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    Hacking Wood R4- Saga 2 (english patch 2.11) incompatibility

    as per the header- the game is recognized, but the icon is just a DS with a question mark in the middle. It will not load at all. I patched it myself, and then downloaded pre-patched copies from multiple sources- all have the same error. is there anything I can do, or if it is genuinely...
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    Hacking NOOB PARADISE - ask away

    I tried once, about a year ago to region change a friend's Taiwanese Wii, and ended up with a brick. I'd done Japanese Wiis before without issue and Taiwanese Wiis are Japanese region compatible. then I found out that Taiwanese Wiis have stubbed IOS 60 and 70; so if I install those and then...
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    Wii #2456 - Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Taiwan)

    This is a big deal round these parts- an actual Chinese translation. This is like only the sixth Wii game that has gotten such treatment. All other games in Taiwan are just Japanese imports. Nintendo didn't even bother to localize the system software on Taiwanese Wiis. I guess a fair number...
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    Hacking invisible files not so invisible on DSTwo

    thanks so much for answering this question so quickly and completely. problem solved. thanks again, -a.
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    Hacking invisible files not so invisible on DSTwo

    when I start the DSTwo, I see the following files: "._gba.plg", "._i Reader.plg" and ".sfc.plg"; basically one invisible file for every plug in. further, in the gba and snes gamepak folders, most titles generate a similar file. ergo, if i have "uniracers.smc" I also have, heading the list...
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    Wii #2108 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Taiwan)

    let me amend that to "functionally the same region". as in, Taiwanese games play on Japanese Wiis (half the Wii's on this island are Japanese imports b/c there was no Taiwan Wii until late 2008), and Japanese games play on Taiwan Wiis. So I guess they're a different region, but I'm not sure it...
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    Wii #2108 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Taiwan)

    Taiwan games are the same region as Japanese games, and most of the titles available on the island are from Japan. The only Chinese language games published have been Wii Sports/ Wii Sports Resort/ Wii Play/ Wii Fit/ Wii Fit Plus and now this. Taiwan really gets the worst of all worlds-...
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    Hacking gamecube functionality dead

    as a courtesy for those what offered some advice- the resolution. I had a back-up nand from when I had just started softmodding (before any major modifications were made) and I copied it to the wii- like an instant time machine it was... but GC was still no-go. That pretty definitively...
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    Hacking gamecube functionality dead

    thanks for the help guys-- here's what I've tried: I reinstalled 4.2 with the safe updater; I removed all startpatch hacks; and I tried downloading and installing all available versions of BC and MIOS via Dop-Mii--- all to no effect. My wii isn't that heavily modded- after removing the...
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    Hacking gamecube functionality dead

    I'm thinking I've got a defective drive, but I'm hoping against hope that there's some fix out there--- I've got a hard-modded wii (Wiikey 2) that was additionally softmodded; running a modified system 4.2 everything was running swimmingly until I put in a gamcube disc and got a "this disc...
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    Hacking Buying a CycloDS in Taiwan.

    Pianko does indeed have the Cyclo DS-they charge about $1350 for them (+$100 for the white one for some reason). for those unfamiliar with Taiwanese currency, that's about $40 US. However, Pianko is in Taipei county (Xindian) and if your friend is in the city proper, he would be better off...
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