WARNING: ONLY INSTALL TRUSTED WAD FILES! WADS WITH CORRUPT OR INCORRECT BANNER OR ICON DATA WILL BRICK YOUR WII! IF IT IS OUT OF WARRENTY, IT WILL COST $75 TO GET IT REPAIRED BECAUSE THERE ARE NO TOOLS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO UNDO BANNER BRICKS!
WARNING: THIS TUTORIAL IS NOT MEANT FOR INSTALLING VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAMES YOU DO NOT OWN! I DO NOT CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS
NOTE: NOBODY BUT YOURSELF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES DONE TO YOUR WII BY USE OF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION! STICK TO THE CORRECT REGION OF YOUR CONSOLE WHEN USING WAD FILES. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Table of Contents:
I. Making the Wii Homebrew Ready.
II. Installing WAD Files (Channels).
III. Editing WAD Icons/Banners. (COMING SOON)
I. Making the Wii Homebrew Ready.
The most effecient method to make your Wii Homebrew ready and give it easy access to manage Custom Channels (WADs) is to install the Homebrew Channel.
Methods to Install Homebrew Channel:
A. Homebrew Channel Install Disc (Modchip and 3.2 Firmware or lower)
B. Install via Twilight Princess Hack
A. Homebrew Channel Install Disc
What you Need:
Wii with Modchip and 3.2 Firmware or lower
Blank DVD-Rs
1. Go here and download the Homebrew Channel ISO.
2. Burn the dvd image using your favorite burning program, put it in your Wii and run it like a normal game. It will install itself.
B. Install via Twilight Princess Hack
What you Need:
Official Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess Wii Game
Twilight Hack (DOWNLOAD)
Homebrew Channel Install Package (DOWNLOAD)
SD Card
1. Backup your existing Twilight Princess gamesave to your PC, delete the save from your Wii, then format your SD card.
2. Go here and download the Homebrew Channel ELF package and the Twilight Hack.
3. Copy the Twilight Hack and the contents of the Homebrew Channel package to the root of the SD card. NOTE: The boot.elf file from the Homebrew Channel package MUST be in the root directory of the memory stick.
4. Create a folder named "apps" in root of the SD card.
5. Navigate on your Wii to the gamesave menu, insert the SD card, then copy the Twilight Hack gamesave to the Wii internal memory.
6. Return to the main menu and insert your Twilight Princess disc.
7. Boot the game then load the first gamesave.
8. After it loads you will see a man, you can either run away from him, or approach and talk to him. Either method will start the hack.
9. After the hack activates you will eventually get some warning messages, just keep hitting Accept and it will eventually install the channel.
10. After the Wii reboots the Homebrew Channel will show up!
II. Installing WAD Files (Channels).
What you Need:
Homebrew Channel installed on your Wii.
WAD Manager (DOWNLOAD)
SD Card
1. Copy the WAD Manager folder into the apps folder on your SD Card.
2. Create a folder called "WAD" in the root of the SD card.
3. Copy the WAD files you want to install into the WAD direcotry on the SD card.
4. Insert the SD card into the Wii and start the Homebrew Channel.
5. Select WAD Manager and then hit Load. It will then bring up a list of the WADs on the SD card.
6. Browse the list and hit + to install the WADs you want, and - to uninstall. (NOTE: YOU MUST KEEP A COPY OF THE WAD IF YOU INTEND TO UNINSTALL THE CHANNEL AT A LATER TIME.)
7. Hit HOME to exit.