Hacking Will my Wii be able to play backups of GameCube games?

[Mindtrade]

Hello:

I have a PAL white Wii with GameCube backwards compatibility. Its serial number is LEH285927955 and it has version 4.3E. Will my Wii be able to play backups of GameCube games using nintendont?

I don't have the Homebrew Channel installed, but I'd like to ask a couple of questions before installing it. First of all, I read the tutorial provided in this site and it says that one of the requirements is the official unpatched IOS58. As my Wii has version 4.3E, it means I already have IOS58 and I would only need to install the Homebrew Channel, and once I install it, it will run on IOS58, right? Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

I also took a look at the compatibility list and I noticed only the NTSC-U version of the game I want to play was only tested. The game in question is SpongeBob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. The list states the NTSC-U version works 100% or have few/very minor issues, like stuttering audio, or other things that don't affect gameplay. Will the PAL version be the same?

If someone has tested this game I would really appreciate them to comment whether they encountered any issues while playing it and if the speed when playing is satisfactory.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Illuminaticy]

I have a PAL white Wii with GameCube backwards compatibility. Its serial number is LEH285927955 and it has version 4.3E. Will my Wii be able to play backups of GameCube games using nintendont?

Yep!

I don't have the Homebrew Channel installed, but I'd like to ask a couple of questions before installing it. First of all, I read the tutorial provided in this site and it says that one of the requirements is the official unpatched IOS58. As my Wii has version 4.3E, it means I already have IOS58 and I would only need to install the Homebrew Channel, and once I install it, it will run on IOS58, right? Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

You're correct. IOS58 comes with the 4.3 update-so nothing to worry about there. It will use IOS58 automatically

I also took a look at the compatibility list and I noticed only the NTSC-U version of the game I want to play was only tested. The game in question is SpongeBob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. The list states the NTSC-U version works 100% or have few/very minor issues, like stuttering audio, or other things that don't affect gameplay. Will the PAL version be the same?

PAL could be different, only way to find out is testing
If I boot my Wii up today I'll let you know how it goes

Side note- You'll install something called cIOS (custom IOS) this allows you to run backup Wii games.
When you get to that part of everything-follow the directions to a T. If you do install the wrong one, you'll have problems. Fixable problems, but they can still be prevented (:

I would follow this guide for everything.
When you do get to the cIOS part, do not look at the pictures, they show a bad cIOS, instead follow the text right above the pictures

 

[Mindtrade]

Yep!
I would follow this guide for everything.
When you do get to the cIOS part, do not look at the pictures, they show a bad cIOS, instead follow the text right above the pictures

I will definitively follow this guide because it's better and clearer than the one I was going to follow. And I will keep in mind the pictures in the cIOS section are wrong.

There's one more thing I forgot: I'm going to use a 2 GB SD card. Will this size be enough?

 

[Illuminaticy]

I will definitively follow this guide because it's better and clearer than the one I was going to follow. And I will keep in mind the pictures in the cIOS section are wrong.

There's one more thing I forgot: I'm going to use a 2 GB SD card. Will this size be enough?

Yep, more than enough for getting homebrew installed/homebrew apps/some retro roms.
Obviously for Wii/Gamecube games, not a lot of space at all so you'd only have 2 Gamecube games or a few smaller Wii games.

 

[Jedd]

Yep, more than enough for getting homebrew installed/homebrew apps/some retro roms.
Obviously for Wii/Gamecube games, not a lot of space at all so you'd only have 2 Gamecube games or a few smaller Wii games.

I hate to just jump in but, i am planning a mod this friday. Do you know if i am able to store my Wii files and Gamecube files on the same Harddrive. I plan on formatting my hard drive to a fat 32.

 

[Alexander1970]

Hello.

For better overview it is recommended to use 2 FAT32 partions.It is NOT a MUST,you CAN make it so.

Good luck on your Modding.

 

[Jedd]

Hello.

For better overview it is recommended to use 2 FAT32 partions.It is NOT a MUST,you CAN make it so.

Good luck on your Modding.

By 2 FAT 32 partions, you mean 2 different harddrives or sd cards or what ever you are using?

 

[Alexander1970]

Your Hdd.2 partitions on ONE HDD.

 

[Jedd]

Your Hdd.2 partitions on ONE HDD.

Thanks I think I may do this on all my game files on my External Harddrive.

 

[Ryccardo]

You can put Wii games on SD* or USB storages as long as they are partitioned with the MBR system, and have a filesystem supported by your loader (typically these are FAT32, NTFS, WBFS% (not recommended anymore), and maybe ext2)
(* = USB Loader GX doesn't support that, but the other big 2 - Wiiflow Lite and Configurable - do)
(% = do not confuse the .wbfs files, trimmed Wii disc backups, with the WBFS file system)

You can run homebrews (including Wii and GC game loaders), Gamecube disc images, and emunand from MBR/FAT32 SD or USB

So, having everything on a single storage is very doable (myself I use a 128 jeeg SD), as generally is putting these four things (or only some of them) on separate ones

 

[Jedd]

Is there anything i can with a wii game in .7z file format?

 

[Alexander1970]

Is there anything i can with a wii game in .7z file format?

Hello.

You can de-compress it.