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How do you change the language on a Japanese Nintendo Wii?

My friend just got back from Japan and he bought me a Nintendo Wii. It’s all good, other than the fact that the menu’s all in Japanese. How do I change the language? Are there any firmware update that I need to download that might help? Or at least kindly point me to a downloadable English Wii user guide… . Thanks for your time.

Not possible to change menu interface to english on a Jap Wii, however a heres a translation of the screens

http://www.sheylara.com/wii/wii_system_settings_translation_v1.0.pdf

Also scanned versions of english manuals are here:
http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=86488

You can also get the real manual from the nintendo website but their HUGE files (70MB+):
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/manuals/

Wii Download Channel Japan – DS Download