diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/Src/ChunkFile.h b/Source/Core/Common/Src/ChunkFile.h
index b0662d2517..4ed781dcbd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/Src/ChunkFile.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/Src/ChunkFile.h
@@ -154,7 +154,21 @@ public:
 		}
 		(*ptr) += stringLen;
 	}
-	
+
+	void Do(std::wstring &x) 
+	{
+		int stringLen = sizeof(wchar_t)*((int)x.length() + 1);
+		Do(stringLen);
+
+		switch (mode) {
+		case MODE_READ:		x = (wchar_t*)*ptr; break;
+		case MODE_WRITE:	memcpy(*ptr, x.c_str(), stringLen); break;
+		case MODE_MEASURE: break;
+		case MODE_VERIFY: _dbg_assert_msg_(COMMON, x == (wchar_t*)*ptr, "Savestate verification failure: \"%s\" != \"%s\" (at %p).\n", x.c_str(), (wchar_t*)*ptr, ptr); break;
+		}
+		(*ptr) += stringLen;
+	}
+
     template<class T>
 	void DoArray(T *x, int count) {
         DoVoid((void *)x, sizeof(T) * count);
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoader.h b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoader.h
index 02d60858e4..1fe48dd364 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoader.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoader.h
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ class IBannerLoader
 		virtual bool GetBanner(u32* _pBannerImage) = 0;
 
 		virtual bool GetName(std::string* _rName) = 0;
-
+		virtual bool GetName(std::vector<std::wstring>&  _rNames) {return false;};
 		virtual bool GetCompany(std::string& _rCompany) = 0;
 
 		virtual bool GetDescription(std::string* _rDescription) = 0;
+		virtual bool GetDescription(std::wstring& _rDescription) {return false;};
 
 
 	protected:
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoaderWii.cpp b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoaderWii.cpp
index 9c02ef8d08..ab66a346d4 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoaderWii.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoaderWii.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,25 @@ bool CBannerLoaderWii::GetName(std::string* _rName)
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool CBannerLoaderWii::GetName(std::vector<std::wstring>&  _rNames)
+{
+	if (IsValid())
+	{
+		// find Banner type
+		SWiiBanner* pBanner = (SWiiBanner*)m_pBannerFile;
+
+		std::wstring temp;
+		for (int i = 0; i < WII_BANNER_COMMENT_SIZE; ++i)
+		{
+			temp.push_back(Common::swap16(pBanner->m_Comment[0][i]));
+		}
+		_rNames.push_back(temp);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 bool CBannerLoaderWii::GetCompany(std::string& _rCompany)
 {
     _rCompany = "N/A";
@@ -190,6 +209,23 @@ bool CBannerLoaderWii::GetDescription(std::string* _rDescription)
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool CBannerLoaderWii::GetDescription(std::wstring& _rDescription)
+{
+	if (IsValid())
+	{
+		// find Banner type
+		SWiiBanner* pBanner = (SWiiBanner*)m_pBannerFile;
+
+		std::wstring description;
+		for (int i = 0; i < WII_BANNER_COMMENT_SIZE; ++i)
+			description.push_back(Common::swap16(pBanner->m_Comment[1][i]));
+
+		_rDescription = description;
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 void CBannerLoaderWii::decode5A3image(u32* dst, u16* src, int width, int height)
 {
 	for (int y = 0; y < height; y += 4)
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoaderWii.h b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoaderWii.h
index fb28f5a2e0..bfc87dc19e 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoaderWii.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/BannerLoaderWii.h
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ class CBannerLoaderWii
 
 		virtual bool GetName(std::string* _rName);
 
+		bool GetName(std::vector<std::wstring>&  _rNames);
+
 		virtual bool GetCompany(std::string& _rCompany);
 
 		virtual bool GetDescription(std::string* _rDescription);
 
+		bool GetDescription(std::wstring& _rDescription);
 
 	private:
 		
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/Volume.h b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/Volume.h
index f1bb5d3773..ec20e47b6c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/Volume.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/Volume.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public:
 	virtual std::string GetUniqueID() const = 0;
 	virtual std::string GetMakerID() const = 0;
 	virtual std::string GetName() const = 0;
+	virtual bool GetWName(std::vector<std::wstring>& _rwNames) const {return false;};
 	virtual u32 GetFSTSize() const = 0;
 	virtual std::string GetApploaderDate() const = 0;
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/VolumeWad.cpp b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/VolumeWad.cpp
index 5fd81cca8b..0cdfc85925 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/VolumeWad.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/VolumeWad.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,45 @@ bool CVolumeWAD::GetTitleID(u8* _pBuffer) const
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool CVolumeWAD::GetWName(std::vector<std::wstring>& _rwNames) const
+{
+	u32 footer_size;
+
+	if (!Read(0x1C, 4, (u8*)&footer_size))
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+	//Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, unknown, unknown, Korean
+
+	// Offset to the english title
+	for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
+	{
+		u16 temp[42];
+		std::wstring out_temp;
+
+		if (!Read(0x9C + (i*84) + OpeningBnrOffset, 84, (u8*)&temp) || Common::swap32(footer_size) < 0xF1
+			|| !temp[0])
+		{
+			_rwNames.push_back(L"");
+			continue;
+		}
+		for (int i = 0; i < 42; ++i)
+		{
+			u16 t = Common::swap16(temp[i]);
+			if (t == 0 && i > 0)
+			{
+				if (out_temp.at(out_temp.size()-1) != ' ')
+					out_temp.push_back(' ');			
+			}
+			else
+				out_temp.push_back(t);
+		}
+
+		_rwNames.push_back(out_temp);
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 std::string CVolumeWAD::GetName() const
 {
 	u32 footer_size;
@@ -114,9 +153,13 @@ std::string CVolumeWAD::GetName() const
 	if (!Read(0x1C, 4, (u8*)&footer_size))
 		return "";
 
+
+	//Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, unknown, unknown, Korean
+
 	// Offset to the english title
 	char temp[84];
-	if (!Read(0xF1 + OpeningBnrOffset, 84, (u8*)&temp) || Common::swap32(footer_size) < 0xF1)
+	if (!Read(0xF1 + OpeningBnrOffset, 84, (u8*)&temp) || Common::swap32(footer_size) < 0xF1 ||
+		!Common::swap16(temp[0]))
 		return "";
 
 	// Remove the null bytes due to 16bit char length
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/VolumeWad.h b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/VolumeWad.h
index 06bd772699..956844acd1 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/VolumeWad.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Src/VolumeWad.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public:
 	std::string GetUniqueID() const;
 	std::string GetMakerID() const;
 	std::string GetName() const;
+	bool GetWName(std::vector<std::wstring>& _rwNames) const;
 	u32 GetFSTSize() const					{ return 0; }
 	std::string GetApploaderDate() const	{ return "0"; }	
 	ECountry GetCountry() const;
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/DSPRegisterView.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/DSPRegisterView.cpp
index 863d09436c..ca275ba66a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/DSPRegisterView.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/DSPRegisterView.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ wxString CDSPRegTable::GetValue(int row, int col)
 		{
 		case 0: return wxString::FromAscii(pdregname(row));
 		case 1: return wxString::Format(wxT("0x%04x"), DSPCore_ReadRegister(row));
-		default: return wxString::FromAscii("");
+		default: return wxEmptyString;
 		}
 	}
-	return wxString::FromAscii("");
+	return wxEmptyString;
 }
 
 void CDSPRegTable::SetValue(int, int, const wxString &)
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/RegisterView.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/RegisterView.cpp
index ecd706cf9a..c4a30fd522 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/RegisterView.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/Debugger/RegisterView.cpp
@@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ wxString CRegTable::GetValue(int row, int col)
 		case 2: return wxString::FromAscii(GetFPRName(row));
 		case 3: return wxString::Format(wxT("%016llx"), riPS0(row));
 		case 4: return wxString::Format(wxT("%016llx"), riPS1(row));
-		default: return wxString::FromAscii("");
+		default: return wxEmptyString;
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (row - 32 < NUM_SPECIALS) {
 			switch (col) {
 			case 0:	return wxString::FromAscii(special_reg_names[row - 32]);
 			case 1: return wxString::Format(wxT("%08x"), GetSpecialRegValue(row - 32));
-			default: return wxString::FromAscii("");
+			default: return wxEmptyString;
 		    }
 		}
 	}
-    return wxString::FromAscii("");
+    return wxEmptyString;
 }
 
 static void SetSpecialRegValue(int reg, u32 value) {
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/GameListCtrl.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/GameListCtrl.cpp
index 05f8c8365a..9dbbf656e9 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/GameListCtrl.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/GameListCtrl.cpp
@@ -446,7 +446,9 @@ void CGameListCtrl::InsertItemInReportView(long _Index)
 			WARN_LOG(COMMON, "Cannot Convert from Charset Windows Japanese cp 932");
 		}
 #else
-		wxCSConv SJISConv(wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_EUC_JP));
+		// on linux the wrong string is returned from wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_SHIFT_JIS)
+		// it returns CP-932, in order to use iconv we need to use CP932
+		wxCSConv SJISConv(L"CP932");
 #endif
 
 	GameListItem& rISOFile = *m_ISOFiles[_Index];
@@ -465,61 +467,58 @@ void CGameListCtrl::InsertItemInReportView(long _Index)
 
 	// Set the game's banner in the second column
 	SetItemColumnImage(_Index, COLUMN_BANNER, ImageIndex);
+	
+	std::wstring wname;
+	const std::wstring& wdescription = rISOFile.GetDescription();
+	std::string company;
 
-	if (rISOFile.GetPlatform() != GameListItem::WII_WAD)
+	// We show the company string on Gamecube only
+	// On Wii we show the description instead as the company string is empty
+	if (rISOFile.GetPlatform() == GameListItem::GAMECUBE_DISC)
+		company = rISOFile.GetCompany().c_str();
+	int SelectedLanguage = SConfig::GetInstance().m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.SelectedLanguage;
+	switch (rISOFile.GetCountry())
 	{
-		std::string company;
-
-		// We show the company string on Gamecube only
-		// On Wii we show the description instead as the company string is empty
-		if (rISOFile.GetPlatform() == GameListItem::GAMECUBE_DISC)
-			company = rISOFile.GetCompany().c_str();
-
-		switch (rISOFile.GetCountry())
+	case DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_TAIWAN:
+	case DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_JAPAN:
 		{
-		case DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_TAIWAN:
-		case DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_JAPAN:
-			{
-				wxString name = wxString(rISOFile.GetName(0).c_str(), SJISConv);
-				m_gameList.append(StringFromFormat("%s (J)\n", (const char *)name.c_str()));
-				SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_TITLE, name, -1);
-				SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_NOTES, wxString(company.size() ?
-							company.c_str() : rISOFile.GetDescription(0).c_str(),
-							SJISConv), -1);
-			}
-			break;
-		case DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_USA:
-			m_gameList.append(StringFromFormat("%s (U)\n", rISOFile.GetName(0).c_str()));
-			SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_TITLE,
-				wxString::From8BitData(rISOFile.GetName(0).c_str()), -1);
-			SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_NOTES,
-				wxString::From8BitData(company.size() ?
-					company.c_str() : rISOFile.GetDescription(0).c_str()), -1);
-			break;
-		default:
-			m_gameList.append(StringFromFormat("%s (E)\n",
-				rISOFile.GetName(SConfig::GetInstance().m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.SelectedLanguage).c_str()));
-			SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_TITLE,
-					wxString::From8BitData(
-						rISOFile.GetName(SConfig::GetInstance().m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.SelectedLanguage).c_str()),
-					-1);
-			SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_NOTES,
-					wxString::From8BitData(company.size() ?
-						company.c_str() :
-						rISOFile.GetDescription(SConfig::GetInstance().m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.SelectedLanguage).c_str()),
-					-1);
-			break;
+			rISOFile.GetName(wname, -1);
+			wxString name = wxString(rISOFile.GetName(0).c_str(), SJISConv);
+			m_gameList.append(StringFromFormat("%s (J)\n", (const char *)name.c_str()));
+			SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_TITLE, name, -1);
+			SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_NOTES, wxString(company.size() ?
+						company.c_str() : rISOFile.GetDescription(0).c_str(),
+						SJISConv), -1);
 		}
-	}
-	else // It's a Wad file
-	{
-		m_gameList.append(StringFromFormat("%s (WAD)\n", rISOFile.GetName(0).c_str()));
+		break;
+	case DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_USA:
+		SelectedLanguage = 0;
+	default:
+		{
+		wxCSConv WindowsCP1252(wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_CP1252));
+		rISOFile.GetName(wname, SelectedLanguage);
+
 		SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_TITLE,
-				wxString(rISOFile.GetName(0).c_str(), SJISConv), -1);
+			wxString(
+				rISOFile.GetName(SelectedLanguage).c_str(), WindowsCP1252),
+			-1);
+		m_gameList.append(StringFromFormat("%s (%c)\n",
+			rISOFile.GetName(SelectedLanguage).c_str(), (rISOFile.GetCountry() == DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_USA)?'U':'E'));
 		SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_NOTES,
-				wxString(rISOFile.GetDescription(0).c_str(), SJISConv), -1);
+				wxString(company.size() ?
+					company.c_str() :
+					rISOFile.GetDescription(SelectedLanguage).c_str(), WindowsCP1252),
+				-1);
+		}
+		break;
 	}
 
+	if (wname.length())
+		SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_TITLE, wname, -1);
+	if (wdescription.length())
+		SetItem(_Index, COLUMN_NOTES, wdescription, -1);
+
+
 #ifndef _WIN32
 	// Emulation state
 	SetItemColumnImage(_Index, COLUMN_EMULATION_STATE, m_EmuStateImageIndex[rISOFile.GetEmuState()]);
@@ -1180,7 +1179,7 @@ void CGameListCtrl::CompressSelection(bool _compress)
 				if (wxFileExists(wxString::FromAscii(OutputFileName.c_str())) &&
 						wxMessageBox(
 							wxString::Format(_("The file %s already exists.\nDo you wish to replace it?"),
-								OutputFileName.c_str()), 
+								wxString(OutputFileName.c_str(), *wxConvCurrent).c_str()), 
 							_("Confirm File Overwrite"),
 							wxYES_NO) == wxNO)
 					continue;
@@ -1208,7 +1207,7 @@ void CGameListCtrl::CompressSelection(bool _compress)
 				if (wxFileExists(wxString::FromAscii(OutputFileName.c_str())) &&
 						wxMessageBox(
 							wxString::Format(_("The file %s already exists.\nDo you wish to replace it?"),
-								OutputFileName.c_str()), 
+								wxString(OutputFileName.c_str(), *wxConvCurrent).c_str()), 
 							_("Confirm File Overwrite"),
 							wxYES_NO) == wxNO)
 					continue;
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOFile.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOFile.cpp
index 8505203322..d2fb1098ee 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOFile.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOFile.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "ChunkFile.h"
 #include "../resources/no_banner.cpp"
 
-#define CACHE_REVISION 0x10B
+#define CACHE_REVISION 0x10C
 
 #define DVD_BANNER_WIDTH 96
 #define DVD_BANNER_HEIGHT 32
@@ -63,18 +63,26 @@ GameListItem::GameListItem(const std::string& _rFileName)
 			if (!DiscIO::IsVolumeWadFile(pVolume))
 				m_Platform = DiscIO::IsVolumeWiiDisc(pVolume) ? WII_DISC : GAMECUBE_DISC;
 			else
+			{
 				m_Platform = WII_WAD;
+				pVolume->GetWName(m_wNames);
+			}
 
 			m_Company = "N/A";
+
+
+			m_Name[0] = pVolume->GetName();
+							
+			if(m_Name[0] == "") // Couldn't find the name in the WAD...
+			{
+				std::string FileName;
+				SplitPath(m_FileName, NULL, &FileName, NULL);
+				m_Name[0] = FileName; // Then just display the filename... Better than something like "No Name"
+			}
+
 			for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
 			{
-				m_Name[i] = pVolume->GetName();
-				if(m_Name[i] == "") // Couldn't find the name in the WAD...
-				{
-					std::string FileName;
-					SplitPath(_rFileName, NULL, &FileName, NULL);
-					m_Name[i] = FileName; // Then just display the filename... Better than something like "No Name"
-				}
+				m_Name[i] = m_Name[0];
 				m_Description[i] = "No Description";
 			}
 			m_Country  = pVolume->GetCountry();
@@ -95,9 +103,13 @@ GameListItem::GameListItem(const std::string& _rFileName)
 				{
 					if (pBannerLoader->IsValid())
 					{
-						pBannerLoader->GetName(m_Name); //m_Country == DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_JAP ? 1 : 0);
+						m_wNames.clear();
+						if (!pBannerLoader->GetName(m_wNames))
+							pBannerLoader->GetName(m_Name);						
 						pBannerLoader->GetCompany(m_Company);
-						pBannerLoader->GetDescription(m_Description);
+						if (!pBannerLoader->GetDescription(m_wDescription))
+							pBannerLoader->GetDescription(m_Description);
+						
 						if (pBannerLoader->GetBanner(g_ImageTemp))
 						{
 							// resize vector to image size
@@ -116,6 +128,25 @@ GameListItem::GameListItem(const std::string& _rFileName)
 
 				delete pFileSystem;
 			}
+			std::vector<std::wstring>::iterator i, end = m_wNames.end();
+			std::wstring wFileName;
+			for (i = m_wNames.begin(); i != end; ++i)
+			{
+				if (*i == L"")
+				{
+					if (!wFileName.length())
+					{
+						std::string FileName;
+						SplitPath(m_FileName, NULL, &FileName, NULL);
+						int length = FileName.length();
+						wFileName.reserve(length+1);
+						for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i)
+							wFileName.push_back(FileName[i]);
+						wFileName.push_back(0);
+					}
+					*i = wFileName;
+				}
+			}
 
 			delete pVolume;
 
@@ -172,9 +203,31 @@ void GameListItem::DoState(PointerWrap &p)
 {
 	p.Do(m_Name[0]);	p.Do(m_Name[1]);	p.Do(m_Name[2]);
 	p.Do(m_Name[3]);	p.Do(m_Name[4]);	p.Do(m_Name[5]);
+
+	int wNamesSize = m_wNames.size();
+	p.Do(wNamesSize);
+
+	if (p.mode == p.MODE_READ)
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < wNamesSize; ++i)
+		{
+			std::wstring temp;
+			p.Do(temp);
+			m_wNames.push_back(temp);
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < wNamesSize; ++i)
+		{
+			p.Do(m_wNames[i]);
+		}
+	}
+
 	p.Do(m_Company);
 	p.Do(m_Description[0]);	p.Do(m_Description[1]);	p.Do(m_Description[2]);
 	p.Do(m_Description[3]);	p.Do(m_Description[4]);	p.Do(m_Description[5]);
+	p.Do(m_wDescription);
 	p.Do(m_UniqueID);
 	p.Do(m_FileSize);
 	p.Do(m_VolumeSize);
@@ -211,6 +264,11 @@ const std::string& GameListItem::GetDescription(int index) const
 	return m_Description[0];
 }
 
+const std::wstring& GameListItem::GetDescription() const
+{
+	return m_wDescription;
+}
+
 const std::string& GameListItem::GetName(int index) const
 {
 	if ((index >=0) && (index < 6))
@@ -220,6 +278,28 @@ const std::string& GameListItem::GetName(int index) const
 	return m_Name[0];
 }
 
+bool GameListItem::GetName(std::wstring& wName, int index) const
+{
+	// This function will only succeed for wii discs with banners or WADs
+	// utilize the same array as for gc discs (-1= Japanese, 0 = English etc
+	index++; 
+	if ((index >=0) && (index < 10))
+	{
+		if (m_wNames.size() > index)
+		{
+			wName = m_wNames[index];
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	if (m_wNames.size() > 0)
+	{
+		wName = m_wNames[0];
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+
+}
+
 const std::string GameListItem::GetWiiFSPath() const
 {
 	DiscIO::IVolume *Iso = DiscIO::CreateVolumeFromFilename(m_FileName);
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOFile.h b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOFile.h
index 35cec18772..fe7d3d6c6c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOFile.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOFile.h
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ public:
 	bool IsValid() const {return m_Valid;}
 	const std::string& GetFileName() const {return m_FileName;}
 	const std::string& GetName(int index) const;
+	bool GetName(std::wstring& wName, int index=0) const;
 	const std::string& GetCompany() const {return m_Company;}
 	const std::string& GetDescription(int index) const;
+	const std::wstring& GetDescription() const;
 	const std::string& GetUniqueID() const {return m_UniqueID;}
 	const std::string GetWiiFSPath() const;
 	DiscIO::IVolume::ECountry GetCountry() const {return m_Country;}
@@ -63,8 +65,10 @@ public:
 private:
 	std::string m_FileName;
 	std::string m_Name[6];
+	std::vector<std::wstring> m_wNames;
 	std::string m_Company;
 	std::string m_Description[6];
+	std::wstring m_wDescription;
 	std::string m_UniqueID;
 
 	std::string m_issues;
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOProperties.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOProperties.cpp
index 731cfac932..85b95f3cb4 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOProperties.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/ISOProperties.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,15 @@ CISOProperties::CISOProperties(const std::string fileName, wxWindow* parent, wxW
 	}
 
 	// Disk header and apploader
-	m_Name->SetValue(wxString(OpenISO->GetName().c_str(), wxConvUTF8));
+
+	std::wstring wname;
+	wxString name;
+	if (OpenGameListItem->GetName(wname))
+		name = wname;
+	else
+		name = wxString(OpenISO->GetName().c_str(), wxConvUTF8);
+	m_Name->SetValue(name);
+
 	m_GameID->SetValue(wxString(OpenISO->GetUniqueID().c_str(), wxConvUTF8));
 	switch (OpenISO->GetCountry())
 	{
@@ -1253,53 +1261,63 @@ void CISOProperties::OnChangeBannerLang(wxCommandEvent& event)
 
 void CISOProperties::ChangeBannerDetails(int lang)
 {
-	if (OpenGameListItem->GetCountry() == DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_JAPAN
-		|| OpenGameListItem->GetCountry() == DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_TAIWAN
-		|| OpenGameListItem->GetPlatform() == GameListItem::WII_WAD)
-	{
+	std::wstring wname;
+	wxString shortName,
+			 comment,
+			 maker;
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
-		wxCSConv SJISConv(*(wxCSConv*)wxConvCurrent);
-		static bool validCP932 = ::IsValidCodePage(932) != 0;
-		if (validCP932)
-		{
-			SJISConv = wxCSConv(wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_SHIFT_JIS));
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			WARN_LOG(COMMON, "Cannot Convert from Charset Windows Japanese cp 932");
-		}
-#else
-		wxCSConv SJISConv(wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_EUC_JP));
-#endif
-
-		wxString name = wxString(OpenGameListItem->GetName(0).c_str(), SJISConv);
-
-		// Updates the informations shown in the window
-		m_ShortName->SetValue(name);
-		m_Comment->SetValue(wxString(OpenGameListItem->GetDescription(0).c_str(), SJISConv));
-		m_Maker->SetValue(wxString(OpenGameListItem->GetCompany().c_str(), SJISConv));//dev too
-
-		std::string filename, extension;
-		SplitPath(OpenGameListItem->GetFileName(), 0, &filename, &extension);
-
-		// Also sets the window's title
-		SetTitle(wxString::Format(wxT("%s%s"),
-			wxString(StringFromFormat("%s%s: %s - ", filename.c_str(), extension.c_str(), OpenGameListItem->GetUniqueID().c_str()).c_str(), *wxConvCurrent).c_str(),
-			name.c_str()));
-	}
-	else // Do the same for PAL/US Games (assuming ISO 8859-1)
+	wxCSConv SJISConv(*(wxCSConv*)wxConvCurrent);
+	static bool validCP932 = ::IsValidCodePage(932) != 0;
+	if (validCP932)
 	{
-		wxString name = wxString::From8BitData(OpenGameListItem->GetName(lang).c_str());
-
-		m_ShortName->SetValue(name);
-		m_Comment->SetValue(wxString::From8BitData(OpenGameListItem->GetDescription(lang).c_str()));
-		m_Maker->SetValue(wxString::From8BitData(OpenGameListItem->GetCompany().c_str()));//dev too
-
-		std::string filename, extension;
-		SplitPath(OpenGameListItem->GetFileName(), 0, &filename, &extension);
-
-		SetTitle(wxString::Format(wxT("%s%s"),
-			wxString::From8BitData(StringFromFormat("%s%s: %s - ", filename.c_str(), extension.c_str(), OpenGameListItem->GetUniqueID().c_str()).c_str()).c_str(),
-			name.c_str()));
+		SJISConv = wxCSConv(wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_SHIFT_JIS));
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		WARN_LOG(COMMON, "Cannot Convert from Charset Windows Japanese cp 932");
+	}
+#else
+		// on linux the wrong string is returned from wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_SHIFT_JIS)
+		// it returns CP-932, in order to use iconv we need to use CP932
+		wxCSConv SJISConv(L"CP932");
+#endif
+	switch (OpenGameListItem->GetCountry())
+	{
+	case DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_TAIWAN:
+	case DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_JAPAN:
+
+		if (OpenGameListItem->GetName(wname, -1))
+			shortName = wname;
+		else
+			shortName = wxString(OpenGameListItem->GetName(0).c_str(), SJISConv);
+
+		if ((comment = OpenGameListItem->GetDescription()).size() == 0)
+			comment = wxString(OpenGameListItem->GetDescription(0).c_str(), SJISConv);
+		maker = wxString(OpenGameListItem->GetCompany().c_str(), SJISConv);
+		break;
+	case DiscIO::IVolume::COUNTRY_USA:
+		lang = 0;
+	default:
+		{
+		wxCSConv WindowsCP1252(wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_CP1252));
+		if (OpenGameListItem->GetName(wname, lang))
+			shortName = wname;
+		else
+			shortName = wxString(OpenGameListItem->GetName(lang).c_str(), WindowsCP1252);
+		if ((comment = OpenGameListItem->GetDescription()).size() == 0)
+			comment = wxString(OpenGameListItem->GetDescription(lang).c_str(), WindowsCP1252);
+		maker = wxString(OpenGameListItem->GetCompany().c_str(), WindowsCP1252);
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+	// Updates the informations shown in the window
+	m_ShortName->SetValue(shortName);
+	m_Comment->SetValue(comment);
+	m_Maker->SetValue(maker);//dev too
+
+	std::string filename, extension;
+	SplitPath(OpenGameListItem->GetFileName(), 0, &filename, &extension);
+	// Also sets the window's title
+	SetTitle(wxString(StringFromFormat("%s%s: %s - ", filename.c_str(), extension.c_str(), OpenGameListItem->GetUniqueID().c_str()).c_str(), *wxConvCurrent)+shortName);
 }
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/LogWindow.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/LogWindow.cpp
index 94b542eb2f..3942988efe 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/LogWindow.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/LogWindow.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ CLogWindow::CLogWindow(CFrame *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxPoint& pos,
 	, x(0), y(0), winpos(0)
 	, Parent(parent) , m_LogAccess(true)
 	, m_Log(NULL), m_cmdline(NULL), m_FontChoice(NULL)
-	, m_SJISConv(wxT(""))
+	, m_SJISConv(*(wxCSConv*)wxConvCurrent)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
 		static bool validCP932 = ::IsValidCodePage(932) != 0;
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ CLogWindow::CLogWindow(CFrame *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxPoint& pos,
 		else
 		{
 			WARN_LOG(COMMON, "Cannot Convert from Charset Windows Japanese cp 932");
-			m_SJISConv = *(wxCSConv*)wxConvCurrent;
 		}
 #else
-		m_SJISConv = wxCSConv(wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_EUC_JP));
+		// on linux the wrong string is returned from wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_SHIFT_JIS)
+		// it returns CP-932, in order to use iconv we need to use CP932
+		m_SJISConv = wxCSConv(L"CP932");
 #endif
 
 	m_LogManager = LogManager::GetInstance();
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/MemcardManager.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/MemcardManager.cpp
index 7eb0243e2c..68ae0f9ff2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/MemcardManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Src/MemcardManager.cpp
@@ -701,10 +701,22 @@ bool CMemcardManager::ReloadMemcard(const char *fileName, int card)
 		if (!memoryCard[card]->DEntry_Comment2(j, comment)) comment[0]=0;
 
 		bool ascii = memoryCard[card]->IsAsciiEncoding();
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
-		wxCSConv SJISConv(wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_SHIFT_JIS));
+		wxCSConv SJISConv(*(wxCSConv*)wxConvCurrent);
+		static bool validCP932 = ::IsValidCodePage(932) != 0;
+		if (validCP932)
+		{
+			SJISConv = wxCSConv(wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_SHIFT_JIS));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			WARN_LOG(COMMON, "Cannot Convert from Charset Windows Japanese cp 932");
+		}
 #else
-		wxCSConv SJISConv(wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_EUC_JP));
+		// on linux the wrong string is returned from wxFontMapper::GetEncodingName(wxFONTENCODING_SHIFT_JIS)
+		// it returns CP-932, in order to use iconv we need to use CP932
+		wxCSConv SJISConv(L"CP932");
 #endif
 		wxTitle  =  wxString(title, ascii ? *wxConvCurrent : SJISConv);
 		wxComment = wxString(comment, ascii ? *wxConvCurrent : SJISConv);