These channels are part of my childhood memories. I would scour through the content in these channels every Friday night after school.<p>Furthermore, they illustrate Nintendo's capability in creating engaging UI/UX. Before iPhone apps became prevalent, Nintendo was able to design simple, pleasing UI with their own Nintendo personality. Unlike apps nowadays, the accompanying music was memorable; Wii Shopping Channel music remains popular on YouTube recommendation algorithms. Despite the rise of smart TVs later, they still haven't captured the magic one would feel touching a Nintendo Wii Channel. UI designers can learn much from engaging with them.
If anyone is interested in making homebrew for the Wii: <a href="https://github.com/devkitPro/libogc">https://github.com/devkitPro/libogc</a> is pretty good. Certainly not as easy as say GBStudio or any game engine but the Wii's graphics being fixed function makes things a lot easier.
I've seen a youtube video of someone using this with the food channel to order a dominoes pizza. (they're the only one added right now, because they have the simplest ordering API)<p>A very novel concept, I hope it can be expanded.