Hacking New Super Mario Bros. Wii

[pyroblazed]

Has there been much progress since this thread's last update? Here's my dilemma....

My only tools include a single 4G sd card. I have no modchip or usb loader device.

I only had ONE verbatim disc remaining and I used it to burn NSMBW .... good, right? well, except it wasn't patched yet

So I want to know if it's possible by now to run an unpatched NSMBW on a wii ONLY using softmods

 

[junosque55]

I found a solution for the D2CKey users on 4.2 with only thing they have to install on their Wii is the Homebrew Channel. After that it's just a matter of running Geck OS with a cheatcode that runs the game for you. I don't know if this is the same solution as mentioned in the openingpost in this topic, but I used this website: http://www.ps3news.com/forums/wii-news/gui...sed-108847.html

Yeah, I've seen it already... but it didn't work... =(

Seriously, i think i've downloaded this game 6 times since i began to follow these "guides": patched NTSC, scrubbed NTSC, normal PAL, normal NTSC.....
I can't realize what I'm doing wrong.

I have D2CKey (Wii 4.2) with Homebrew Channel. I got a clear NTSC Iso, downloaded the cheat, put it in the "codes" folder, Gecko O.S recognized the cheat, applied it and... green screen!
I'm clueless....

what type of errors did you get?

 

[junosque55]

I patched this game the way the tutorial said to, but its still asks for an update. just when I try to play it with the disc channel and the modchip.

playing it using neogamma , and USB doesn't ask for an update, though.

is it still not safe to update through the game?
I'm still on 4.1u



where is the update blocker ?
is it blocked when you scrub the disc? or is it blocked on the console?

Updating will remove bootmii, preloader if you have them installed. it will not update to 4.2 system menu. If you wanna get a bypass for all updates via the disc channel and dont wanna modify the ISO and re-burn again, install preloader or priiloader (mod version)

Neogamma bypasses the updates. If it works just work it through that way. I personally just like to pop the disc in, and play the game. Other users of the wii at home aren't that "wii hack savvy" and preloader just works wonders.

 

[junosque55]

@taktularCBo: doesn't seems like it :/

"* v1.3

- Added hardcoded BCA for NSMB game to enable owners of this title
to play a backup of it using Wiikey 2."

So i guess when the next game which reads BCA we're fscked again :/

If only they can be a little more timely with their releases

 

[junosque55]

Guys what do I have to do to get it to work on a modchip wii (wiikey 2) and a cios rev15-only wii?

it's clearly outline on the first post. use any of the methods there. i prefer the patch method with my wiikey 2 and direct disc channel loading. :-)

 

[junosque55]

I was able to patch this and it worked. I used HxD.

I did a file, save as and saved it as a different name and then burned it at 4x with Imgburn onto TDK DVD-R disk.

Notice that x133 is changed to 01 (all of the other values are correct by default). I've played through world 1-3 with no problems. Before it would give a DRE after 1-1. I have a Wasabi v3.

My IOS53 is still patched, but I doubt that matters since I'm not signing the disc. Only one bit is being changed!

I had the same problem. It's not a problem with what you have done. It's the problem with TDK DVD-R disc. I was rather skeptical about it initially as some games worked fine and others occassionally sucked and a few used to work but shows DRE after few weeks. Then i decided to give it a go and switch brands. Read thru a list of good media and chose Sony. Never had any of such errors ever again. Same ISO, same drive, same speed 4x but Sony / Verbatim media = solid burn. Check the good medias here. I would suggest not to use TDK DVD-R due to the high level of inconsistency.

http://wiki.scorpei.com/index.php/Wii_DVD_compatibility_list

 

[junosque55]

I just downloaded the iso. Burned it on a DVD at a 4x Drive (couldn´t do it in a slower speed). I´ve just hacked my Wii. When trying this disc my Wii kind of did a restart action. It tried to load the disk but then returned to the system menu first screen, the one with the warning.

Got 4 other backups, already burned. 3 worked just fine (SSBB, Grand Slam Tenis and Mario Party 8). Wii Sports Resort presented the same issue as NSMB.

Did i do something wrong in during the hacking. Can´t really understand why this is happening.

Thanks in advance.

Change your media to Sony / Verbatim.

Posts merged

QUOTE(Blue-K @ Nov 8 2009, 10:59 PM) 1) Download the WiiScrubber 1.40 Package
2) Run the "MakeKeyBin.exe"
3) Open WiiScrubber, and select your ISO
4) Search for the main.dol -> right click -> Extract
5) Download THIS Package here, and your favourite PPF-Patcher (ex. PPF-O-Matic)
6) Open your PPF-Patcher, choose the main.dol for input and the PPFf-Patch for your region, and klick apply.
This is the patched main.dol that you can use for alt.dol-Loading. If you want to patch the ISO, read further.
7) Back in WiiScrubber, search again for the main.dol, right klick -> Replace and select the patched main.dol
8) Done. Exit WiiScrubber, and enjoy!

i have a wiikey and would this method work and load the game easily on disc channel fine if i don't use any of the neogamma, rios, etc. crap?

I have a wiikey 2. And it works for me. Direct load from disc channel. I have preloader to bypass any updates too.

 

[cRaZyLeGz]

I tried to patch the game but when I open the ISO with WiiScrubber I couldn´t navigate through it. It showed two partitions with a (bad) in front of... Besides, WiiScruber said it only hand about 140 mb

Could my ISO be corrupted?

I came across this just now when I opened it with WiiScrubber, I changed the key for it to 0 by mistake, try redoing the key part again and read what it says with the key, it worked for me.

Hope this solves your problem M8

 

[moli]

i have wii v4.2e + wasabi dx v3.0b and unscrubbed iso with bca-patch applied WORKS. scrubbed didnt work for me. have no softmod, never had softmod, will not have softmod.

 

[cyr0x]

I read the first post and I guess some people already ask that question but I will do it again for the records. So i bought a legit copy of New Super Mario Bros Wii (PAL) and want to play it without Update. In the first post says I have to run the game with GeckoOS, but I want it to play with the DiscChannel. How is that possible? Just run the update and play or will it remove my HomebrewChannel? Do I have to start the game with the GeckoOS once and than can play it over the DiscChannel? I really don't know.

 

[Blue-K]

...Do I have to start the game with the GeckoOS once and than can play it over the DiscChannel...

That's your answer.

 

[burnzy]

all those people getting green screen and reset, trucha patching ios36 fixes it, don't know why seeing as it was on 4.1 and mario uses ios53 but thats the case with neogamma..

 

[hack3r]

Sorry if my question has already been asked/answered, but I'm definitely not going through all 214 pages of this thread. I'm trying to follow those few instructions on the first page for patching the iso and replacing the main.dol but I cant seem to find "main.dol" in wiiscrubber 1.4 when I load the iso. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to appear somewhere on the upper space and all I see there is:

WII DISC
Partition:0 - UPDATE (0) (BAD)
Partition:1 - DATA (0) (BAD)


So where exactly do I find this "main.dol"? Sorry if it's a stupid question but Ive never used this program before, and Im pretty sure its not the iso because I also loaded isos from other games that do work on my wii and the same thing came up. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[Fat-Goron]

I found a solution for the D2CKey users on 4.2 with only thing they have to install on their Wii is the Homebrew Channel. After that it's just a matter of running Geck OS with a cheatcode that runs the game for you. I don't know if this is the same solution as mentioned in the openingpost in this topic, but I used this website: http://www.ps3news.com/forums/wii-news/gui...sed-108847.html

Yeah, I've seen it already... but it didn't work... =(

Seriously, i think i've downloaded this game 6 times since i began to follow these "guides": patched NTSC, scrubbed NTSC, normal PAL, normal NTSC.....
I can't realize what I'm doing wrong.

I have D2CKey (Wii 4.2) with Homebrew Channel. I got a clear NTSC Iso, downloaded the cheat, put it in the "codes" folder, Gecko O.S recognized the cheat, applied it and... green screen!
I'm clueless....

what type of errors did you get?

I really don't know... everything seems to work perfectly, just as the guide in the first page says, until the green screen appears.

Well, as the Gecko OS cheats didn't work out for me, I think I'll try to use the Neogamma... If that doesn't work as well...

 

[shepe]

Sorry if my question has already been asked/answered, but I'm definitely not going through all 214 pages of this thread. I'm trying to follow those few instructions on the first page for patching the iso and replacing the main.dol but I cant seem to find "main.dol" in wiiscrubber 1.4 when I load the iso. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to appear somewhere on the upper space and all I see there is:

WII DISC
Partition:0 - UPDATE (0) (BAD)
Partition:1 - DATA (0) (BAD)


So where exactly do I find this "main.dol"? Sorry if it's a stupid question but Ive never used this program before, and Im pretty sure its not the iso because I also loaded isos from other games that do work on my wii and the same thing came up. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Should be within the data partition but looking at that you either dont have the common key in the directory or its a bad dump

 

[cRaZyLeGz]

Sorry if my question has already been asked/answered, but I'm definitely not going through all 214 pages of this thread. I'm trying to follow those few instructions on the first page for patching the iso and replacing the main.dol but I cant seem to find "main.dol" in wiiscrubber 1.4 when I load the iso. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to appear somewhere on the upper space and all I see there is:

WII DISC
Partition:0 - UPDATE (0) (BAD)
Partition:1 - DATA (0) (BAD)


So where exactly do I find this "main.dol"? Sorry if it's a stupid question but Ive never used this program before, and Im pretty sure its not the iso because I also loaded isos from other games that do work on my wii and the same thing came up. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

QUOTE(Cambui @ Dec 17 2009, 05:22 PM) I tried to patch the game but when I open the ISO with WiiScrubber I couldn´t navigate through it. It showed two partitions with a (bad) in front of... Besides, WiiScruber said it only hand about 140 mb

Could my ISO be corrupted?

I came across this just now when I opened it with WiiScrubber, I changed the key for it to 0 by mistake, try redoing the key part again and read what it says with the key, it worked for me.

Hope this solves your problem M8

It's the WiiScrubber thats at fault there M8, I had the same problem, go back and redo the keybin with WiiScrubber and read what it says to do.

 

[scarletfire74]

Just buy it - we all owe Nintendo that much. None of us would be here discussing this topic had it not been for the predecessors to this title.
Most games I don't care about backing up, but the Mario's and Zelda's of the world bring out my sentimental side. Call me a sentimental douche if you want to, but that's just how I feel.

 

[hack3r]

Just buy it - we all owe Nintendo that much. None of us would be here discussing this topic had it not been for the predecessors to this title.
Most games I don't care about backing up, but the Mario's and Zelda's of the world bring out my sentimental side. Call me a sentimental douche if you want to, but that's just how I feel.

I get what you're saying and I agree about the whole mario and zelda thing. I'm kind of dirt poor at the moment though lol. But when I have money to spare I think I will buy this game.

 

[Satangel]

Just buy it - we all owe Nintendo that much. None of us would be here discussing this topic had it not been for the predecessors to this title.
Most games I don't care about backing up, but the Mario's and Zelda's of the world bring out my sentimental side. Call me a sentimental douche if you want to, but that's just how I feel.

I get what you're saying and I agree about the whole mario and zelda thing. I'm kind of dirt poor at the moment though lol. But when I have money to spare I think I will buy this game.

Come on, I am too a supporter of buying good games, but I don't recommend buying the first party games and games that sell so much.
This game doesn't need to be supported by us, no, games like Pro Evolution Soccer, MadWorld, The Conduit, CoD MW Reflex, Little Kings Story, F1 2009, Overlord, No More Heroes, .... need to be supported.

These big games, mostly first party games, sell enough to make a profit already. Those little games don't. So your purchase of that game matters so much more for those games then with the first party games.

 

[goofball]

Hi guys! I am slightly confused. I have a wii modded with a drivekey to play legit back-ups. It is not software hacked and its on the 4.0 U Fw. My question is that I wanted to play NSMBW, on it but dont want to risk is ruining my chip. Its a retail original copy. So is it okay to play it even though my wii is chipped?