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HomeBrew for Wii

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assface
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is it worth it for me to put it on my wii?

what are the risks?
Jul 11 2009 11:30PM
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assface
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somebody has to have done it
Jul 12 2009 12:15AM
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Username_42069
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not sure what your asking there guy.. do clarify
Jul 12 2009 12:19AM
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assface
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i honestly am not sure either what it is but i know you can get free games and stuff, i just want one review from someone who has downloaded it
Jul 12 2009 12:22AM
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Username_42069
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i dont know shit about vg's, honestly.. dont take any of my advice
Jul 12 2009 12:24AM
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GreenStezz
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wow that sucks..............................
Jul 12 2009 12:37AM
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chapz
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yes i hacked my wii about 2 years ago and it's great. i also hacked my ds lite, but thats another story.

ill answer any of your questions, i know pretty much all there is. im not trying to sound cocky but i spent days, if not weeks, learning everything.

if you get the homebrew channel, which is so easy with the 4.0 update, you can do so much more. you dont need a wiikey, no hardware, just patience and you're set. you can download and play ANY virtual console or wiiware game, for free... you can play all the fun homebrew games, use the cool homebrew utilities, etc. also, if you use Ocarina, you can use some pretty nifty cheats in real wii games. you can also be able to play full wii games, but im not 100% sure if you need a wiikey or not. i think you just burn it as a ISO file, then use dvdx. but whatever.

anyways, look, i would really suggest it. it's so rare for your wii to brick. you just need to make sure you dont install sketchy wads if you wanna play wads. wads are vc and wiiware games btw.

id suggest visiting wiiso, its super legit. and wiibrew! both are key to life. youtube also has some dece tutorials. if you want help, post here or pm me.

just to add, softmii is an app that enables you to change the wii home menu theme, its rad.
Jul 12 2009 1:21AM
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assface
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what are the names of the programs i should get. like a list of the name and what they are would be great
Jul 12 2009 5:03AM
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chapz
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wad manager - it lets you install vc and wiiware games
wii earth - like googe earth, but on your wii
wii physics - fun physics simulation game
snes9x - super nintendo emulator
visual boy advance - gameboy, gameboy colour and gameboy advance emulator
wii 64 - nintendo 64 emulator. its very glitchy, a new release is coming soon.

theres all sorts of other things. id suggest installing the homebrew browser first, then going on it, where you can download all the apps and games (except for wads) straight to your wii
Jul 12 2009 10:32AM
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Uncle.Badness
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I don't really play my wii, but homebrew was fun for what it was. And no i didn't have any problems.
Jul 12 2009 10:39AM
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daringharry
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Yeah, dude do it. I did it and put coverloader on it so i can torrent games for free and burn them to a dvd and load them up. I used this guide......http://blog.staticanime.net/2009/07/01/hacking-the-wii-v3_0/
Jul 12 2009 10:51AM
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fragglemuffin
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mythreads for when i feel like getting my wii out
Jul 12 2009 10:52AM
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Goku
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i love it, not having to buy virtual consoles is the best, do twilight hack, its the easiest
http://www.wiinewz.com/
Jul 12 2009 11:02AM
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daringharry
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No way, that method is way outdated.
Jul 12 2009 11:40AM
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Peter.
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hahaha same

i bought it a few months after release, played for 2 days, it sat there, bought super smash, played for a few days, and it has been sitting there since
Jul 12 2009 11:47AM
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chapz
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nah man. daringharry is right, shits beat! i dont even think it works with the new system menu(4.0)

bannerbomb is your best bet. i used the twilight hack, but thats when i had 3.3 running i believe, then i cautiously upgraded through nintendo cause i couldnt find waninoko's special upgrade anywhere, and the hbc was still there.

i really suggest wiibrew for tutorials on getting the hbc, then look elsewhere for other apps and such
Jul 12 2009 12:07PM
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tydan
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A good program to get for it is Backup Launcher Gamma.

It launches all your burned games.
Jul 12 2009 12:35PM
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daringharry
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If you do homebrew get a portable hardrive and put coverfloader into homebrew. Then you can just DL and burn wii games for free. You just burn it put the disc in open it to coverfloader and press add game. You can also backup games that you already have.

And a game to check out is The Conduit.
Jul 12 2009 12:38PM
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Goku
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its so easy though, and for someone who wants to install by themselves, its probably the simplest
Jul 13 2009 12:04AM
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daringharry
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Yeah, Nintendo kind of just keeps updating the menu so Homebrew can't get on it. Therefore i'm am no longer upgrading the system menu.
Jul 13 2009 6:45AM
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Goku
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im at the newest update 4.0 i think with homebrew still working
Jul 13 2009 1:37PM
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chapz
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yeah but you cant use the twilight hack with 4.0
Jul 13 2009 1:52PM
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Goku
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has op updated to 4.0?
Jul 13 2009 1:54PM
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hue.
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you should just sell it and buy an xbox, unless the wii's your sisters then its ok
Jul 13 2009 7:07PM
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Goku
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ya cuz with an xbox u can break the mold and play games that truley break tradition, like halo, idk anyone who but a 360 just to play halo, nope no one
Jul 13 2009 7:10PM
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Ryno
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bump...i'm trying to do this and i got homebrew 4.0 working, the SNES, SEGA, GBA emulators working, the DVDx working (wii now plays dvd's) but i can't figure out how to get burned games working.

Any tips?
Aug 2 2009 11:05AM
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stairmaster
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wiinewz.com
Aug 2 2009 11:13AM
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PAuL_Hellar
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i didnt no kids hacked wii sounds kinda lame
Aug 2 2009 12:24PM
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stairmaster
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jea cuz paying for games is so radical
Aug 2 2009 1:41PM
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chapz
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yeah... playing any game you want for free is fucking lame.
Aug 2 2009 1:47PM
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fragglemuffin
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i only hacked mine so i could download games and play them for free...i just finished downloading tiger woods pga tour 2010!
Aug 2 2009 1:48PM
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daringharry
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So you have to download a program called usbloader. Here's a tutorial http://www.wiihacks.com/homebrew-news/14321-wii-usb-loader-v1-1-tutorial-faqs.html . I didn't use this one, but i'm pretty sure it will work.
Aug 2 2009 1:59PM
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Ryno
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Figured it out, thanks anyways guys.

Hello burned games (CoD5, Tiger2010, Smash hits), emulators, dvd playback, plus free games...woo!
Aug 2 2009 10:09PM
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stairmaster
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I hope your burned games are backups and not stolen .iso's
Aug 2 2009 10:30PM
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salomonskiier12
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any screen shots of it?
Aug 2 2009 11:41PM
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daringharry
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haha..... you're funny


anywho, to anyone looking for a good-ish game to dl try the conduit.
Aug 3 2009 7:23AM
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spotter487
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my threads for later
Aug 3 2009 12:18PM
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cavado328
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Though the engine certainly looks interesting, I can't imagine this being helpful to indie developers. How would you be able to actually play your game on the Wii? It's not like you can just burn it to a DVD and stick it in... if I'm not mistaken, you'd need an actual devkit from Nintendo, and they don't just hand those out to anyone who wants to make a game for the Wii and know how to burn wii games.
Sep 29 2009 11:36PM
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chapz
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i dont get what youre asking?

if what youre thinking is how can a wii play burned games, if it doesnt even have the capability of playing a dvd, well:

dvdx is a driver made from some geeks that, with the use of the hbc, installs a driver on the wii, and this enables the wii to play dvd's. then, you can download or torrent full games, scrubbed or not even, and use a special program(i use imgburn), to burn the game as an image file (ISO). then, there are different ways of getting the iso to boot on the wii. im actually having trouble at the moment, but there is an old way of installing a hidden wad that acts as an invisible channel on the wii system menu. this imitates the actual game channel. then, using a backup launcher/loader, you can put the dvd in, and the wii will be able to play it.

its either super easy to configure, or fucking hard. for me, i just tried playing iso's recently, and havent had any luck. i keep getting error -4011 with backup loader 0.1 by waninoko. maybe someone can help? lol.

anyways, i probably didnt answer your question, so be more specific.
Sep 30 2009 12:02AM
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debrickshaw
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same, i use it to play gamecube games..sometimes
Sep 30 2009 12:08AM
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daringharry
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what games are you trying to play? In some of the new ones you gots to do some shit
Sep 30 2009 7:16PM
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giantandcanary
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Does any one know about how to play copied wii games wii games and backup it?
 Pls help me.
I appreciate is you reply quickly. Thanks.

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[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOaQ_aNrR4]how to play copied wii games[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOaQ_aNrR4]how to backup wii games [/url]

Oct 20 2009 4:44AM
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lineskier53
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Threads for when i get home so i might actually use my wii.
Oct 20 2009 9:02AM
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Moosen
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yeah it's dope i've done it. with the twilight princess hack. totally worth it cause now i have like 1000+ snes games and didnt have to pay for shit from the virtual console. and also the backup launcher is great and usb loader.
Oct 20 2009 10:29AM
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thegreyarea
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As far as I know, the new Wiis require a mod chip installed. I've got one to do homebrew development, but they're a pain to install. The dog legs are ridiculously tiny and close together.
Oct 20 2009 11:45AM
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Moosen
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get backup launcher then find a game with wii torrents and burn the image files to a dvd R and then stick it in the wii. run the backup launcher and voila!
Oct 20 2009 11:58AM
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daringharry.
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twilight hack is pretty much no longer possible....

"As far as I know, the new Wiis require a mod chip installed. I've got one to do homebrew development, but they're a pain to install. The dog legs are ridiculously tiny and close together."

for new wiis it is still possible to put homebrew on. Oh and by the way do not update your system menu.

"get backup launcher then find a game with wii torrents and burn the image files to a dvd R and then stick it in the wii. run the backup launcher and voila!"

dvd-r is recommended...
Anybody have The Conduit? gimme your friend code...


holy shit a actual serious reply...
Oct 20 2009 1:23PM
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fragglemuffin
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i hacked mine without twilight and without a modchip...just with a few files on an SD card.  I play all my downloaded games through an external HD because i could never get discs to work correctly.  BTW i play Conduit, but havent been online in a while because i havent bothered setting my wii up on my school's interwebz yet
Oct 22 2009 11:46AM
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daringharry.
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yeah public is kinda over run with hackers and shit, but it's still fun.
Oct 22 2009 2:53PM
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RJ_Res
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Do you need an SD card with adapter for this, or will a normal USB memory stick work fine?
Oct 22 2009 7:35PM
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daringharry.
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just an sd card i all you need
Oct 22 2009 7:39PM
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