Wiiware games in USB Loader GX

soulsty · Feb 6, 2025

I’ve been trying to get a Wiiware game running through USB loader GX, and the guides I’ve seen mention EmuNAND, but that doesn’t appear in my ULGX settings under the Custom Paths page.
There also isn’t a Features menu in my settings, which I have seen people using.
I thought I might’ve had an old version of ULGX, but I updated it, and nothing has changed.
I tried using ModMii to create a NAND to use on my USB drive without needing to bother the Wii’s NAND, but there still aren’t any options for EmuNAND.
What exactly is EmuNAND, and what do I need to do to get it to appear?

PhysicalPain · Feb 6, 2025

Try this:

Cyan said:
bloadergx > settings > custom path > EmuNAND Channel folder : set the folder where you want your channels installed to. current latest release default path is sd:/nands/01/
if you want it to usb, change to usb1:/nands/01/
it's in "01" because you can have multiple nands in the "nands" folder. 01 being the first nand copy you'll put into it.

Steps :
1. settings > features > Dump NAND > Full (choose "emuNAND channel", NOT "emuNAND save" if asked)
2. settings > features > Wad manager > install your wads from here !
3. go to main window, top menu, 4th icon, enable "channels on emuNAND".
DONE

It worked great for me.

soulsty · Feb 7, 2025

PhysicalPain said:
Try this:

It worked great for me.

First off, thank you, cus this is the most straightforward and helpful guide I’ve seen so far, so I will definitely use it when the time comes
but that doesn’t solve my immediate problem lol

My problem is that the features menu doesn’t exist, and neither does EmuNAND in the custom paths menu

I didn’t initially set up this Wii’s USB loader GX, so I don’t know how or why these aren’t there.

tmnr1992 · Feb 7, 2025

Delete your USB Loader GX folder and try this version, it's the most recent one:
https://github.com/Jacoby6000/usbloadergx/releases/tag/v3.0-1282

OilFreak · Feb 7, 2025

I don't think you're supposed to run WiiWare games through USB Loader? I could be wrong, but the way I do it is by installing them to my system through YAWM.
https://wii.hacks.guide/yawmme.html

tmnr1992 · Feb 7, 2025

OilFreak said:
I don't think you're supposed to run WiiWare games through USB Loader?

You can, you just install them to an emunand instead of your real nand.

Sander1974 · May 2, 2026

Hi, I tried the emunand version from the latest Modmii, so the games show up in GX v4.1283, but i am unable to play them as they all return back, if i install a game directly onto my SD card so on the main Wii screen the game runs fine. Is there any way to debug this ? I also tried two older version (1281/1282) but the same problem is also there

I have added my syscheck.txt in case anybody is interested

Settings in GX which are set in screen;
loader settings
Loader IOS 249
Games IOS Auto
return to usb loader gx
emunand save mode off
emunand channel mode full

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