Hacking WiiWare Releases

[jhoff80]

Strong Bad's Episode 1-Homestar Ruiner was released in North America today.

No, it wasn't. Remember that games aren't released on the Shop Channel until 9am Pacific time/ noon Eastern Time. It WILL BE released in half an hour, but it hasn't been released yet. They announce what the games are on gaming websites long before they hit the Shop Channel.

Edit: I'm not saying this to be argumentative but I keep seeing posts places that ask why this hasn't been dumped yet, and the answer is most likely because its not actually out yet.

 

[Lacius]

Strong Bad's Episode 1-Homestar Ruiner was released in North America today.

Lol, no. Not yet. I would know if it were out. Trust me.

 

[jhoff80]

Strong Bad's Episode 1-Homestar Ruiner was released in North America today.

Lol, no. Not yet. I would know if it were out. Trust me.

I assume he's too busy playing it to point this out, but NOW, its out.

Don't know when it'll be dumped and released, but its on the Shop Channel.

 

[Lacius]

It expect it to be dumped very soon. The owner of a WiiWare dump site said he got 35 emails in an hour asking about Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, so he will be buying and dumping it very soon.

 

[gjac1]

Anyone know why the Euro versions of Pokemon Ranch have never been dumped ?

 

[jhoff80]

Anyone know why the Euro versions of Pokemon Ranch have never been dumped ?

Because it costs money that people don't want to spend? Unlike a disc that people/ the scene can borrow to make a copy of, you actually have to BUY the Wiiware games to dump them. If you want it so badly, buy it yourself and dump it.

 

[jhoff80]

It expect it to be dumped very soon. The owner of a WiiWare dump site said he got 35 emails in an hour asking about Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, so he will be buying and dumping it very soon.

Is it just me or does it seem like the owner of that site is getting more and more annoyed with every update?

 

[gjac1]

Anyone know why the Euro versions of Pokemon Ranch have never been dumped ?

Because it costs money that people don't want to spend? Unlike a disc that people/ the scene can borrow to make a copy of, you actually have to BUY the Wiiware games to dump them. If you want it so badly, buy it yourself and dump it.

So if i live in England and have already bought the English PAL version, i can just buy the Spanish and French versions ?? nope i cant.....thats why i asked

 

[jhoff80]

Anyone know why the Euro versions of Pokemon Ranch have never been dumped ?

Because it costs money that people don't want to spend? Unlike a disc that people/ the scene can borrow to make a copy of, you actually have to BUY the Wiiware games to dump them. If you want it so badly, buy it yourself and dump it.

So if i live in England and have already bought the English PAL version, i can just buy the Spanish and French versions ?? nope i cant.....thats why i asked

As far as I know, there is only one PAL version, and either it doesn't come in Spanish and French, or you have to change your system menu language for it.

 

[Lacius]

Is it just me or does it seem like the owner of that site is getting more and more annoyed with every update?

Yeah, but annoying him seems to work. He said he might have it up in ten minutes.

 

[gjac1]

Anyone know why the Euro versions of Pokemon Ranch have never been dumped ?

Because it costs money that people don't want to spend? Unlike a disc that people/ the scene can borrow to make a copy of, you actually have to BUY the Wiiware games to dump them. If you want it so badly, buy it yourself and dump it.

So if i live in England and have already bought the English PAL version, i can just buy the Spanish and French versions ?? nope i cant.....thats why i asked

As far as I know, there is only one PAL version, and either it doesn't come in Spanish and French, or you have to change your system menu language for it.

OK thanks, i will try to change the language. Its so i can get the different language versions of the Hayley Pokemon

 

[samsam12]

yeah, its going to be dumped soon. if its dumped before about 3:00 PM, its a new record.

EDIT: Angel Solitaire has been pal patched. i just sent a message to skawo96 so he can test it.

 

[SirKhalid]

The link for Strong Bad Episode 1 - Homestar Ruiner. is up.

 

[Lacius]

Yep. Downloading as we speak.

 

[grubbymitts]

are we talking Wiishop link or "link" - if the latter: filename please for google-fu

 

[JJBro1]

lol has anyone noticed that when you start strong bad from the menu he's typing something that ends with .wad?

 

[DaWiis]

Just reporting that Strong bad works on PAL wii's (I freed the wad)

 

[jhoff80]

In fact what's typed in the video is CG4AP101.wad (NOT an actual file name)

Full name of the game:

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Awesome People and its Season 1 Episode 01 (aka 101)

 

[grubbymitts]

yep, it works for PAL (I used VC injector) and it totally rocks!

 

[IceRentoraa29]

Hello

I'm the person who cracked Angel Solitaire and Oekaki Logic. I decided to try and crack these myself by reading this topic (specifically posts #113 and #116), but it seems the directions were a bit scrambled. After playing around with various settings on wwpacker and GenericWiiPatcher, I finally figured out how to properly patch these Wiiware games to work correctly with no problems. Now I'm going to tell you all how I did it as clearly as I can (note: I'm going to be explaining the way to do it with a JP wad, but it should work for other regions by making adjustments as needed

).

Tools needed:
wwpacker 1.6 (download from here: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=95479 )
common-key.bin (Google iz yur frend

)
Generic Wii Patcher (download from here: http://www.gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=77938 )
WiiWare wad you want to patch (for this example a Japanese one)

Before you begin:
-Unzip wwpacker to C:\ or whatever letter your root hard drive is (to reduce the possibility of errors)
-Place common-key.bin in the wwpacker folder
-Unzip GenericWiiPatcher and paste a copy to the wwpacker folder
-Place an unzipped copy of your wad into the wwpacker folder

How to crack:
1. Drag the wad to the file named _wwunpacker.bat. When the program is finished, press any key to close the window.
2. Drag the whole folder the program produced to the file named _wwpacker-IOS35-Plus.bat.
3. When asked to patch the .dol file, press 0. After it finishes, press any key.
4. For the next option (Video Mode Changer), press A then enter. If converting to PAL, choose option 1, if not, choose 2, then press enter. Press any key to continue.
5. Now it should have the option to patch the .dol file with Generic Wii Patcher. Leaving the DOS window open, go to your wwpacker folder and open GenericWiiPatcher.exe.
*5a. Under GWP, press open and go to your wwpacker folder. The folder of the unpacked wad should be the only one to select if you didn't unpack any other wads there. Open it, select the .dol file, and press open.
*5b. The only options you need to use with this are the Error001-Fix and the Country Strings. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE!
*5c. Under Error001-Fix, press Search, then Press Remove 001. Under Country Strings, select the country of your choice, then press Patch Strings. Press Save. Close Generic Wii Patcher.
6. Press the DOS window so it has the focus again. Press any key to repack the wad. Press any key again to close the window.
7. Rename your new wad whatever you want, use Wad Installer/Manager to install on your Wii, and enjoy your new game

Note that this is explaining how to crack a Japanese game. You will have to use a different setting for step 3 if you're using a game from another region. It should all work the same