If you have ever backed up saves from a Wii game onto an SD card, you may have encountered a few unhelpfully-named folders while browsing the SD card on your PC. These folders are named after the game codes (with some other information, such as game platform and region). By entering any of these codes into the search field, this web application can reveal the name of the game which the save belongs to!
As of Wii System Menu 4.0, downloaded WiiWare and Virtual console games can also be stored in this way, so you may search those too!
You can't search for a game by title. This web application is not designed for that.
You won't get any sort of "easter egg" by typing in profanities or other nonsense (this has actually been attempted).
Unofficial releases such as hacked ISOs, injected channels, etc. will not be catalogued here.
The query form "Code Query" at the top of the front page shows the path on a typical Wii SD card, where each title's folders can be found (consider "SD:" as your SD card slot's drive letter):
The text field can accept the folder names in the /title/ folder as the game codes. It will also accept truncated codes, such as the system identifier (E.G. S) or a title code with an unknown encoding (E.G. R4C). It will even recognise hexadecimal title codes.
The query form also includes a checkbox to show game titles in their original language. If these titles do not display correctly, you may need to manually set your browser's character encoding to Unicode (UTF-8).
The ATD export tool allows creation of a plain-text file (database.txt) which can be used by some Wii homebrew applications for totally legitimate purposes.
On the ATD export page, you will see a listbox containing several "encodings" used in Wii games. These encodings are usually specific to a particular region of the world, and selecting a familiar encoding such as PAL or NTSC-U will ensure that the exported game titles match those which you would expect to see in your own region.
NOTE:
If you submit an export request without selecting an encoding, the first database entry for each title will be used (usually the first chronological release). This might not be what you want, though!
Hey your database is missing [particular game]. Are you going to add it?
Sure, if I can find concrete information about the game which also happens to reveal the title code. I normally lurk certain retail sites which provide this information either via the product description or rear box shots.
If you own a game which is not covered in the /nindb/ and can provide verifiable information about its title code, you may do that on the discussion board. Be sure to mention how you would like to be credited; you might just get an ego boost on the front page!
Why do the information pages for some games show completely different title codes for other regions?
It is a mystery.
I first noticed it with the Wii's second Cooking Mama title. The Japanese release has the code [R2QJ], wheras [RWKE] and [RWKP] are used in other regions. The other region's codes make a bit of sense (WK = World Kitchen), and they are certainly the same game, just localised.
Try to find the rest, and win a prize! (I don't really have any prizes)
Why is there a disparity in the title count between the sidebar and database.txt?
This relates to the "aliases" - games which span or share title codes. If you have chosen to export an AnyTitle Deleter database under a particular encoding (for example: P), any codes containing an alias reference under that encoding will be skipped, and the total counter will not be incremented.