I should point out at this point that all my Shop Channel-bought VC games still work as they're supposed to, including moving and launching from SD, so I can only conclude that it's a new anti-piracy protection in the firmware itself.
#WII VC WADS NTSC INSTALL#
Since then, every NTSC/"acquired" WAD I install to the Wii system memory works fine, but if I move the channels to the SD card and then try to play them from the card or copy/move them back, it refuses to allow it. Once I had all that done, I used Startpatch to enable region-free channels and GC games, as well as the recovery menu via GC pad (I left the rest of the patches alone). With HBC and Larrylje's patched IOS60 installed. I am currently on 4.2, having updated using the Safe 4.2 Updater available here: I, too, am having trouble moving and playing WADs from my SD card, same as Oldman111 above. Please remember to read the instructions, and be careful! Good luck! You'll find versions for all firmwares and regions here.
#WII VC WADS NTSC PATCH#
Just use Startpatch and you can patch the Wii to allow any region channels to run, among other things. been learning all this myself lately and your right- information is out dated usually.Ĭlick to expand.It is indeed possible to play NTSC WADs on a UK Wii with >=4.0 FW. if you goto channels from the options you can pick the game you want to move to the SD card in a fashion much like working with saved files off an PS2 memory card. you go into menu options> data management and it tells you how much system memory (blocks) you have left. Once its done it becomes a channel on your wii menu. You will load WAD manager thru homebrew channel and then pick the WAD u want to install from there.
Your WAD files will go in the WAD folder. The folder name is what you will see when you load it thru Homebrew Channel. rename the file to boot.dol and have it in a folder called WAD manager. Download that WAD Manager (version 1.5 is the newest i think) and put it in the APPS folder. Create a APPS folder and a WAD folder and put it on the SD card. Wiikey has nothing to do with this part of modding your wii.įrom there you need the SD card (formatted at FAT32). There is a good softmod tutorial thread here you can search for. Basically you need to pick one of the multiple ways to get the Homebrew Channel installed. For channel games (WADs, WiiWare, Virtual Console, VC, whatever else they are called) you will need to softmod.