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Wii on Wii U Virtual Console: Injecting Games

Requirements:
WiiScrubber v1.40;
nfs2iso2nfs v0.5.4; it may require the Wii common Key. You can use wiiscrubber's key.bin renamed to wii_common_key.bin.
A clean rip of your Wii game;
The extracted contents of a Wii VC title for the Wii U (except the .nfs files);
-the 2 below require java to be installed-
jnustool (requires Wii U common key so you'll have to search online - hint: it begins with D7B0. Open the "config" file in notepad and paste the key inside, replacing [COMMONKEY]);
NUSpacker (must be @ihaveamac's version, requires Wii U common key as well)

Current limitations:
It's possible to use the gamepad to emulate ONLY the Classic Controller.
Wii Remote emulation is possible but there's no gyroscope or infrared commands (at least for now).
(Input emulation patches by @FIX94)

The game must be already compatible with the Classic Controller but that isn't a guarantee that it's going to work.
Here's a compatibility list: http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/WiiU_VC_Wii_inject_compatibility_list

Integrity checks are still in place so only clean disc rips work.
The game iso must be pristine: untrimmed, unscrubbed and the partitions signed.
No homebrew, no mods, no wimmfi patched games until sigpatches are implemented.

Patched isos work now! Original idea by @Tock46!

Homebrew works now, even a special version of Nintendont by @FIX94

Trimmed isos still don't work, at least not isos trimmed by WiiScrubber.



HOW TO DO IT


0. Downloading a Wii VC Title
This may be illegal and I'm just telling you so you don't ever do it by mistake OK?
You can use the command line to download games' contents directly if you know the title id and title key.
I heard you can get them on a certain titlekeys site...

Once you have that, this is the command
Code:
java -jar JNUSTool.jar TITLEID TITLEKEY

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Note: You should get a game that contains the latest revision of fw.img (r590), that's the only version supported by @FIX94's patches.
Here's some info you can use to verify that you have a good file:
Size: 1785497 bytes.
CRC32: E2F27E9B
MD5: 3CAF52A9A440EEE4F125A3AD22E305C8
SHA: A5A75EBF3164874830A1D5992495DE510AB3F74E

Now here's a list of some titles that contain the preferred fw.img (verified mostly by @fejich and @markehmus)
DONKEY KONG JUNGLE BEAT [VBXE01]
Kirby's Epic Yarn [VARE01]
Lost in Shadow [VA8E01]
Mario Strikers Charged [VBFE01]
Mario Super Sluggers [VBHE01]
Pandora's Tower [VAPE01]
PIKMIN 2 [VBTE01]
PIKMIN [VBUE01]
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition [VBDE01]
Resident Evil The Umbrella Chronicles [VBWE01]
Rhythm Heaven Fever [VAKE01]
Sin and Punishment Star Successor [VALE01]
Super Mario Galaxy [VBKJ01]
Super Paper Mario [VBBE01]
The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword [VANE01]
Trauma Team [VA6E01]
Wario Land Shake It [VBGE01]
WARIO WARE SMOOTH MOVES [VBVE01]





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1. WiiScrubber
First setup WiiScrubber. Remember it needs the Wii common keys so run MakeKeyBin.exe first and do as it says.
Run it and open you iso. Right-click the UPDATE partition and select "Delete partition". Confirm.
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Now click on the + box to expand the DATA partition, then expand partition.bin.
Right click tmd.bin, select "Extract" and save it.
Do the same with ticket.bin.
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Rename the extracted ticket.bin to rvlt.tik
Rename the extracted tmd.bin to rvlt.tmd

Copy/move both files to the "code" folder of the Wii VC title.

Your iso is now ready and you can close WiiScrubber.


2. nfs2iso2nfs
Move your iso to the "content" folder of the Wii VC. Rename the file to "game.iso".
The content folder should contain only game.iso and the "assets" folder. Delete any nfs files that are still present.

Copy nfs2iso2nfs.exe to the content folder and run it. If everything is in place, it will begin the conversion process.
It should take around 15 minutes. Its console window will close when it's finished.
Once it ends you can delete your iso file and nfs2iso2nfs.exe (and wii_common_key.bin if it exists).
The content folder should contain only the nfs files and the "assets" folder.

Optional: You can enable Classic Controller emulation for playing using only the gamepad.
Open meta.xml (it's in the meta folder) in notepad.
Look for the line
Code:
<drc_use type="unsignedInt" length="4">1</drc_use>

replace it with
Code:
<drc_use type="unsignedInt" length="4">65537</drc_use>
and save the file.
Note that this will only work if the game supports the Classic Controller.
If it doesn't either it won't boot or you won't be able to do anything and only the gamepad's power button will work.
Here's a list of such games: https://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/List_of_Wii_games_compatible_with_Classic_Controller


3.NUSpacker
The final part, building the installation files.
NUSpacker requires the Wii U common key. You should find it online and then open the file "encryptKeyWith" with
notepad and paste the key inside (hint: it begins with D7B0)

It's also a command line tool so you'll have to write down the commands, or simply create a new text file,
write the command inside, save it and change the extension from .txt to .bat

I recommend copying the Wii VC folder (that contains the other 3 folders, code, content and meta) to nuspacker's folder.
That will make everything easier.

The command works like this (replace with the names of your own folders)
If you folders have spaces in their names, enclose them in quotation marks, like "Just Dance".
Code:
java -jar nuspacker.jar -in GAME_FOLDER -out INSTALATION_FILES_FOLDER

Wiait until it finishes the process.
Now just copy the folder with the installation data to the "install" folder SD card, run a CFW and install it with WUP Installer GX2!

PS: If you make a nonfunctional game, remember to uninstall it before trying again.
If you install a fiunctional game over a broken installation, it will still appear as broken.
 

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255.255.255 is perfectly normal for wii vc as it technically isnt a valid IOS, if it says something different a previous app probably requested a IOS reload and the wii vc fw.img changed the displayed version to fake that app into thinking the reload actually did something.
what about network couldn't be initiated? it's because it is beta or?
 

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Oh ^^ Anyway I tried and bug doesn't seems to be linked to USB or NAND installation. In fact on NAND it's even worth for me: home button just freeze WiiU when on USB it came back to WiiU system menu!
homebutton is exit of nintendont it snormal to freeze and return to wiiu menu.
 

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homebutton is exit of nintendont it snormal to freeze and return to wiiu menu.

But it's only freezing when forwarder is installed on NAND for me, not returning to WiiU system menu.... freezing and that's all! Forcing me to shutdown WiiU manually.
 

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But it's only freezing when forwarder is installed on NAND for me, not returning to WiiU system menu.... freezing and that's all! Forcing me to shutdown WiiU manually.
lol im guessing you didnt uninstalled before risntalling or something, i got ploggys fowarder on nand and works perfectly same for wiiexplorer, i dont even have a usb stuff connected.
 

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Man... please stop consider every "new" member as a noob and that only you is having the truth... I uninstalled previous forwarder before installing new one...
 

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you sure you arent using the version taht has a ful dol inside? becuase a fowarder uses what the dol is in the sd card, if you isntalled nintendont dol on wii vc then it will always be that dol and not read the one on sd card, you need a fowarder like ploggys to isntall to read new version on sdcard all the time not a full version.
I'm sure. The forwarder reboots the Wii U if the SD isn't detected.
 

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Works great here on 2 different wii u systems 1 white and 1 black with ploggys forwarder and the new build boots up really fast now. Great stuff fix. Thanks
 

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Man... please stop consider every "new" member as a noob and that only you is having the truth... I uninstalled previous forwarder before installing new one...
qall i said is i got it on nand an works wonders i never ever seen garbled screen you guys see .
 

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But we have... And I know how to properly install it. Something is causing that, just try to help finding out what is concerned here...
 

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can someone help me on nintendont. everything gamepad related is working. I can control games with the gamepad. but playing sunshine with the gamepad, I realised it sucks without proper trigger buttons. so I wanted to try some of mine hid controllers. but if I insert one controller it breaks everything. nintendont constantly get command to press up and stop any command from gamepad. it keeps this error if I remove hid and even after reboot. only installing the forwarder again fixs it. then I wanted to use nintendont without forwarder straight from vwii but it stucks on initialising.
 

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can someone help me on nintendont. everything gamepad related is working. I can control games with the gamepad. but playing sunshine with the gamepad, I realised it sucks without proper trigger buttons. so I wanted to try some of mine hid controllers. but if I insert one controller it breaks everything. nintendont constantly get command to press up and stop any command from gamepad. it keeps this error if I remove hid and even after reboot. only installing the forwarder again fixs it. then I wanted to use nintendont without forwarder straight from vwii but it stucks on initialising.
update to latest version, it fixed the hid controller issues and init issues . version 456.

also gamepad mid press is L+ZL is mid pressure L and L+ZR is mid pressure R best we can do with analog triggers.
 
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So I read the OP and given there seems to be a lot of updates etc. around I would like some clarification.
There is some note on OP about games needing to be clean, not fanpatched and stuff, but now there is a patch for it and what I gather, that is for the FW.IMG, great if sourcing the latest revision which I have. I've been using the automated script by KhaderWelaye but some games prove to boot into black screen and nothing else.
At which point are the patches to FW img done? Are they done by nfs2iso2nfs or what?
Also is there any general knowledge what to do with games that seem to just blackscreen?

Thanks - This conversion magic is hella awesome, backing up even my own discs to just have them on my Wii U disk with custom banners and icons.


pushed out yet another nintendont update.
-now wii vc internal game.iso files should actually boot up
-when starting wii vc with the gamepad off, it should allow player 1 to be taken by other controllers again instead of being taken by the disabled gamepad

Wait, VC internal Game.iso..? Is there something awesome going on here?
 
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pushed out yet another nintendont update.
-now wii vc internal game.iso files should actually boot up
-when starting wii vc with the gamepad off, it should allow player 1 to be taken by other controllers again instead of being taken by the disabled gamepad
vc internal iso? as in packing a game.iso inside the nintendont iso?
 
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