Hacking Injecting into Wii VC on Wii U

[OriginalHamster]

Would be cool to have my Wii collection on Virtal Console form, I hope we can do this in the future, since not every Wii game is available on eShop, third party ones the most.

 

[ShadowOne333]

The NFS system being WBFS splitted files doesn't sound that crazy.
Are the contents of the Wii VC already uploaded somewhere?
Like in that iso site?

I say extracting the NFS files first, trying to merge them and make the resulting file play in Dolphin should be a step worth trying out.

 

[sabykos]

This NFS is a converted WBFS. I compared the files sizes of the NFSs in total with the size of the WBFS of Xenoblade and Super Mario Galaxy a while ago and the difference was exactly the same - down to the last byte.

 

[VinsCool]

I'm kinda tempted to buy a Wii VC and experiment stuff... Mmmmmm.

 

[ShadowOne333]

This NFS is a converted WBFS. I compared the files sizes of the NFSs in total with the size of the WBFS of Xenoblade and Super Mario Galaxy a while ago and the difference was exactly the same - down to the last byte.

I'm kinda tempted to buy a Wii VC and experiment stuff... Mmmmmm.

Holy hot damn this is getting good.
Like eggnog good.

Time to check out those Wii VC prices.

 

[sabykos]

I'm kinda tempted to buy a Wii VC and experiment stuff... Mmmmmm.

Or you just download the decryted files with JNUSTool. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[VinsCool]

Holy hot damn this is getting good.
Like eggnog good.

Time to check out those Wii VC prices.

I would assume that what Sabykos meant is, that we could take a wbfs game directly, cut in 250mb parts, and replace the nfs files. Well that's what I think it would be.
I'm pissed my credit card has been blocked from my NNID, I would try that asap, urrrgh >.>

 

[ShadowOne333]

Or you just download the decryted files with JNUSTool. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Still, if vWii with gamepad becomes a thing, we'd most likely need an original Wii VC in case we want to acecss it from sysnand w/o sig patches.

 

[VinsCool]

Or you just download the decryted files with JNUSTool. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Woah that's right. I wonder, do I need a REDNAND for this, or I could install on sysnand and use IOSUhax to be able to run the game?

 

[sabykos]

And just sayin': That the WBFS and NFS differ by the same amount is kinda expected. The files are still completely different and no one knows how NFS works until the fw.img if Wii VC is REd, which is according to FIX94 a pain in the ass.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Woah that's right. I wonder, do I need a REDNAND for this, or I could install on sysnand and use IOSUhax to be able to run the game?

Go for the latter. I heard rednand doesn't boot Wii VC.

 

[VinsCool]

Go for the latter. I heard rednand doesn't boot Wii VC.

So I can install games on sysnand safely? Just to be sure I don't mess up my console

 

[ihaveahax]

So I can install games on sysnand safely? Just to be sure I don't mess up my console

well I installed homebrew launcher (not haxchi, 100% standalone) on sysnand just fine. granted I'm also using the coldboothax thing, but there you go

 

[sabykos]

Woah that's right. I wonder, do I need a REDNAND for this, or I could install on sysnand and use IOSUhax to be able to run the game?

If you want to install the game, use FunkiiU for downloading and install the game on sigpatched sysNAND.

 

[VinsCool]

If you want to install the game, use FunkiiU for downloading and install the game on sigpatched sysNAND.

Gotcha! I'll definitely poke at this!

 

[ShadowOne333]

So I can install games on sysnand safely? Just to be sure I don't mess up my console

Worst that could happen is not being able to boot the app, that's all.
Also, another thing worth trying BEFORE attempting Wii U fuckery would be to download a Wii VC decrypted from JNUS, merge the NFS files and try to boot the merged one up into Dolphin to be sure it works.

 

[sabykos]

Is there a Wii game out there that is able to use classic controller, but its WiiVC doesnt use the gamepad? If thats the case someone could try to inject Xenoblades fw.img to that game and see if it enabled gamepad support fot that game. If I remember correctly the fw.imgs of Xenoblade and Super Mario Galaxy differed, but there was a version string in the code and Xenoblade's was just an updated version of Super Mario Galaxy's fw.img. Might be a good idea to inject Xeno fw.img to SMG to see if the game still works then. Would be cool if those fw.imgs would be somewhat universally compatible. Would be funny to inject the other way around. xD You would likely lose Gamepad support in Xeno then I guess. Anyway thats all worth nothing if not someone REs that thing. But afaik someone was working on it an did it. He just cant test his findings since he hasnt access to his WiiU till Chrstmas. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[ShadowOne333]

Is there a Wii game out there that is able to use classic controller, but its WiiVC doesnt use the gamepad? If thats the case someone could try to inject Xenoblades fw.img to that game and see if it enabled gamepad support fot that game. If I remember correctly the fw.imgs of Xenoblade and Super Mario Galaxy differed, but there was a version string in the code and Xenoblade's was just an updated version of Super Mario Galaxy's fw.img. Might be a good idea to inject Xeno fw.img to SMG to see if the game still works then. Would be cool if those fw.imgs would be somewhat universally compatible. Would be funny to inject the other way around. xD You would likely lose Gamepad support in then I guess. Anyway thats all worth nothing if not someone REs that thing. But afaik someone was working on it an did it. He just cant test his findings since he hasnt access to his WiiU till Chrstmas. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Xenoblade and Resident Evil 4 I believe are compatible with the Gamepad.

 

[VinsCool]

Alright so I grabbed Super Mario Galaxy 2 with FunkiiU. Gonna install with IOSUHAX. Hopefully it will work. From there, the fun will begin, I hope

 

[VinsCool]

Hmm, for some reason, I can download all the Wii VC files (installed and runs fine btw) but NSF files don't download with FTPiU Everywhere. I wonder what the heck I am doing wrong...

[EDIT] Oh well, I'll look at this tomorrow. I'm tired