diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
index eb30e9c083..2cf0d6fa46 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ set(SRCS
   NetPlayServer.cpp
   PatchEngine.cpp
   State.cpp
+  TitleDatabase.cpp
   WiiRoot.cpp
   Boot/Boot_BS2Emu.cpp
   Boot/Boot.cpp
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj b/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj
index 87a03f73a3..0134b33d45 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="PowerPC\PPCTables.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="PowerPC\Profiler.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="State.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="TitleDatabase.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="WiiRoot.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -512,6 +513,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="PowerPC\PPCTables.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PowerPC\Profiler.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="State.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="TitleDatabase.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="WiiRoot.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj.filters
index 7967b61478..14da13445a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Core.vcxproj.filters
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="NetPlayServer.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="PatchEngine.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="State.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="TitleDatabase.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="WiiRoot.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="ActionReplay.cpp">
       <Filter>ActionReplay</Filter>
@@ -871,6 +872,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="NetPlayServer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PatchEngine.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="State.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="TitleDatabase.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="WiiRoot.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ActionReplay.h">
       <Filter>ActionReplay</Filter>
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/TitleDatabase.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/TitleDatabase.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41d576f1fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/TitleDatabase.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2+
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <functional>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "Core/TitleDatabase.h"
+
+#include "Common/FileUtil.h"
+#include "Common/MsgHandler.h"
+#include "Common/StringUtil.h"
+#include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
+#include "DiscIO/Enums.h"
+
+namespace Core
+{
+static std::string GetLanguageCode(DiscIO::Language language)
+{
+  switch (language)
+  {
+  case DiscIO::Language::LANGUAGE_JAPANESE:
+    return "ja";
+  case DiscIO::Language::LANGUAGE_ENGLISH:
+    return "en";
+  case DiscIO::Language::LANGUAGE_GERMAN:
+    return "de";
+  case DiscIO::Language::LANGUAGE_FRENCH:
+    return "fr";
+  case DiscIO::Language::LANGUAGE_SPANISH:
+    return "es";
+  case DiscIO::Language::LANGUAGE_ITALIAN:
+    return "it";
+  case DiscIO::Language::LANGUAGE_DUTCH:
+    return "nl";
+  case DiscIO::Language::LANGUAGE_SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE:
+    return "zh_CN";
+  case DiscIO::Language::LANGUAGE_TRADITIONAL_CHINESE:
+    return "zh_TW";
+  case DiscIO::Language::LANGUAGE_KOREAN:
+    return "ko";
+  default:
+    return "en";
+  }
+}
+
+using Map = std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>;
+
+static bool LoadMap(const std::string& file_path, Map& map,
+                    std::function<bool(const std::string& game_id)> predicate)
+{
+  std::ifstream txt;
+  OpenFStream(txt, file_path, std::ios::in);
+
+  if (!txt.is_open())
+    return false;
+
+  std::string line;
+  while (std::getline(txt, line))
+  {
+    if (line.empty())
+      continue;
+
+    const size_t equals_index = line.find('=');
+    if (equals_index != std::string::npos)
+    {
+      const std::string game_id = StripSpaces(line.substr(0, equals_index));
+      if (predicate(game_id))
+        map[game_id] = StripSpaces(line.substr(equals_index + 1));
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+// This should only be used with the standard game ID format (used by WiiTDBs), not Dolphin's.
+// The main difference is that Dolphin uses 6 characters for non-disc titles (instead of 4).
+static bool IsGCTitle(const std::string& game_id)
+{
+  const char system_id = game_id[0];
+  return game_id.length() == 6 &&
+         (system_id == 'G' || system_id == 'D' || system_id == 'U' || system_id == 'P');
+}
+
+static bool IsWiiTitle(const std::string& game_id)
+{
+  // Assume that any non-GameCube title is a Wii title.
+  return !IsGCTitle(game_id);
+}
+
+static bool LoadMap(const std::string& file_path, Map& gc_map, Map& wii_map)
+{
+  Map map;
+  if (!LoadMap(file_path, map, [](const auto& game_id) { return true; }))
+    return false;
+
+  for (auto& entry : map)
+  {
+    auto& destination_map = IsGCTitle(entry.first) ? gc_map : wii_map;
+    destination_map.emplace(std::move(entry));
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+TitleDatabase::TitleDatabase()
+{
+  // Titles that cannot be part of the Wii TDB,
+  // but common enough to justify having entries for them.
+
+  // i18n: "Wii Menu" (or System Menu) refers to the Wii's main menu,
+  // which is (usually) the first thing users see when a Wii console starts.
+  m_wii_title_map.emplace("0000000100000002", GetStringT("Wii Menu"));
+  for (const auto& id : {"HAXX", "JODI", "00010001af1bf516", "LULZ", "OHBC"})
+    m_wii_title_map.emplace(id, "The Homebrew Channel");
+
+  // Load the English database as the base database.
+  LoadMap(File::GetSysDirectory() + "wiitdb-en.txt", m_gc_title_map, m_wii_title_map);
+
+  // Load the database in the console language.
+  const std::string gc_code = GetLanguageCode(SConfig::GetInstance().GetCurrentLanguage(false));
+  const std::string wii_code = GetLanguageCode(SConfig::GetInstance().GetCurrentLanguage(true));
+  if (gc_code != "en")
+    LoadMap(File::GetSysDirectory() + "wiitdb-" + gc_code + ".txt", m_gc_title_map, IsGCTitle);
+  if (wii_code != "en")
+    LoadMap(File::GetSysDirectory() + "wiitdb-" + wii_code + ".txt", m_wii_title_map, IsWiiTitle);
+
+  // Load the user databases.
+  const std::string& load_directory = File::GetUserPath(D_LOAD_IDX);
+  if (!LoadMap(load_directory + "wiitdb.txt", m_gc_title_map, m_wii_title_map))
+    LoadMap(load_directory + "titles.txt", m_gc_title_map, m_wii_title_map);
+}
+
+TitleDatabase::~TitleDatabase() = default;
+
+std::string TitleDatabase::GetTitleName(const std::string& game_id, TitleType type) const
+{
+  const auto& map = IsWiiTitle(game_id) ? m_wii_title_map : m_gc_title_map;
+  const std::string key =
+      type == TitleType::Channel && game_id.length() == 6 ? game_id.substr(0, 4) : game_id;
+  const auto iterator = map.find(key);
+  return iterator != map.end() ? iterator->second : "";
+}
+
+std::string TitleDatabase::Describe(const std::string& game_id, TitleType type) const
+{
+  const std::string title_name = GetTitleName(game_id, type);
+  if (title_name.empty())
+    return game_id;
+  return StringFromFormat("%s (%s)", title_name.c_str(), game_id.c_str());
+}
+}  // namespace Core
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/TitleDatabase.h b/Source/Core/Core/TitleDatabase.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23871bdf6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/TitleDatabase.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2+
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
+
+namespace Core
+{
+// Reader for title database files.
+class TitleDatabase final
+{
+public:
+  TitleDatabase();
+  ~TitleDatabase();
+
+  enum class TitleType
+  {
+    Channel,
+    Other,
+  };
+
+  // Get a user friendly title name for a game ID.
+  // This falls back to returning an empty string if none could be found.
+  std::string GetTitleName(const std::string& game_id, TitleType = TitleType::Other) const;
+
+  // Get a description for a game ID (title name if available + game ID).
+  std::string Describe(const std::string& game_id, TitleType = TitleType::Other) const;
+
+private:
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> m_wii_title_map;
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> m_gc_title_map;
+};
+}  // namespace Core