Known Wii-related hosts

I’m just listing these as I see them. I should make an effort to label their use as well.

*.wc24.wii.com

rcw.wc24.wii.com – Seen when message polling
mtw.wc24.wii.com – Connection test maybe?

*.wapp.wii.com

weather.wapp.wii.com – Weather data per location
cfh.wapp.wii.com – Usually seen when a message is being pushed to the Wii Message Board
miicontest.wapp.wii.com – Seems to be used for retrieving data for the Check Mii Out channel
miicontestp.wapp.wii.com – Same as above but for sending
vt.wapp.wii.com – Voting channel data retrieval
vtp.wapp.wii.com – Voting channel data submission

*.shop.wii.com

ecs.shop.wii.com
nus.shop.wii.com

Info about the Wii message headers

It seems a few firmware updates ago, the processing of messages sent to a Wii user changed. Most, if not all, of the header information I’ve posted about in the past, while still valid, no longer applies to anyone other than Nintendo. That means: no more changing your displayed name & no more hiding the reply button (boo, was great for site mailings).

In my opinion, it would be nice to give users access to these things as they really don’t harm much and actually allow content creators to create unique applications using such features. To me, the message board is collecting dust and while I see Nintendo making advances to use it (the Check Mii Out notification opt-in/opt-out stuff is a good start), it’s still under-utilized.