As opposed to say the Gamma Loader?

 

It's not that much better. It's just more of a faster way to boot games and it's suppose to have some cosmetic differences.

Launchers have the advantage of being more safe and able to work on any System Menu version.

 

I wouldn't touch that softmii thing with a 50 foot pole, at least not for another couple months.
Not saying it's not cool, I just think it's too risky to mess with just yet

 

I say, the lastest version of my toy is the best "softmod" for import games and import backups.

The IOS is not the problem for the games. SoftMii would have nearly the same compatibility with the cIOS36rev7 installed as every IOS. The problems in Gamma+SoftChip come 1. from the method the games are loaded, the disc channel loads a little bit different, that's why the 002 error occurs, and Sam&Max and FarCry need some special method to run. And 2. some game load their IOS themselves. Red Steel for example, loads IOS9 after being started, that's why you need either to replace IOS9 with a cIOS or to IOS Version patch the game to IOS249.

 

i installed softmii last night and had absoutely no problems, i think it will be easier for my kids to play the backups also. i wonder if softmii will play the rockband backups or will i need to continue using Softchip. i will have to test.

TESTED: Softmii runs my rockband backups with instruments!!

 

Maniac... the disc channel is more sensitive to burn errors/scratches than the loaders.

 

for me, gamma is better, there are less games that work on the softMii so in the bin it goes for me

 

I still use Gamma. SoftMii might become a great alternative, but it's just too risky for me at the moment - certainly because Gamma works fine for me.

When BootMii comes out I'll probably try it, because BootMii makes modifying Wii software that much more safe.

 

gamma is it for me.

for softmii you have to have a 1 on 1 backup or your screen goes black and its not the most region free i would like to have.also it interferes with the rebooter from gamma.

i'll stick with gamma for the time being.

 

Softmii actually has BETTER compatability that the loaders, mainly because the games can call their ios and not be forced into a set ios. There are several other reason i say compatability is higher. For one if the game supports your video mode it defaults to it, no need to force anything. Games that don't support your region natively have to be patched to whether you use gamma or softmii, just a fact of life. Its not possible to use a video mode that doesn't exist. Personally i am seeing 100% compatibility. For those who don't want to use it because they decrypted all their games, get with the program decrypting has been strongly discouraged by both wii and wan since .3alpha. As for it not being region free... WTF where have you been? It is FULL region free. I can play NTSC PAL and JAP games from boot without a single problem... if you tried it and didnt get full region free then you skipped a very important step... No matter what version you are on even if it is 3.2 you MUST run the included arc. as it has the only true working region free hacks built into it. Softmii itself does not interfere with the rebooter, that would be preloader. Also why would you need the rebooter in the first place if you used softmii... gammas rebooter is the long way of booting from disc channel, forces the system menu and games to use ios249, and is known to have issues with several games that work flawlessly under softmii.
Honestly i have yet to find a game that doesn't work with softmii.