Wii

Updating Wii 3.2U to 4.1U with working Homebrew Channel

Mon, 01/04/2010 - 20:17 — mario

I've been running my Wii with the 3.2U firmware for the longest time now and I've finally run into some compatibility problems that forced me to update the Wii to 4.1U. Some games like Guitar Hero 5 will not boot with 3.2U and Configurable USB Loader. I found some really good tutorials on updating your Wii to 4.1U, but when I tried to run the updater I got an error (-1036). After Googling some more I was able to piece a few tutorials together and got the result I needed. One really nice surprise after updating from 3.2U to 4.1U is the ability to play WADs from the SD card!

New Copy Protection in the New Super Mario Bros Wii game

Sun, 11/08/2009 - 05:51 — dsfreak420

Wii System Menu 4.2 update bricking some Wii systems

Mon, 10/05/2009 - 08:38 — mario

So Nintendo released a new firmware for the Wii - SMU 4.2 and according to some sites, it's breaking Wiis that haven't been modified (Homebrew). Without the updates, you won't be able to access the Shop Channel, News and Forecast Channels. So if you don't care about those channels DO NOT UPDATE YOUR Wii TO 4.2!

Here's a quote from GameSpot:

This generation of consoles has seen firmware updates become frequent and routine. Nearly as commonplace have been the post-patch gamer complaints that the latest update has rendered their systems inoperable.

The most up-to-date Wii Homebrew and Backup tutorials

Sun, 10/04/2009 - 07:54 — dsfreak420

GAF's Wii Homebrew Tutorial are the most up to date set of Wii tutorials known to mankind and possibly aliens. These tutorials will guide you through everything you never knew you can do with your Nintendo Wii like: backing up your original games onto USB hard drive and playing from the USB hardrive and playing games imported from different regions (Japan/Europe/USA). They're all safe and thousands of people have successfully modified their Wiis to get these features not included with the factory console.

Backup your original Wii games and play backups instead

Sat, 01/24/2009 - 14:24 — dsfreak420

UPDATE: The following tutorial is extremely old and no longer should be used. Please refer to the latest Nintendo Wii Backup tutorials here. But if you're interested to see how it was done back in the day, then continue reading.. :)

Caution: Updating to 4.2 could brick your Wii.

Wario Land: Shake it! review

Fri, 01/23/2009 - 20:20 — mario

Wario Land: Shake It! is one of the Wii's greatest platform games. If you're sick of 3d polygons and endlessly roaming around levels to look for stuff, then this game is for you. This game definitely brings back the good old school platform gaming. Check out this good video review by IGN.