Instructions on How to Copy Wii Games
I was accosted on the street the other day by a reader who was desperate. He had tried everything to try to learn how to copy Wii games. Nothing seemed to be working for him. So, as a last resort, he pulled me into an alley and picked my brains. I’m about to break down for you exactly what I told him. Enjoy!
Now, in years past, you needed to put in a mod chip to be able to enjoy copied video games. I had written about mod chips previously, in this post. Basically, a mod chip is actually a special type of computer chip that you have to attach inside of your Wii console. This involves breaking open the Wii, which in turn voids the warrantee.
Technology has advanced by leaps and bounds in the past several years. A legendary programmer by the handle of Mighty_F_Mouse created an app back in 2008 that will let you strip any encryption or security off of your Wii games and make an exact clone copy. So now, no mods to your Wii itself are required!
So, before I ramble anymore and get off on a tangent, let’s get into the guide itself…
1:
Download the app that the programmer that I talked about previously created. When you download it, it will come in the form of a .exe file. Save it to your computer in a location that you’ll remember.
2nd Step:
At this point, you’ve downloaded the .exe. Now you just need to double click it to make it install onto your PC. Hit “next” everytime it asks you. It will tell you that it is finished after a few minutes.
3:
Select the Wii game that you would like to duplicate. Load it in the optical drive (the CD or DVD burner) on your pc or Macintosh.
4th Step:
Launch the program that you installed in step 2.
STEP 5
Put the program into “extraction” mode, and then tell it where you want it to “rip” the game information to. I recommend just using your desktop, or creating a temporary folder for this on your desktop. Hit “Start”.
6th Step:
Ok, if you managed to get this far, I am presuming that the copy completed successfully. If not, start again from Step Two. Now, take out the game cd out of your optical drive, and insert a blank CD or DVD into it. Any kind of CD or DVD which is compatible with your own drive works. In the programs menu, select “write” mode. And then scan to the file which it copied to your desktop. Click “Start”.
7th Step:
After it finishes, the app may play some amusing music to let you know it’s completed, and will state that it’s finished. Fantastic! Congratulations , you simply remove the game, jot down a label onto it with a sharpie pen, and you’re ready to go! Don’t forget to place your master copy of your game within a safe and secure place, and also to be sure to play using the copied game!
And now, your learning for how to backup Wii games is finished! Yay!