Region Unlocking vWii on Wii U

[jonakeloh]

I'm trying to run the Japanese-exclusive Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games on my hacked Wii U, but its region locked and can't get it to run.

I tried Priiloader but got a message saying not to run it on Wii-U.

I tried a custom firmware on the Wii U, but it didn't work either.

Basically, how do I region-unlock the vWii on Wii U? Already got the homebrew channels on both vWii and Wii U.

 

[rcpd]

You're going to want to hack the vWii. See here for that: https://wiiu.hacks.guide/#/vwii-modding

Then you're going to want the Gecko OS Wii homebrew for region unlocking. See here for that: https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Gecko_OS

Should get you going.

 

[jonakeloh]

Just tried GeckoOS, but it only loads from the disc drive. I'm trying to run a Wiiware game.

Gecko does function though, I'll keep it for future use.

 

[rcpd]

Just tried GeckoOS, but it only loads from the disc drive. I'm trying to run a Wiiware game.

Gecko does function though, I'll keep it for future use.

Oooh. I was unaware that was a WiiWare game. I'm out of ideas. I'm not sure if you can region unlock WiiWare.

 

[jonakeloh]

Well if need be, I have a hacked Wii I can try Priiloader on. I'll try that right now and let you know

Post automatically merged: Mar 19, 2023

Priiloader did not work, although I have my Wii hooked up to a small CRT and the text on Priiloader was hard to read. I may have missed something but I don't think I did.

But since I've got my Wii involved, I'm willing to be more experimental with it than my Wii U, I'll try some other stuff. I will keep this page updated if I manage to figure something out.

Post automatically merged: Mar 19, 2023

Figured it out. Used ShowMiiWads (a Windows application, not Homebrew) to make the WAD region free. Then just used WiiModLite to install it again.