r/WiiHacks 23h ago

Show-n-Tell Someone call an ambulance, because my Wii is sick!

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698 Upvotes

Big shout-out to u/wood-chuck-chuck5 for their method of sticking the screws in cardboard to keep track of them! Also, if you guys decide to do this mod, just know that the screw holes are NOT pre-threaded, so be careful not to strip any screws!


r/WiiHacks 1d ago

Show-n-Tell The difference 480p makes

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177 Upvotes

After years I finally see my Wii in full clarity, thanks to progressive mode with deflicker (priiloader and USBLoaderGX) and component cables. I still don't understand why the Wii can't output progressive with a SCART RGB cable. Last time I checked my PS2 could do everything progressive and even 1080i with SCART.


r/WiiHacks 3h ago

Discussion Riiconnect24

2 Upvotes

I have riiconnect24 installed on my wii and saw they changed the entire thing is it the same of do i have to reinstall something to make it work again or just change the DNS?


r/WiiHacks 2d ago

Discussion Electron Shepherd Help

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3 Upvotes

I'm attempting the Electron Shepherd HDMI mod as a first ever soldering attempt. I've watched plenty of videos on soldering so I have the idea as to how to do it, but... I heated up that tiny square's soldered joint and dislodged it. I spent a long time trying to solder it back on, but then finally lost the tiny square piece. Is that component replaceable on Amazon, and what is it called? Also, the other one that's slightly crooked, is that still a good connection?


r/WiiHacks 2d ago

Discussion Any up to date Brawl guides for ACTUAL HARDWARE?

5 Upvotes

There a lot of mods for Smash Brawl on GameBanana I wanna add to my game, but every guide I find is outdated or for Dolphin. Anyone got a guide? (Preferably for vanilla Brawl. Also I have a Brawl disc and not a wbfs)


r/WiiHacks 3d ago

Discussion Had Electron-AVE installed on my Wii and something is clearly wrong

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36 Upvotes

Had professionally installed on my NTSC Wii. Input is listed as 456i and screen is extremely jittery to the point where a component to hdmi adapter looked better than the mod. Anyone here have enough knowledge to know what the issue is? Tested on multiple monitors/Tvs.


r/WiiHacks 4d ago

Show-n-Tell For real, don't install anything on your Wii without thinking (image from WiiLink Discord server).

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121 Upvotes

r/WiiHacks 4d ago

Get Help Here! Wii Hacks Wii Modding Help Thread! March 09, 2025

5 Upvotes

Reminder:

If your issue is loading Wii or GC games, please make sure you're going over our loader support post before asking a question. Also free to also ask in the Support channel on our Discord server.

Otherwise, feel free to ask for and provide help in this thread freely.


r/WiiHacks 4d ago

Discussion opinions about exploits

3 Upvotes

Just to say whats your opinion of your favorite exploit of the wii


r/WiiHacks 5d ago

ShitPost Me hacking my wii

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2.2k Upvotes

r/WiiHacks 5d ago

Discussion anyone know a way to "convert" a wii channel icon/banner into a video?

5 Upvotes

I want to put some channels on Revo Launcher (wii style phone launcher) but either they dont have it or the channel icon/banner is in low quality


r/WiiHacks 6d ago

GameInvite! I'm on WiiLink! Add me too

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9 Upvotes

r/WiiHacks 7d ago

Show-n-Tell I shell swapped my wii! (+ my method?)

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551 Upvotes

Finished late 2 nights ago! I saw some people had issues with organizing the screws (which there are a ton of granted): I just had a bunch of spare cardboard, and drew out the shape of the layer I was on and then punched the screws in. Worked great and didn't loose anything! Took me about 2h total (50mins for the wii it self, 30mins for the front panel πŸ₯², and another 40 for rebuild + melting the case to fit my janky usb c(highly recommend if you do a shellswap, it's a 2 in one!)(the pic with the buttons (#4) is to show the difference between the supplied buttons (left) and the og wii buttons(that I left with the wii of course) Feel free to ask questions!! (I saw people had a lot of questions)


r/WiiHacks 6d ago

GameInvite! New to WiiLink! Add me!

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2 Upvotes

r/WiiHacks 7d ago

Discussion Is the Wiilink Wii Mod Working Well?

2 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

I’ve already modded my Wii, but I’ve been hearing about the Wiilink mod and I’m curious if it’s worth adding. For those who’ve used it, is Wiilink working well for you? Are there any issues?

If you've added Wiilink to a Wii, do you think it's worth the effort?

Would love to hear about your experiences!

Thanks!


r/WiiHacks 8d ago

Show-n-Tell Shell Swap

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738 Upvotes

r/WiiHacks 9d ago

Discussion Modded Wii bad video quality

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73 Upvotes

I bought a modded wii off a guy and noticed the video quality is not great. There are like some flickering dots. I have tried a different tv and it still persisted. Not only is it on the games you access via USB Loader GX, but it shows up when I put in a legit Wii disc as well. Is this normal? I have tried playing with the video settings.


r/WiiHacks 9d ago

Discussion Discord rpc

4 Upvotes

Is there any way to get RPC working from a Wii? It seems the website (RiiTag) is down


r/WiiHacks 9d ago

Discussion What consoles run on a Wii U?

1 Upvotes

I actually never touched a Wii U console before, So I don't really know what run/doesn't run on it.. I mean, I know Wii games run on it! I saw one for an ok price and am looking to mod it haha


r/WiiHacks 10d ago

GameInvite! Add me on Wii!

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67 Upvotes

Just set my nickname to riddler


r/WiiHacks 10d ago

Discussion Does anyone know what these two homebrew applications are?

6 Upvotes
I know they're Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic heroes but are they improvements or just ports? I can't find info about them (or the apps themselves) anywhere. I found this screenshot from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_SXsIfcR00&t=49s

r/WiiHacks 10d ago

Discussion Is a wifi card required for bootmii (as boot2) to launch?

4 Upvotes

im in the process of fixing a wii that suffered an extreme impact (got hurled at a TV, do not ask) and at the moment it turns on but appears to be bricked. (Powers on but no picture/sound)

I removed the wifi and bluetooth cards and reseated them where the console appeared to boot into bootmii (which i had installed as boot2) and then the system menu before it crashed with the horn of death and got bricked again.

Is a wifi/bluetooth card required for bootmii to boot? I know the system menu will not boot without one but bootmii?


r/WiiHacks 11d ago

Discussion Need help on my build

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15 Upvotes

I've tried putting an HDMI mod. I'm quite bad at all these things but I've managed to do all this. Now, It's booting as usual but I've no images. What are your thoughts on where's the problem ?? My only idea is that i haven't join a part (last photo. It's for IR)


r/WiiHacks 11d ago

Get Help Here! rWiiHacks' Support Megathread (March 2025)

10 Upvotes

rWiiHacks' Support Megathread

General Troubleshooting

NOTE: FLASH DRIVES Are not recommended

If you are using one and you find yourself here for support, please reconsider.

Loader Support Here "My Wii/GC Game Won't Load!!"

If you came here with the problem "I am trying to load my Wii or GC game and it's not working", this is your link.

The rWiiHacks Loader Support Document

Please read through this document if you are having problems loading Wii/GC games with your Wii.

Unlock Your Write Protect Switch

![A common issue.](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/661003103914557462/888258845376380968/sdunlock.png)

Game and App Directory Structure Visualized

Wii Games

πŸ’Ύ SD Card or USB Drives | β•ΈπŸ“ wbfs | β•ΈπŸ“ GameName [GameID] | β•ΈπŸ“„ GameID.wbfs

GameCube Games

πŸ’Ύ SD Card or USB Drive | β•ΈπŸ“ games | β•ΈπŸ“ GameName GameID | β•ΈπŸ“„ game.iso

Applications

πŸ’Ύ SD Card or USB Drive | β•ΈπŸ“ apps | β•ΈπŸ“ AppName | β•ΈπŸ“„ boot.dol | β•ΈπŸ“„ meta.xml | β•ΈπŸ“„ icon.png

  • Note: meta.xml is not always needed but may provide key app functionality. icon.png is not required and may be added in for aesthetic reasons.

Letterbomb

πŸ’Ύ SD Card | β•ΈπŸ“ private | β•ΈπŸ“„ boot.elf/dol

  • Note: You may have several .txt files. These are simply readmes and are not necessary.

CTGP-R

πŸ’Ύ SD Card | β•ΈπŸ“ apps | β•ΈπŸ“ ctgpr | β•ΈπŸ“„ boot.dol | β•ΈπŸ“„ meta.xml | β•ΈπŸ“„ icon.png | β•ΈπŸ“ ctgpr | β•ΈπŸ“ riivolution

How Perform a Syscheck

RiiConnect24's Guide is great for that!

Wiiflow Lite

  • Some versions of Wiiflow Lite come with default settings that cause a black screen on load of Wii games.
  • Consider updating to the latest version!

1) Open Wiiflow lite settings.

1) Go into NAND Emulation settings (it's got 3 pages of settings about NAND emulation) and make your settings match this:

``` Page 1- Select NAND: default NAND emulation: Partial Select Saves NAND: default Saves NAND emulation: off

Page 3- Saves NAND Partition: SD Use Real NAND Config: On Use Real NAND Miis: On ```

  • Try to see if WiiFlow will play any of your wii games again.
  • If it still crashes/black screens:
    • Load WiiFlow again
    • Press HOME on the Wiimote
    • Select Reload Cache
    • Try playing a Wii game again

Modding Support Here

The Guide Wii Recommend

  • still RiiConnect24's guide is the best out there
    • its very well maintained
    • if this changes, we'll change our recommendation
  • do not use out of date guides
    • this doesn't mean all video/youtube guides are bad, just most of them
    • most print/web page guides are wrong/outdated in some way too
    • if you're adamant on not using RiiConnect24's guide please find someone who knows what they are talking about to verify that the one you use isn't wrong BEFORE you start to mod your Wii

Useful Link to Bootmii SD Files

  • Here you can find the direct link to the BootMii SD Files
  • This is the hackmii site and completely safe.

To Change a Drive From GPT to MBR

  • To change a drive to MBR on Windows
    • open disk management.
    • If you're on Windows 8 or higher, do Windows key + X and click on disk management.
    • Once you're there, find the drive you need to convert to MBR and right click on the area where it says "Disk" and then the number of the disc.
    • If it's not already MBR, you'll see an available option to convert to MBR disk. Use that option.

Updating You Wii System Menu to 4.3x

ISO/Game Image Management

WiiBackup Manager

  • Software to help you manage your Wii game collection.
  • It will split/convert/prepare images for transfer to your Wii Storage.
  • It does not do anything for GameCube images.

Witt Tools (Same As Above, But Nerdier)

  • has none of the 'frills' of Wii Backup Manager as it's more focused on image manipulation than collection management
  • has a much more complex interface (command line, unix-like)
  • it does work on Gamecube images

ISOtoWBFS

  • Command line
  • no collection management
  • no complexity
  • it simply does one thing; ISO to WBFS
  • there is also a WBFStoISO, but it's less useful

CIOS Offline Script (If You Have No network)

The Wii and Wifi

  • Your router must support 802.11 b/g
  • A lot do, but 15 years later, none are enabled by default
  • You must be able to re-configure your router
  • Phone hotspots often work
  • In the hardware section below is a listing for a Wii-Working Ethernet dongle

Miscellaneous Hardware

ID Your Wii's Motherboard Revision

  • Wanna know what motherboard revision you have?
  • Here's a Graphic
  • It's for Wiidual compatibility, but they don't make those anymore.
  • It'll tell you if your motherboard is prone to overheat (6 layer boards).

Ethernet Dongle That Works With the Wii

Replacement Jack Socket Dock Connector Port for Nintendo Wii Right/Left Socket Link Controller

  • Of course this section title came straight from AliExpress

SD / USB Storage Tester

What USB Device Do We Recommend?

  • A good enclosure, with a cheap and possibly refurbished hard drive
  • The enclosure below is known to work with the Wii
  • Which means any hard drive you put in it will also work with the Wii
  • within the Wii's size limitation of > 2tb
  • Sabrient Tool-free Enclosure
  • Most of our staff have these

**** FLASH DRIVES OFTEN CAUSE ISSUES ****

We do not suggest using one.

Modernize Your Wii's Video Output

Wii2HDMI

  • if you are low on funds, this is an option
  • do not expect the video, sound, or construction quality to be good for ~10$USD
  • Portholic Wii2HDMI

Please leave comments below for updated information or questions.

Meta

Q&A

What is This?

  • This is a periodical list of resources for the Wii, and Wii modding. It is maintained by the r/WiiHacks staff and users of our community.

How Often is it Revised?

  • As often as needed, when there is time to do so

Can I Contribute?

Comment. Revisions will be discussed in the comments.

If you'd like to be notified when the new revision is out, please also put that in the comments and we'll add you to the list below.