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To install the Homebrew channel and download Wii games for free you will need: An SD Card; An SD Card Reader; Windows, Linux, Mac OS or an operating system capable of supporting the FAT 16 and FAT 32 File Systems. The Nintendo Wii can be modified to play copies of games that have been burned onto a DVD on a computer. No special skills are needed, although you will have to first download a Wii softmod program on a PC and transfer it to a Secure Digital card. Want to play Nintendo Wii games from a USB hard disk or thumb drive?Tools: http://www.consoleinfo.be/2015/06/how-to-play-wii-games-from-usb-external.htmlHow. This guide will show you how to download Wii U and Wii game backups using Wii U USB Helper. USB Helper Launcher is a set of patches to revive the discontinued USB Helper. USB Helper can also convert Gamecube.ISO game files to virtual console injects that can be launched from the Wii U System Menu and played on the Gamepad. I'm new to Wii hacking. I've wanted for so long to be able to play some games that I'm not able to play anymore due to the discs being damaged. I searched online and managed to install the homebrew channel. I've read around and it seems like the next step is to install a USB loader.

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Wiimmfi is a replacement service for the now-defunct Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. It has been developed by Wiimm and Leseratte.

If you get the error 23904 while connecting to Wiimmfi, then you are using an outdated patch.
Follow the steps below for the method you’re using to connect to Wiimmfi again.
See this page for more details.

Different patchers

There are lots of different methods to connect to Wiimmfi.Choose the one that fits your needs best.

Automatic patching from the Disc Channel using Priiloader

What you need

  • A Wii with Priiloader 0.9 or later installed

If you have an older version of Priiloader or don’t have it installed, follow this guide to update/install it.

Instructions

  1. Hold reset while powering on your Wii (if using a Wii mini, plug in a USB keyboard and press escape).
  2. Go to System Menu Hacks.
  3. Make sure the Wiimmfi patch v4 hack is enabled.
  4. Save settings and exit.

If you see the hack Wiimmfi patch v2 or Wiimmfi patch v3 instead, then you do not have the latest version of the hacks_hash.ini file.
Download it from here and place it in /apps/priiloader/hacks_hash.ini on your SD card or USB drive.
Then, repeat the previous steps.

Homebrew (Disc) Application

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MrBean35000vr (creator of CTGP-R, a Mario Kart Wii content pack) created a Wiimmfi Disc Patcher that allows you to insert a disc and patch the game on-the-fly for Wiimmfi use, though this must be run every time you start the disc.

What you need

  • An SD card or USB drive

Instructions

  1. Extract Auto Wiimmfi Patcher to the root of your SD card or USB drive.
  2. Insert your SD Card into your Wii, and launch Auto Wiimmfi Patcher from the Homebrew Channel.
  3. Insert your game disc (you can insert it before or after launch, it doesn’t matter).
  4. Wait for patch to complete, and it’ll begin!
Games

No-Homebrew (Disc)

Thanks to Fullmetal5’s str2hax exploit, which Leseratte was able to adapt for the Wiimmfi patcher, you can run the Wiimmfi patch without having any homebrew on your Wii.

What you need

  • A Wii with an Internet connection

Instructions

  1. Insert your game disc.
  2. Go into your internet connection settings and set the DNS server of your console to 95.217.77.151.
  3. Go to the WC24 contract information (third button after clicking on “Internet” in the settings).
  4. Confirm that you do want to use WC24 and the shop channel
  5. The Wiimmfi patcher page should show up. If it doesn’t, and you still see the default license agreement, your router might not be compatible with this method.
  6. Wait for about 1 minute and 30 seconds for the patcher to load
  7. The game should now start with the Wiimmfi patch included

Automatic patching using a USB Loader

If you are already using USB Loader GX, try updating it to the most recent version. Then, there should be a “private server” setting (both in the global loader options and in the game options) which you can set to “Wiimmfi” to make the USB Loader automatically patch every game you start to work with Wiimmfi.

ISO Patching

You may not want to run a patcher each time you want to play on Wiimmfi, and maybe you already use a USB Loader. As such, ISO Patchers were created, some for specific games.

What you need

  • Your copy of your game (WBFS, ISO, cISO, and other forms that a Wii can use are supported).
  • RiiConnect24 Patcher (Windows and Unix)
    or
  • A USB Loader, cIOS, and a USB to store the game on (you should already have these if you’re using a USB Loader)

Instructions

  1. Extract the patcher of your choice to a folder, and place your copy of the game in it.
  2. Run the patch script for your OS: usually it will end in .bat for Windows and .sh for Mac/Linux. If you’re using the RiiConnect24 Patcher, select your device (Wii, vWii, or Dolphin) and choose the patcher for your game.
  3. Once it’s finished, get the version out of the wiimmfi-images folder (it may be in the folder outside of the patcher - ../wiimmfi-images) and copy it back to your USB.

WiiWare Patching

You can patch WiiWare games in order to play them on Wiimmfi.

What you need

  • An SD card
  • Your copy of your game (in WAD format)
  • RiiConnect24 Patcher (Windows and Unix)
    or
  • WiiWare Patcher (cross platform)

Steps:

  1. Extract the .zip of the latest version of WiiWare Patcher, and put your WAD in it.
  2. Run the patch script for your OS: usually it will end in .bat for Windows and .sh for Mac/Linux. If you’re using the RiiConnect24 Patcher, select your device (Wii, vWii, or Dolphin) and choose the WiiWare patcher.
  3. If it completed successfully, install the WAD that was made in wiiware-wads with Wii Mod Lite.

Other stuff

Mario Kart Wii Competitions

Wiimmfi allows you to participate in Mario Kart Wii competitions again.

What you need

Games
  • An SD card or USB drive
  • Mario Kart Wii Competition Patcher

Instructions (for Wii)

  1. Extract Mario Kart Wii Competition Patcher and put it in the apps folder on your SD Card.
  2. Insert your SD card or USB drive into the Wii.
  3. Launch the original Mario Kart Wii game (not Wiimmfi patched).
  4. Navigate to Settings -> Network Settings (or Nintendo WFC Connection) -> Message Service. If you turned the message service feature on, turn it off and turn it on again.
  5. Launch Mario Kart Wii Competition Patcher.
  6. The patcher will look for save files for Mario Kart Wii on your storage device in various places, and upload them. This is done in case a missing competition is found in your save file. It will also, of course, patch your Wii for competitions.

If you’re using the Wii U, you will have to run the competitions patcher whenever you want to check for a competition, because WiiConnect24 is not enabled on the Wii U.

DS Games

Wiimmfi doesn’t only support Wii games, it supports lots of DS games too. Thanks to an exploit called nds-constraint, you can play DS games online without patching your games.

What you need

  • A Wi-Fi network with WEP or no security

Getting a Wi-Fi network with WEP or no security is the hardest part, because DS games don’t support newer Wi-Fi security types (unless it’s one of the few games that are “DSi Enhanced” and can use your Wi-Fi configuration on your DSi or 3DS, like Pokémon Black/White). However, many routers support creating a guest Wi-Fi connection, or you can make a hotspot on your phone or your computer. There are plenty of resources on the Internet that have information on this, so use your favorite search engine to find them.

Instructions

  1. Go in the Nintendo DS Wi-Fi settings. This can be accessed inside the game you want to play online with.
  2. Set up a connection.
  3. Type in 164.132.44.106 as the primary DNS.
  4. Type in 1.1.1.1 as the secondary DNS (if it gives you problems, try 8.8.8.8).
  5. Save your connection settings and perform a connection test. If it’s successful, then you’re ready to play.

Mario Kart Wii Mods

CTGP-R

Play wii games from usb mac os

MrBean35000vr and Chadderz have a custom track distribution called CTGP-R that allows you to use a set of custom tracks and has automatic Wiimmfi patching. Go to the ChadSoft website for the download and instructions.

MKW Hack Pack

Huili has put together a collection of custom tracks and hacks called MKW Hack Pack, and allows connections to Wiimmfi. To learn how to set it up, go to the wiki page.

Wiimms Mario Kart Fun

Wiimm and Leseratte make a custom track distribution called “Wiimms MKW Fun”, which gets updated about three times a year. It is based on the LE-CODE framework by Leseratte, has Wiimmfi support, and lots of other features. You can find out more about it on its wiki page.

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This page explains how to rip GameCube and Wii games and/or saves to be used on Dolphin. Ripping games and saves using a Wii or Wii U console will require you to have homebrew software installed. See Homebrew Channel for instructions on how to use it, and see Homebrew setup for installation instructions. The term 'vWii' means a Wii U console running in Wii mode.

  • 2Ripping Discs Using CleanRip
  • 5Retrieving Game Saves

Ripping Discs Using a Computer

Certain old models of PC DVD drives are able to rip game discs with Rawdump or Friidump.

It's generally easier and faster to rip game discs via a Wii console, if you have one:

Ripping Discs Using CleanRip

CleanRip can rip a game disc to an SD card or an external USB storage device. It requires your Wii or vWii system to have the Homebrew Channel.

GameCube Discs

No GameCube titles take up more than 1.36 GiB (Gibibyte, or 10243 bytes). It's generally a good idea to set Chunk Size to max, so that your ISO isn't split into parts. GameCube discs can store a maximum of 1.36 GiB, so the entire ISO can fit on a FAT32 drive. Simply follow the instructions on-screen and you'll be able to put the game straight from the SD card or USB drive into Dolphin.

Wii Discs

In order to rip a Wii disc, a storage device with more than 4.7 GiB of free space is recommended for single layer, 8.54 GiB for dual layer. However, by dividing the disc into chunks, an SD card with even a single gibibyte of free space is sufficient.

At the CleanRip Setup screen, set Chunk Size to 'Max', and New device per chunk to 'No' is recommended with SD cards or external USB storage devices large enough to hold the entirety of the ripped disc file at once. Otherwise, set Chunk Size to max possible ('1GB', '2GB', '3GB', or 'Max') and set New device per chunk to 'Yes' and when CleanRip is asking for the next device, remove it from the Wii and move the first or so ISO file to free up space and use it again. When all pieces have been received, check in the next subsection.

  • CleanRip will split the ripped disc file with more than 4 GiB in file size regardless to fit the FAT, FAT16, or FAT32 file systems. These file systems have a max file size of 4 GiB. To remedy this, it is recommended to rip discs to a USB external NTFS formatted storage device (as Wii cannot read NTFS formatted SD cards). The NTFS file system has a theoretical max file size of 16 EiB (Exabyte), or 16,777,216GiB.
  • Certain Wii discs are dual layer (or DVD9) instead of single layer (or DVD5). CleanRip will need to be configured in order to rip those kinds of discs. At the Wii Disc Ripper Setup screen, set Dual Layer to Yes. The rip will take roughly double the time than usual Wii discs of 4.38 GiB as the dual layer ISOs are 7.93 GiB in size.

Joining Split Files

A disc image in split parts will need to be joined before dolphin can read it. A simple command from command prompt and terminal can do it! Use the example command for your system. Use the 'cd' command to change directory to the file's location. The example command assumes CleanRip's 'GAMEID.part#.iso' filename nomenclature, and creates 'GAMEID.iso'. The part files can be deleted after the joined file is created.

Windows

Linux / macOS

Ripping Discs Using USB Loader GX

A Wii or vWii with the latest version of USB Loader GX and certain cIOS (such as d2x-cios) installed can rip Wii game discs. The Wii system may also be able to rip GameCube game discs as long as DIOS MIOS is installed. Wiis sold after late 2011 and Wii Us lack the GameCube controller and memory card ports, and can make no use of DIOS MIOS. CleanRip is recommended over USB Loader GX for not requiring any cIOS and it does not leave out any data when ripping (USB Loader GX leaves out unused data).

The USB Loader GX will ask the user two options when inserting a game disc: Install or Mount DVD drive; choose 'Install'. It will begin the ripping process to the storage device:

Mac
  • For Wii: X:wbfsGAMEID_*GAMEID.wbfs (and GAMEID.wbf1 as continuation file, if source is over 4,194,272 KiB)
    • Dolphin build version 3.5 and later can accept Wii games in WBFS format.
  • For GameCube: X:games* [GAMEID]game.iso (NOTE: file system must be FAT32)

Exporting Wii Channels

Play Wii Games From Usb Macro

In order to turn a channel installed on a Wii or vWii into a WAD file that can be played in Dolphin, follow this guide. When asked if you want to fakesign the ticket or TMD, you should press B. (Most fakesigned WAD files do work in Dolphin, but they don't work better than correctly signed WAD files, and Dolphin may show warnings about them.)

Alternatively, if you do not want to use WAD files, you can copy the whole NAND memory of a console into Dolphin by following the NAND Usage Guide. This not only copies all channels that are installed on the console, but afterwards, you can also transfer channels between the console and Dolphin by using an SD card and the Wii Menu's data management screen.

How To Play Wii Games From Usb Mac

Retrieving Game Saves

GameCube Memory Card

A homebrewed Wii with GameCube memory card ports or GameCube with SD Gecko is required.

Download GameCube/Wii Memory Manager (GCMM for short) and launch it through Homebrew Channel on the Wii. It's a homebrew app that can transfer save files between a real GameCube Memory Card and an SD card. It can extract an individual save as .GCI file or dump the entire contents (RAW or batch dump .GCI files) from a real memory card to the root of SD card. For the purpose of this guide you should extract what you need for Dolphin onto the SD card. Then they should be placed into GC for Dolphin to use while emulating a game. It is also possible for the data that was created with Dolphin to be added back into the real GameCube Memory Card using GCMM and an SD card.

Wii/vWii Internal Storage

This section is for ripping individual saves to be used on Dolphin. To dump an entire Wii's internal storage for use with Dolphin, skip this section and move ahead to NAND Usage Guide.

Play Wii Games From Usb Machine

Download SaveGame Manager GX and launch it through Homebrew Channel on the Wii or vWii. It's a homebrew app that can transfer save files between the console's internal storage and an SD card. It can extract an individual save from the Wii's internal storage for Dolphin to use. Like GCMM, it is possible for save files that were created in Dolphin to be added back to the Wii by selecting the game in Dolphin to export the Wii save into a X:privatewii[GAMEID] format, then adding it back into the real console's NAND using SaveGame Manager GX and an SD card.

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