Gaming Animal Crossing on PAL Wii (Wiikey)

[Nostrobot966]

I have tried Animal Crossing backups on my PAL Wii (modded with Wiikey). I cannot get it to work:

- NTSC version, disc recognized as Gamecube game, then I get Nintendo logo (looks squashed), then I can hear the music, but all I get is a black screen

- PAL version, disc recognized as Gamecube game then all I get is a black screen and stays like that

- I tried original from a friend, works fine

I am 100% sure its not a problem with the media because I have tried many Wii backups with no problems.

Any ideas whats going on?

Thanks!

 

[Pikachu025]

I tried both the US and the PAL version through GCOS and they worked fine. So, maybe use GCOS?

 

[Nostrobot966]

Er, why would it need GCOS? I thought Wiikey was supposed to run all Gamecube backups, all regions...

 

[Pikachu025]

I dunno, I just used GCOS cause of the mass GC game on one disc feature.

 

[squirt1000]

Worked fine for me again on GCOS multigame disk.

 

[aligborat69]

Did you run the Wiikey disc? Version 1.2 and set the wii to region override enabled. Should do the trick.

Since doing that, i can play my USA original GC games on my PAL Wii!

 

[Nostrobot966]

Yes I did. Didnt make a difference

Can someone please confirm if animal crossing PAL and/or NTSC works on PAL Wii with wiikey, WITHOUT GCOS?

Thanks!

 

[aligborat69]

I will get this, Animal_Crossing_PAL_MULTI5_NGC_INTERNAL-CONSOLE4FR, and try tonight on my PAL wii with Wiikey and report back. Will just burn on its own, no GCOS.

 

[Nostrobot966]

Yup, that is the PAL version I burned! Thanks, let me know

 

[aligborat69]

Hi I tried the PAL one above and got no-where, which is strange, but even when i tried to burn it, nero didnt really like it, but i ignored the error and alas it did not boot, even though it was recognised as a GC Game.

However, i did try: Animal_Crossing_NGC_NTSC_USA

Whish got me as far as the nintendo logo when booting the game, then it was a black screen and only sound. I just realised, it could be because my Wii is set to EDTV/480p mode and this may have caused problem with the video, im going out now, but give that one a try and see if it works for you. This is the first game that has ever given me an issue, i mean even stuff like my fifa 07, both USA and PAL work, f-zero, etc. most my GC games even my original ones are all NTSC, they all work.

I think the PAL animal crossing iso is bad and you might have more success with the NTSC one.

If you are saying the original works, then i think both these dumps are bad, just re-read your original post.

I did wonder, because even the iso's were not the correct normal GC size.

 

[Nostrobot966]

Hi I tried the PAL one above and got no-where, which is strange, but even when i tried to burn it, nero didnt really like it, but i ignored the error and alas it did not boot, even though it was recognised as a GC Game.

However, i did try: Animal_Crossing_NGC_NTSC_USA

Whish got me as far as the nintendo logo when booting the game, then it was a black screen and only sound. I just realised, it could be because my Wii is set to EDTV/480p mode and this may have caused problem with the  video, im going out now, but give that one a try and see if it works for you. This is the first game that has ever given me an issue, i mean even stuff like my fifa 07, both USA and PAL work, f-zero, etc. most my GC games even my original ones are all NTSC, they all work.

I think the PAL animal crossing iso is bad and you might have more success with the NTSC one.

If you are saying the original works, then i think both these dumps are bad, just re-read your original post.

I did wonder, because even the iso's were not the correct normal GC size.

Ok it seems that we got identical results with both PAL and NTSC versions! Interesting huh. Can I use wiikey 1.2 disc to dump the original game onto SD card and then burn the iso from that? Or it doesnt work like that?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Nostrobot966]

If I make a backup of the original PAL Animal Crossing via the wiikey disc (1.2) - should the resulting ISO work once burned on a dvd?

Thanks.

 

[aligborat69]

Im not sure if it works for GC games, thought it was only wii! Give it a try!

 

[Nostrobot966]

Alright some good news

I made a copy of the original Animal Crossing (PAL) using the LG... and hell, it WORKED!!!!

Thankyou LG

Now, should I release the ISO

 

[jalaneme]

i have a freeloader and that did override the problem of it not booting properly, i've never had the need for the gcos as i have the freeloader that is compatible with the wii, the same thing happened to paper mario ntsc (black screen, won't boot) and i just booted the game with a freeloader and it booted fine after that, the two games i tried are both legit games, not backups.