Hacking adding wii games to wii

[Jedd]

I have a Wii with Homebrew already installed what is my next step add some wii games files to my console. I have a handful of files download to my computer

 

[Cyan]

If you want to install channels (Wiiware and Virtual Console), you need a WAD manager.
but I don't recommend installing randomly found files on internet to your console. unless you made a NAND backup and are ready to restore it. also, the Wii memory is limited, you won't install lot of games at the same time, and will have issues with games from other regions.

If you want to load games, next step is getting a game loader.
there are 2 main Wii loaders, and 2 older Wii ones, and 2 Gamecube loaders :
- Wiiflow (lite) and USBLoaderGX <-- recommended
- CFG Loader and Postloader
- Nintendont and devolution <-- for gamecube games. Nintendont is the most used.

Wiiflow and USBLoaderGX can both play gamecube games from USB (FAT32 and NTFS) and SD with the addition of nintendont, Wii games from USB (wiiflow can even from SD), or channels (wiiware and virtual consoles) from console's memory, or channels from redirected memory (called emuNAND) to install more channels on external FAT32 storage instead of limited 512MB internal console memory.
Nintendont can load gamecube from SD, USB, FAT32 and exFAT.
so, go for FAT32 and all homebrew will work. NTFS or exFAT is restricting.

to play Wii/Channels from Sd or USB, you need a custom IOS, so you need to follow a Wii softmod guide first.
recommended guides :
- modmii (a PC Windows tool which generate all needed files and personal guide)
- completesoftmodguide
- wii.guide

complete softmod guide is maybe better for you if you don't know about game loaders, as it will guide you though them too.

As you already have The Homebrew Channel, skip all parts telling you how to install it. start after the HBC is installed.