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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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to quickly give some info, get wit:
https://wit.wiimm.de/download.html
put your wii iso into its "bin" folder, get a command prompt in that "bin" folder as well (for example shift-right click -> open command prompt here on windows) and just type in:
wit extract your_wii.iso your_output_folder
in that output folder you fill find that "files" folder, just put your gamecube game.iso in it, go back to the command prompt and now type in:
wit copy your_output_folder your_new_wii.iso -o --raw
and thats it, from there just follow the first post of this guide.
I'm a bit lost - which Wii ISO do we use with this?
 

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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.
Does the official GameCube adapter/GameCube controller work now?
 

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to quickly give some info, get wit:
https://wit.wiimm.de/download.html
put your wii iso into its "bin" folder, get a command prompt in that "bin" folder as well (for example shift-right click -> open command prompt here on windows) and just type in:
wit extract your_wii.iso your_output_folder
in that output folder you fill find that "files" folder, just put your gamecube game.iso in it, go back to the command prompt and now type in:
wit copy your_output_folder your_new_wii.iso -o --raw
and thats it, from there just follow the first post of this guide.
oh yea and as base wii iso you should use a homebrew one that has some form of nintendont forwarder or wiixplorer in it of course.
This is a fantastic guide! One question though, what do you mean by a homebrew ISO?
 

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I guess something like this should do as a base folder so you can skip that extract command and just use it:
https://mega.nz/#!FoIGGJTR!TNG7-XyyM_pQA5mCAbV7AxPNwlA_2RtDyWDn86nly_U
didnt test it so yea, you may or may not have luck, it already includes a nintendont forwarder loading sd:/apps/nintendont/boot.dol on load so it should be ideal for this application.
 

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to quickly give some info, get wit:
https://wit.wiimm.de/download.html
put your wii iso into its "bin" folder, get a command prompt in that "bin" folder as well (for example shift-right click -> open command prompt here on windows) and just type in:
wit extract your_wii.iso your_output_folder
in that output folder you fill find that "files" folder, just put your gamecube game.iso in it, go back to the command prompt and now type in:
wit copy your_output_folder your_new_wii.iso -o --raw
and thats it, from there just follow the first post of this guide.
oh yea and as base wii iso you should use a homebrew one that has some form of nintendont forwarder or wiixplorer in it of course.

Good, thanks for the information....

Still a bit complicated xD

Lets hope @ploggy help us with that Wii ISO base..
 

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by just putting a "nintendont_wiivc" folder with the contents of that zip into wits "bin" folder and running that copy command, its just one step less.

NVM, I had an error because I didn't specified the file to be created I guess... xD
 

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so for one, that command is wrong, it would be
wit copy nintendont_wiivc nintendont_wiivc.iso -o --raw
and for 2 I see that is powershell and not a command prompt, so you have to do it in a way like this:
.\wit.exe copy nintendont_wiivc nintendont_wiivc.iso -o --raw
 

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Just tested with Mario Sunshine, it loaded Nintendont, but it said this:
Failed to load IOS58 from NAND:
IOS_Open ("/shared1/content.map") returned - 102
This usually means Nintendont was not started with AHB access permissions.
Please ensure that meta.xml is present in your Nintendont application directory and that it contains a line with the tag <ahb_access/>

I did have that line in the meta.xml, just checked.
 

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I will try to compile snes9xgx, not64 and other emulator to work with gamepad, but how to inject homebrew? I'm kind of lost wit thus since it's not and ISO image.
 
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What do you mean by this?
instead of just double-clicking nfs2iso2nfs, open a command prompt in that folder and run:
nfs2iso2nfs -homebrew
or if on windows it opens powershell instead you do:
.\nfs2iso2nfs.exe -homebrew
that way all the required nintendont patches will be applied to the fw.img.
 

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instead of just double-clicking nfs2iso2nfs, open a command prompt in that folder and run:
nfs2iso2nfs -homebrew
or if on windows it opens powershell instead you do:
.\nfs2iso2nfs.exe -homebrew
that way all the required nintendont patches will be applied to the fw.img.


Crap, I have the Automated Script and I think he doesn't have that patches implemented yet :(

@FIX94 in the nintendont_wiivc folder you gave us,. that "main.dol" is the nintendont .dol file, in case we wanted to make our WUPS with the latest version available can we just replace that one?
 
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