii]], the System Menu is an [https://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Ancast_Image Ancast Image], meaning it has a format bootable by the [https://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Espresso Espresso], being encrypted and signed. For this reason, it cannot be modified on the vWii.
On the [[vWii]], the System Menu is an [https://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Ancast_Image Ancast Image], meaning it has a format bootable by the [https://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Espresso Espresso], being encrypted and signed. For this reason, it cannot be modified on the vWii.
== SD Card Menu ==
With the [[4.0]] update, SD launching was added. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of how titles are loaded by [[IOS]], titles cannot be directly launched from the SD card. All titles have access to the SD slot, and only one processor can access the slot at a time, complicating this. Nintendo solved this by simply copying all channels to the [[Hardware/NAND|NAND]] at runtime, which is why unsigned channels cannot be run this way.
== Technical behavior ==
== Technical behavior ==