Softmodding your Nintendo Wii is one of the best things you can do to it and will give it a whole new lease of life.
Once you have Softmodded your Wii you can load games from a USB Hard Drive, Play Backup Game Discs and install hundreds of other Homebrew Applications.
The big advantages of loading your games from a USB Hard Drive include faster loading times, no scratched discs and the fact all your games are in one place so you don’t have to keep getting up to change discs.
This guide will guide you through all the steps including Installing the Homebrew Channel, Backing up your Wii’s NAND and Installing Priiloader (for brick protection).
Requirements:
Nintendo Wii Games Console.SD Card formatted as FAT32 (1gb or 2gb Card) (not an SDHC card).System Menu 4.3 (any region).Your Wii’s WiFi MAC Address (available from your Wii’s system settings).Card Reader (USB or Internal).Installing the Homebrew Channel on your Wii:
Visit the LetterBomb Website.Choose your System Menu Version (4.3u / 4.3e / 4.3j / 4.3k).Enter your Wii’s Mac Address (available from your Wii’s system settings).Make sure “Bundle the HackMii Installer for me!” is ticked.Enter the Captcha.Click “Cut the red wire” and your 4.3 Softmod files should start to download.Format your SD Card in FAT32.Extract the 4.3 Softmod Files to the [ROOT] of the SD Card (you should have a boot.elf file, a private folder and a few text files on the [ROOT] of the SD Card).Put the SD Card in the Wii and turn it on.Select the Envelope on the Bottom Right of your Wii’s Screen and Click on the Big Red Envelope with the Bomb (if you don’t see it press – and + to choose a different date).The HackMii Installer should now load.Read the Scam Warning and Press 1 (it will take a few secs for “Press 1? to Appear).Install the Homebrew Channel and BootMii as “IOS” then exit back to your Wii’s Home Screen.You should now have the Homebrew Channel installed on your Wii.Backing up your Wii’s NAND in BootMii:
Load the Homebrew Channel.Press the Home button and choose BootMii.Use the buttons on the front of your Wii to Navigate in BootMii, press Power > Power > Power > Reset > Reset to Backup your Wii.Once the Backup is complete the backup files will be on your SD Card (bootmii, nand.bin and key.bin) keep these files safe as you will need them if anything goes wrong.Softmodding your 4.3 Wii:
Re-Format your SD Card in FAT32.Download and EXTRACT the Softmod Files to the [ROOT] of your SD Card.Put the SD Card in the Wii and load the Homebrew Channel.Run Wii Mod Batch v2.9.It should automatically start installing the cIOS files needed, once complete make sure it says “0 failed” and after a few seconds it will take you back to the Homebrew Channel.Installing Priiloader (Brick Protection):
Run Priiloader 236 Mod for the Homebrew Channel.Once loaded press + to Install Priiloader.You may get an error for “loader.ini” and/or “password.txt” you can ignore these.Restart your Wii while holding Reset to boot into Priiloader.Scroll down to Hacks and enable “Auto press A at health screen”, “Block disc updates” and “Block online updates”.Make sure you save changes after enabling these hacks then go back to the Main Menu and choose System Menu to boot your Wii as normal.Congratulations your Wii is now Softmodded, you now have a few options:
Loading Wii Games from USB Hard Drive:
If you would like to Load games from a USB Hard Drive you can use Wii Flow to do this.
Loading Wii Games from Backup DVD:
If you would like to load game backups from DVD have a look at NeoGamma for this.
Other Homebrew Applications:
Here is a great list of Homebrew Applications for your Nintendo Wii.
If you have any questions or problems please post them below and I will do my best to help.
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