Can a PC read Wii (u) disks? I tried and it said theres a disk inserted but I can't open it. Is there a certain disk drive I need? Do I need a certain driver? idk
So when you put a disk in the wii, it spins the other way?afaik, wii discs are read in the opposite direction. no idea about a separate driver.
oh, and wii u discs are proprietary bluray discs.
edit: I remember making burns of wii games, but I can't remember how. I think all wii games were the same size with padding. 4.37GBs?
dammit.Nintendo used modified DVDs for the Gamecube and Wii. (DVD is not their real name)
Only certain PC drives can read them.
I know, but it's just waaaaaay easier to just put it in the pc.You can still dump your Wii disks and play them on an emulator.
Luckily there are tools for thatjust for additional information, the disc is not spinning in reverse, nor from external to internal.
the differences are how the data are located on the drive.
even if you could read it (with the LG drive) it will not be usable right away because of it's raw data layout, unless your emulator has been rewritten to understand it. You'll need to convert/unscramble it to a standard ISO9660 format first to be seen as CD/DVD discs by your reader.
https://gbatemp.net/posts/7568936
If it was that easy, this thread wouldn't exist.
Also WII U disc are not blu-ray.
Wii u games are not on blu-ray disc. Don't believe me? Look at the wii u game case, and look at a ps3/ps4 game case, All ps3/ps4 game case and even on the disc label have the blu-ray logo on it. None of the wii u game case or disc have that logo on it. They are not blu-ray disc.Yes they are. They just don't read video discs.
Wii u games are not on blu-ray disc. Don't believe me? Look at the wii u game case, and look at a ps3/ps4 game case, All ps3/ps4 game case and even on the disc label have the blu-ray logo on it. None of the wii u game case or disc have that logo on it. They are not blu-ray disc.
Blu-ray disc can hold up to about 50GB. They aren't blu-ray. That's why the logo isn't on there.Wii-U disks are blu-ray. But they are also NOT blu-ray. Wii U disks have a 25GB Capacity, the same as blu-ray, but since nintendo can't use the blu-ray logo, it technically isn't blu-ray.