Well, Waninkoko has brought us yet another great tool to our Wii consoles. Officially released is the USB Loader v1.0. This allows you to load your backups to a usb device that you hook up to your Wii. It has been confirmed working. Here's the disclaimer from Waninkoko
[ DISCLAIMER ]:
- THIS APPLICATION COMES WITH NO WARRANTY AT ALL, NEITHER EXPRESS NOR IMPLIED. I DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE IN YOUR WII CONSOLE BECAUSE OF A IMPROPER USAGE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
[ DESCRIPTION ]:
- USB Loader is a Nintendo Wii application that allows you to install and boot your backups from a USB storage device.
[ REQUISITES ]:
- Custom IOS36 rev 09 or above. - USB device with one free partition for games
Instructions on the setup are included in the download.
As always please join us in the forums to discuss this post further.
Nintendo has released system menu 4.0 which is now available to install through the Wii's system update. The new update adds the capability to run Wiiware games off of an SD card without installing on your Wii as well as SDHC support up to 32 GB.
On the homebrew side Nintendo has officially squashed the Twilight Hack bug. If you already have the Homebrew Channel installed it is possible to run it from an SD card but the channel cannot be installed back on the Wii. DVDx apparently still works as well, however if you do not have DVDx or the Homebrew Channel installed before hand you will not be able to install after updating. It is strongly recommended that if you use homebrew and would like to continue that you do not update.
Posted by: brentbizzle on Wednesday, March 25 2009 @ 7:43pm PST
Here's something that I was pleasantly surprised to see and read about. While I was hopping around some usual websites for gaming-related news, I visited SEGA's USA website. I've known about SEGA working closely with Nintendo in the past few years, so I decided to check out what SEGA had in store for the Wii. And while one of their projects isn't "in stores", so-to-speak, coming this summer, the Wii looks to be receiving a very well-rounded and polished first-person shooter (FPS) to its game lineup.
The game is called, The Conduit. The description of the game's basic plotline is detailed on the SEGA website, but basically, the idea is that you are placed in a not-too-distant future where Washington D.C. has been subjected to "weird events" that have put the surrounding country in an alerted, chaotic state. The protagonist in this storyline appears to be, "Mr. Ford", a Secret Service agent that is forced to assume the role of Mr. Nice-Guy.
Futuristic weapons? Check. Unique weapon and aiming system that only the Wii offers? Check. A bunch of crazy alien-like creatures in a freaky environment just waiting to destroy mankind? Apparently... check.
There are two short gameplay trailers available on the SEGA website that showcase the feel of the game. I must say, I'm fairly impressed with what I've seen thus far from this title. It seems like a very well-rounded game with impressive graphics, considering it's a Wii title, after all. I'll be looking forward to what this game will offer the Wii. I think it's about time that the Wii received a worthy FPS game.
Managing homebrew just got more classy. Teknecal has released his homebrew browser and bumped it up to 0.2.5c. Nothing huge has changed in this version but two pretty important bugs were ironed out. Those two bugs being:
Fixed an issue with the utilities section that was causing it to be empty
Fixed zip progress issue
Again, it's not a giant update, but if you're noticing the issues above and want a more stable version for your homebrew browser, this should do fine for you. Download link is below.
page and thought I'd share. The new SoftMii is out and it has some great updates you need to check out. There isn't an updated readme so here are the details we've gathered thus far. To download CLICK HERE
-Ability to run GC Backups from the Disc Channel
-Updated applications (Preloader v0.28 etc)
-SoftMii NAND Browser
-NAND Dumper
-Bug Fixes are assumed.
If you manage to find anything else new, comment on this post, and we will update this section.
Also, a helpful tip: If you have SoftMii previously installed, you can install this newer version of SoftMii without uninstalling your previous version. Just start the installation instructions (included in the download) from Phase 3.
This is by far one of the best (not easiest) homebrew apps for the Wii.
The app formally known as RiskMiimod has been released in a full blown 1.0 ALPHA version.
This has been tested and confirmed working, but please make sure you know what you're doing before you attempt this.
SoftMii is capable of doing the following:
v1.0 Alpha Features:
-Custom System Menu Alpha -SoftMii Health Screen- -Improved Hacks.ini (Fixed ) -Customizable Via Jizmo’s Theme Packs -Full Disc Channel Region Free Back-up Loading -Diagnostic Menu (Recovery) access through GCport1 Y-Button -No Copy Save Protections Removed -Retail Discs run 6x, Backups run 3x -Auto boot ANY Disc Through Recovery Menu -Skip Disc Updates -No Error 002 in new games like NFS Undercover -No Annoying Menu BGM -Pre loader 0.27 installation - Regular cIOS for those who have patched discs to 249 - Move your Disc Channel anywhere -Home Brew Channel 1.01 -Region Free Channels -Downgrade Method Included
For all questions, comments, and concerns please visit the forums.
According to the Nikkei Business Daily, Nintendo will team up with ad agency Dentsu Inc to launch a video distribution service on the Wii console, in a move to establish a new revenue stream.
The are planning to offer cartoons and other shows created to make it 'unique' from other online providers. Nintendo and Dentsu will start the new service early next year in Japan, followed by overseas launches later in the year.
This is a pretty cool idea... I'm curious to see if they will ever get it to North America.
Posted by: monkeymaximus on Tuesday, December 30 2008 @ 1:51am PST
It seems that the huge sales number talked about below caused the Club Nintendo servers to fall over. Users have been reporting since yesterday (christmas) that they have been unable to reach http://club.nintendo.com.
Hopefully Nintendo will get their act together and be back up for all their new users. Until then, why not hit the forums?
Posted by: monkeymaximus on Friday, December 26 2008 @ 3:32pm PST
With the economic recession torturing many you would think that sales for companies like Amazon would be down... apparently not. Amazon posted the "best ever" holiday sales this year and the Nintendo Wii helped them do that.
According to a sales report released by Amazon the “Nintendo Wii dominated the top sellers in video games and hardware, including the Wii console, the Wii remote controller and the Wii nunchuk controller”. Apparently the 360 and PS3 did their fair share but paled in comparison to the Wii.
With the news of the Wii having a strong November and December CNET made some calculations to figure out how each console was doing this year. So the Wii sold a whopping 43.75 million units, the 360 sold 26.49 milion units, and the PS3 sold 18.82 million units. Notice how the Wii was 2 million shy from selling as many as the other two combined.
Posted by: monkeymaximus on Friday, December 26 2008 @ 3:20pm PST
Ok, yes, it has been a while since the last time anything Wii related was posted, so I'm throwing some information at you!
First up you may have heard, but there is a new revision of the Wii that at this time is unmodifiable. The DVD drive controller chip that is used by modchips to play backups has been completely removed! You can find more information from the original source, as well as photos.
Now, for all you homebrew junkies, there have been tons of releases, and I mean tons! Because of so many releases, I have just made a list of some of the more recent releases that you can find all over the web. Take a gander, and if anything peaks your interest any of 'brew below shouldn't be hard too find.
As always, if you need any help just head over to the Wii Homebrew forums and post your question!
"First, use WiiScrubber to open up the Wii Backup Disc, and extract IOS16-64-v257-prod.wad This file can be found by clicking the + sign next to "Partition:1 - UPDATE", and then the + sign again next to _sys Right click on this filename, and click on "Save as" and save it to a WADS directory on your SD card.
After that, use Wad Manager v1.3 to install this wad - it is NOT trucha signed, but it IS ('semi') legal, so it WILL install without a prior cIOS. To clear this up, having the wad is not legal, as it is copyrighted code from nintendo, but it is signed by nintendo, so it installs without an issue.
Finally, use Wad Manager that was recoded by Davi92 to work off of IOS16 to install the cIOS_fix (hopefully that is the filename in the included zip - djtaz correct me if I'm wrong), and you are on your way again!
From here you can choose to run Waninkoko's downgrader.
NOTE: if you are trying to run Any Title Deleter to delete IOS51, you must first obtain copies of at least IOS30 and IOS36 from a Wii game (such as Wii Music or the new Guitar Hero) using the same method with WiiScrubber. From here you can install WiiGator's Backup Loader 0.3 with the corresponding cIOS released with it (v6).
Looks like theres been a small breakthrough with the latest firmware. When the Wii 3.4 firmware came out, it disabled multiple homebrew applications from running properly. If you wanted to use the shop channel or the internet browser, you had to update. A patch was released to bypass the update and allow you to use the Shop channel on your current firmware. Here are the instructions and info from the developer.
"Wii Shop and IOS51 installer is a very quick modification of PatchMii modified by Muzer that does one thing: It installs the new IOS51 and Wii Shop Channel, without installing the patches to all the other IOSes. This means that as long as you didn’t update, you can now install this to use the Wii Shop Channel but keep all the benefits of not having the update.
Anybody at all could have made this, just everyone is too busy at the moment, so I figured I would make it. It’s literally modifying 4 lines of code and commenting out a bunch of stuff. Because of this I didn’t bother to include the source in the package, but if anyone wants me to, I’ll happily include it.
This does not have the same effects as updating, so you get the best of both worlds.
You can do this on any system menu version and it will work fine, keeping the system menu version you have.
I made the program as two separate dol files, because it’s easier and quicker for me that way, if this lasts a while I’ll make a version that combines the two files.
NOTE: TAKE OUT ANY GAMECUBE MEMORY CARDS/CONTROLLERS AND USB DEVICES BEFORE INSTALLING ANYTHING. The first time one person installed the IOS51, and Shop Channel. One person had a Gamecube memory card, and a wireless adapter in the Wii, and it didn’t install correctly. But after taking out all Gamecube items, re-installed everything and it worked fine. Axelpaxel was the one that found that USB devices did it too.
Instructions: Simply load one file, then the other. It does not matter in which order you load them. Use any method.
Nintendo has released Firmware Update 3.4. Here is the changelog from the update:
3.4 Change Log:
* Wii Points will soon be called Nintendo Points, and all references as such will be updated. All other functionality with Nintendo Points will remain the same. * The controller usage explanation screen will be updated. * The controller usage explanation screen will be separated from the purchase screen. Along with this, the user will be prompted to confirm that they have any necessary accessories before being able to press the Purchase button. * The design of the icons displayed will be updated.
(From users at NES-Hacks) The latest unconfirmed info is as follows:
Installed WADS will still work as long as you dont use WAD manager (Channels will disappear)
Homebrew Channel still works but some apps wont
Modchips are NOT affected
Backup Loader still works
GeckoOS still works
You CANNOT install WADs after you update to 3.4
Region Changer will NOT work
Downgrader will NOT work
It is recommended that you not update until a patch has been released.
Posted by: JustinWoodypond on Thursday, October 23 2008 @ 8:34pm PST
Looks like a beta tester of Waninkoko's Wii Backup Loader has leaked the software.
This software has NOT been tested and is advised not to use until a full release is made.
As always, if anyone does try this please let us know if it works.
The Wii scene is growing........
UPDATE: As a result of the leak, Waninkoko has expressed his anger with GBATemp and announced that he has abandoned the project and will no longer be producing any new versions of this app.
UPDATE 2: Since the project has been abandoned and there will not be a new version here are the tools necassary to attempt. We take no responsibility for anything that happens to your console. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Step 1.
Install the CIOS36_rev5-64-v1042.wad
Step 2.
Install the DVDX .dol into your apps and setup via Homebrew Channel
- Click advanced and set it to 249
Step 3.
Create a folder on your SD card in the apps folder and name it Wii Loader (Or whatever else you want) and put dvd-back.dol in there.
Step 4. Make sure that "backup-creator.exe" , "common-key" and what .iso you are wanting to backup is in the same folder.
- Drag the ISO over the "backup-creator.exe" This will create a new iso called partition.iso
Burn with IMGBurn
Step 5. Go to Homebrew Channel on the Wii and load the Wii Loader backup-dvd.dol file you did earlier and launch.
It will ask to insert a Wii disc. Insert your backup. Your backup should load.
Download the files at:
This has all the tools necassary to start from scratch (Twilight hack, homebrew channel, DVDX, and Wii Backup Loader).
Linkworm has posted a final proof of concept video of loading a backup of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. The final backup loader will hopefully be released in the near future. He also says that this is the work of Waninkoko, but with no official word from Waninkoko himself, we'll have to wait and see with that one. Check it out:
Posted by: Terdinglage on Sunday, September 14 2008 @ 6:26pm PST
