The "IF-case" applied to normal users, who messed up the ISOs afterwards.
The scene releases were all OK. No problems.
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Which new tool are you talking about?
Trucha Signer?
This is NOT right!!!
Did you actually ever have a GameCube??
I guess not.
But I DO and I can tell you that there hardly never was a problem because of a "wiped" or "shrinked" or "stripped" GameCube ISO!
And IF there was a problem, you could easily fix it using "FSTFix" or/and "RELOC".
So...