I have read plenty of things on the subject of installing the Homebrew channel on the wii system and pretty much understand the steps to take. My kids got the wii last Christmas not sure of the running firmeware however it has never been updated due to the fact it is not hooked up to a network. Nor do I want to hook it to a network, I only want something to enable the system to play backup copies of the games for the seem to scratch them. I am a single mom trying to figure this out my question is once I install these apps. can they be used for this purpose without hooking the system to a network? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks