im doing it now too and im wondering how do i get the games to even begin with, in other words: where/how do i get the games i want to have on my wii usb loader???
I had a butt load of disc games a few years ago, I lend them to a friend and he gave them to his aunt who had a wii, I asked for them back but he said they sold them to whomever, It was very devastating but it doesn't matter at this point for me because I have just went through step by step with this amazing video and let me say, you're a life savior. I wouldn't have trusted any other video then this one. everything worked great, smooth, got my games back, cover and gosh I can't express how thankful I am for this video!!
Watched even though your previous tutorials got me setup with Homebrewing and enjoying my Wii a couple months ago. I've been adding many games to my library and it's a labor of love but so satisfying to scroll through and being able to try new-to-me games while revisiting my childhood favorites is awesome. Thank you, Scott!! Have an awesome weekend! 🎮
Sorry but have some more question. When I have the Wad on the SD card and not on the usb drive, does it matter? And are there any themes that can brick my console? And can the Wii recognise a 64 GB USB-Stick?
@@Hue_like12 WADS work just fine on SD cards. I haven't messed with actual Wii themes but I've read that you can definitely brick your system if you don't do it properly. And finally, USB sticks are usable but not the best option. I've read that they're very likely to become corrupted. I started out with an SD card but upgraded to a 1TB external hard drive. Works amazingly and I have more than enough space for all the games I could want. I only keep the SD card in my system for wads, game saves and channels.
@@Lev427 Follow the guide, I don't even remember the whole process but I followed one of Scott's earlier guides and I got it. It takes time, lots of downloading and placing files, external storage and patience!
Where did you get the games from? Because I just found the Video and I wanna try it ( I‘m not the best at things like that) he already has like two games to setup. But i did not see where they are from
I done everything as per the video, and all worked fine. But when I went to add more games, using the same methods, they don't show up in USB loader gx, only the other games do. Very frustrating.
I just finished modding my Wii yesterday from your previous video. You have no clue how stoked I was to see you posted an updated one. Love your channel. Subbed right away!
I already set up my IOS following your Wii U Homebrew tutorial, but this is very helpful to those who want to not bother wasting money on old Wii classics!
I want to thank youfor this informative tutorial and it has worked on my Wii! I tried to install USB Loader (non-GX) roughly 10 years ago but failed because whenever I tried to install things with the d2x installer and others but it has always failed. Couldn't find workarounds or solutions back then. Either way, it finally works. The necessary files to install were on my SD card, WBFS files were on my USB drive. Just a pro tip for others: you can use a cheap 512GB USB drive for your games :)
Very nice. I can tell you're growing as a content creator. All ur tutorials are good but the ones this year show a lot of refinement to the style and they're even more helpful than before. Thanks a lot for your efforts. Really good stuff 👍🏾
Excellent tutorial! Thank you for the premade SD card files, just made life easier, and really glad it included the d2x cIOS v11 beta 1, managed to just format my previously softmodded Wii again with all the new cIOS :) Worked perfectly
@@taufiqonn538Ensure that if you are using an SD card, the lock switch is in the unlocked position, otherwise you will not be able to select the correct options in the installer.
Just wanted to comment this down here: About a couple weeks ago I followed this tutorial and it worked ...for a couple weeks. A problem I had overtime was my apps not loading in homebrew channel or outside of the homebrew channel. Thankfully just unplugging and plugging the USB back in and restarting works. Though one day the apps just, didn't appear no matter what I did. The USB being used seemed to be unformatted and I had to redo the entire process. I've done it about three times, everything works except for USB Loader GX just freezing at "Reinitializing Devices" on start-up resulting in me not being able to use it. I'll most likely edit this if I find out a solution
@@melvin_pictures6598 Figured out the solution. I followed Lima112s video, pretty sure the video language is Portuguese so I'll try to explain how to do it here. What I did was backup what was on my USB to another folder that isn't on my USB (apps, wad, etc,.) and used an application from the site rufus,ie (replace , with .) I reformatted the USB with these settings: Non Bootable Boot Selection, Volume Label 32 GB, File System FAT32, and Cluster Size 32 kilobytes. After formatting I pasted my backup for apps, wad, etc, back into the USB and everything seems to be working properly now after plugging it into my Wii. I'm not sure if you need to redownload the cIOS and other stuff but I'm able to get into USB Loader GX with this
This worked wonderfully for me though I had some issues, but I figured out how to fix them. Incase anybody is wondering I’m using a red edition wii with wii motion plus and it still worked out perfectly fine. At the part where you install usb loader gx I wrote in the wrong “codes” at first but I just wrote in the right after. Anyways this is definitely worth the struggle because when you’re done you can fill a whole library of different games, for free!
I keep getting tcp connect timeout but im connected to internet
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Thanks! Amazing walkthough. Got all my kiddo's games on a flash drive so they are nice and backed up, for when they inevitably scratch them. I picked one of the flash drives you recommended.
that is amazing to hear! Also very smart to protect your discs but not limit the fun for them :) Thank you so much for the tip as well, I'm glad you found my guide useful! Happy Gaming to you and your children :D
thanks bro, loved the tutorial and was easy to follow just saved me a trip to the techstore to get a USB I thought I had lost my money buying a 32 gigs sd card
still works as of june 2024. this channel is by far one of the best i have come across for this. found my old wii and was wanting to mod it to give some new life to it, but got so lost with other tutorials. this was by far the easiest to follow along with.
@@daytona2874 Oh yea that also confused me for a second because they changed it from the website to a google drive. The google drive IS the zip file. just go towards the top right on it and click the download button. Hope this helps!
I'm not sure why but whenever i get to a certain dialogue in Super Paper Mario the game makes that lobotomy crash noise and it freezes. All the other games work, and they are all downloaded from the same source.
Hi. I have used an SD card for all the installation apps, and I used a flashdrive for the games, but the games doesn't appear on the loader. Should the loader be able to read the games from the USB? If yes, what possibly could I have done wrong? Is there a system or path I need to adjust? Thanks much.
@@Rachel-qc3dkFor me I just used my other Wii to make it work. I think I did this tho, I went into homebrew and then loaded up the usb loader gx and then went into settings and enabled sd card mode and then plugged my usb back in and restarted the usb loader gx
Hey Scott, I have a external hard drive which has tons of games and I have the usb gx loader and wii homebrew channel on my wii but when I click on these channels it takes me back to the menu and it shows that I have internet but nothing shows up on the home brew channel.
I followed your guide perfectly but for some reason my games won't load? I can see the pictures and press play but then get a black screen my wii games are saved on a USB using wbfs format
I have had this issue. Here is a few reasons why this may occur Is there any spaces between the game ID and the ".wbfs" file. Did you get the correct region game ID Did you definitely check you got the right game ID.
Did this August can confirm it worked . The only different thing is I had to watch his other video to download cios offline worked very easy . Thanks ❤
Works as of feb 2024 everything in the vid is up to date. I have never modded anything before and this worked for me so I recommend this guide for any new people🙏
@@funkyscott47 Thanks for responding. So your previous video is what I have to follow and then come here. Please mention that clearly for newbies like me. Thanks for making such good tutorial videos.
I bought a second hand wii out of nostalgia and thanks to your guide is up and running! I noticed the themes website you mentioned is down, that's a bummer :/ You are awesome!
i dont know i did everything word for word and when i load up usbloader on wii it just shows me my normal stuff (UPDATE:) THIS WORKS MAY 2024. YOU HAVE TO FILTER IN THE WII GAMES ON USBLOADER IF USING A SD CARD.
Great guide! After lot of confusing and out of dated info found internet, I was able to simple insatall USB Loader GX: now works with my HDD. 26th May, 2024 - Thanks
I keep getting a black screen everytime I try to play a game, can anyone help with this? I watched tons of tutorials and can’t figure out why it’s doing that
Excellent tutorial and very thorough. I'll probably tackle this project this week.. I've got one question however, is the process the same for adding GameCube and WiiWare games? Or are they not possible to add to USB Loader GX?
just bought a bunch off wii stuff for like 50 bucks and they gave me a wii they said didnt work because the disk drive broke. jailbroke it and used this tutorial to get more games than money can buy. great tutorial thank you!
I tried this, and the Wii isn’t detecting my USB, YAWMM mod doesn’t detect my usb and won’t install in any of the ports, and ULGX doesn’t detect any of my games, but somehow it let me install cios the first time I plugged it in. I don’t know what is going on, if anyone knows what happened with my system please let me know
When I installed USBLoaderGX on my wii and I open it, from the wii menu it starts to load and them the screen goes black and sends me to the Wii home menu, anybody has the same issue? I need a solution.
I just followed your tutorial, and it's big "thank you" from me". I purchased a usb stick (2Tb) from ebay not thinking it would work, but it did. Fantastic video, thorough and easy to follow. I used an SD card for all the Apps etc and a usb stick for the games. The only thing I did wrong was putting the covers folder in the sd card rather than the usb stick, easily resolved. Enjoy your coffee ;)
Hey i can‘t find games to download, where did you find them? Maybe I overheard it or i don’t really know but I do not have a w… folder to select and I also do not know where i can download those games…
@@timoblvck73 Once you have downloaded the games and used the Wiimanager program, once you transfer them, it will create the folder automatically. I'm sure it's not too difficult to type "wii wbfs games download" on a google search?
Ensure that if you are using an SD card, the lock switch is in the unlocked position, otherwise you will not be able to select the correct options in the installer.
What do I do if my controller turns off when entering the homebrew channel and I can't turn it back on? That's all that's stopping me from being able to play
Hey Scott, I was doing great and everything was going smoothly, but for some reason, when I try to use the Wii Backup Manager, my files don't appear. I've tried using an SD and USB both, and even tried deleting and redownloading the Backup Manager, but still can't figure out where I went wrong. Great video, any response would be greatly appreciated.
I was able to get Backup Manager to work on one game. I checked to make sure it worked on the Wii, it did, went back to download and transfer other games to my SD card and I'm having the same issue. No games show up on my drives, except the one game that works. Just when I thought I had it figured out!
@@taliabaker3259 make sure the files for the game within the wbfs folder have been extracted. This can be achieved by left-clicking on the folder for the game and selecting Extract All. Hopefully this can help you out.
Just did this! And this was the only one that worked! the others were a bit unlcear for me to understand (since my main language is spanish) but this worked like a charm! Thank you so much for sharing this. 👍😎 And it took about 30-60 minutes, Worth the time! Edit: i forgot to mention i subbed with all notifications!
for some reason after following your wii mod setup i cannot get it to launch (it sees them) wii games off the usb drive. mind you that drive worked on the wii consoles i had modded prior to this new version of the mod (using d2x with beta1). gamecube games launch no issues. and if i play from an sd card it has no issues. just specifically wii games from usb
I've got the same problem and still its not working. The Games will not launch and i can't figure out why :( I followed step by step exactly how it was explained...
@@Devillsgaming i finally figured out the setting bud, thought id pass it along. solved today 9/17/2023 go to usbloader gxand make sure to TURN OFF SD card Mode in the "hard drive settings" tab. for some reason it wont read from both usb OR sd card.
Great video. I recently got a new laptop, which unfortunately runs Windows 11 and I can't figure out how to format my SD card to FAT32, as it only gives me the options for exFAT and NTFS. Do you know if exFAT will work in place of FAT32, or am I screwed? Either way, great video!
No matter what i do, when i boot usb loader it freezes at "reinitializing devices" and i tried wii flow that actually loads and sees my game, but when i hit play i just get a black screen
I just want to say thank you for this. It worked perfectly, followed every step exactly and got my games loaded. I never did this years ago because I felt it was too complicated haha. Thanks!
@@leenaiqbal6928 i got it working after i only used an sd card. I got 128gb and then formatted it to fat32 and now usb loader works with games and no problems thus far
Hey, it worked well, and I had fun with it. But the themes and the covers aren’t really working. It says “no themes found” for the themes. Do you maybe know why? Also in the covers tab, it only shows the wbfs folder and I can’t figure it out. Please help Edit: I GOT IT TO WORK! Basically I just moved the theme and cover files to the game usb
I'm so glad I found this. I came to the unfortunate discovery that the reason why my Smash Bros. Brawl disc doesn't work anymore (but my other games still do), is because it's a dual layer disc. And apparently over time the disc drive just stops reading those... UPDATE: Pleased to report that as of 2/25/24, this video is still up-to-date. Very happy I was able to get Brawl running again since my Wii no longer reads the disc.
So my sd card that has usb loader gx plays games but my usb even if fat32 format with a wbsf folder and games with the game id aren’t working for some reason.
Brooooo!!! I've watched other videos for hours. But with this tutorial you made it so easy to do and after following each and every step, i do now understand how it works. Thank you very much!! You should become a teacher hahaha lol
For those who had an issue with the USB stick not being detected in homebrew, make sure that your USB is formatted to FAT32 AND use the MBR partition system instead of the GPT partition system. Hope it helps!
To anyone going absolutely crazy getting "d2x cIOS v11 beta 1" to appear, make sure your USB Flashdrive has a short name like "USB" or "LOAD". A long name or numbers causes an issues.
@@TheAmbianceWorld I'm having problems once again, can't seem to run YAWMM on the wii, everytime I open it, screen goes black, wii mote disconnects, and takes me straight back to the homebrew channel?
How can I play a game that I don't have the disc for? For example I want to play Smash Bros Brawl but I don't have the disc. Can somebody help me please.
There is a certain way to set them up, and Wii backup manager makes it much much easier and streamlined. It also avoids people wondering why their games don't work after setting them up themselves and not doing it right
Tried this in June 2024 and works a charm! Thank you for the detailed tutorial, much much appreciated sir!
thanks for letting everyone know! :)
im about to start this tutorial, that’s for the confirmation🙏😁
im doing it now too and im wondering how do i get the games to even begin with, in other words: where/how do i get the games i want to have on my wii usb loader???
Mines freezing wut am i doing wrong
how did you get the backup manager page to work? I tried and it takes me to download a different application and looks nothing like this video
I had a butt load of disc games a few years ago, I lend them to a friend and he gave them to his aunt who had a wii, I asked for them back but he said they sold them to whomever, It was very devastating but it doesn't matter at this point for me because I have just went through step by step with this amazing video and let me say, you're a life savior. I wouldn't have trusted any other video then this one. everything worked great, smooth, got my games back, cover and gosh I can't express how thankful I am for this video!!
how do you actually get the games? please help me
@@TESHY5damn we really on the same boat
Really shitty friend. Hope they're not in your life now.
@@eyevee4446 same here
could you please help me with that?
late April 2024 and it works for me! I tried following other guides but they were very confusing, this one seriously helped
@trintozedger man help us out, where to get them games ?
The vault
@@shadowgamer_vlogs5184 what vault
@@shadowgamer_vlogs5184What vault
@@Goodguy12366 its a site on google
march 2024 still works perfectly! just got a few games on my wii, thanks a lot man!!!
where do you get the games to put onto the usb ?
I just failed yesterday with 2 different sd cards and 1 usb stick 😅 still trying to troubleshoot
@@alexlikeswiiu google and the word archive are your friend
bro you need to change to mbr file structure if it isnt working. trust@mannylocz2363
have you figured out where to get the games from?@@alexlikeswiiu
Watched even though your previous tutorials got me setup with Homebrewing and enjoying my Wii a couple months ago. I've been adding many games to my library and it's a labor of love but so satisfying to scroll through and being able to try new-to-me games while revisiting my childhood favorites is awesome. Thank you, Scott!! Have an awesome weekend! 🎮
I'm so glad I could help you on your modding journey 😁 my weekend was awesome, hope yours was too ❤️
Sorry but have some more question. When I have the Wad on the SD card and not on the usb drive, does it matter? And are there any themes that can brick my console? And can the Wii recognise a 64 GB USB-Stick?
@@Hue_like12 WADS work just fine on SD cards. I haven't messed with actual Wii themes but I've read that you can definitely brick your system if you don't do it properly. And finally, USB sticks are usable but not the best option. I've read that they're very likely to become corrupted. I started out with an SD card but upgraded to a 1TB external hard drive. Works amazingly and I have more than enough space for all the games I could want. I only keep the SD card in my system for wads, game saves and channels.
Bro can you help me modding my Wii
@@Lev427 Follow the guide, I don't even remember the whole process but I followed one of Scott's earlier guides and I got it. It takes time, lots of downloading and placing files, external storage and patience!
Hopes everyone has fun on their modded wii's
Thx buddy *girlish giggling*
Since I modded mine, yeah im having fun
@@mansongrace2606bro what
@@saulgoodman4122*waltuh whimpering*
Wait..is that ilegal?
i followed this guide a few months ago and just needed a refresher on how to get the games again. still a really good video
Where did you get the games from? Because I just found the Video and I wanna try it ( I‘m not the best at things like that) he already has like two games to setup. But i did not see where they are from
Hi everyone
Tried this in 2023 December
It totally works just follow each step as he did
Thank you so much
I was looking for this from an year 🎉🎉🎉
for some reason i've done everything and my games aint showing up
you maybe have a usb or sd card that dont work with the wii@@nugget8079
I done everything as per the video, and all worked fine. But when I went to add more games, using the same methods, they don't show up in USB loader gx, only the other games do. Very frustrating.
@@nugget8079 what’s the problem pls say if I can I will help
@@husky_01 maybe the other games aren’t in wbfs file Bur if they are pls say I will try to figure it out
I just finished modding my Wii yesterday from your previous video. You have no clue how stoked I was to see you posted an updated one. Love your channel. Subbed right away!
Amazing to hear ❤️
@@funkyscott47 question where is the video for the game boy emulators
I already set up my IOS following your Wii U Homebrew tutorial, but this is very helpful to those who want to not bother wasting money on old Wii classics!
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Tried this in august and im really surprised it stills works up to date, Big ups to you Scott for such an amazing tutorial👌🏾
Dude, Thank you SO MUCH!!! Im gonna enjoy this alot when i get a Wii in a week or so!
I want to thank youfor this informative tutorial and it has worked on my Wii! I tried to install USB Loader (non-GX) roughly 10 years ago but failed because whenever I tried to install things with the d2x installer and others but it has always failed. Couldn't find workarounds or solutions back then. Either way, it finally works. The necessary files to install were on my SD card, WBFS files were on my USB drive. Just a pro tip for others: you can use a cheap 512GB USB drive for your games :)
Bro when can i found wbfs files i find only nkit.iso and when i canvert them i failed
Same shit that's happening to me right now it won't let me copy the apps into the root of my sd
Very nice. I can tell you're growing as a content creator. All ur tutorials are good but the ones this year show a lot of refinement to the style and they're even more helpful than before. Thanks a lot for your efforts. Really good stuff 👍🏾
I'm trying to constantly improve to make it easier to follow and more in depth :) Thank you for the kind words!
@@funkyscott47 where did you get your pc wallpaper the naruto one
This video in my opinion is the only helpful guide to mod a wii so im very grateful that this video exists
Excellent tutorial! Thank you for the premade SD card files, just made life easier, and really glad it included the d2x cIOS v11 beta 1, managed to just format my previously softmodded Wii again with all the new cIOS :) Worked perfectly
Why mine doesnt have the cios v11 beta1
@@taufiqonn538mine too
@@taufiqonn538 mine also doesnt show that when i load it on the wii. I see its there in the USB drive
your sd card might be locked or you dont have wifi@@taufiqonn538
@@taufiqonn538Ensure that if you are using an SD card, the lock switch is in the unlocked position, otherwise you will not be able to select the correct options in the installer.
I just did this last night, March 2024 and still worked on the first try👍🏻 thank you champ🎉 happy modding
I just failed yesterday trying it with 2 different sd cardsand 1 usb stick... still troubleshooting
Just wanted to comment this down here: About a couple weeks ago I followed this tutorial and it worked ...for a couple weeks. A problem I had overtime was my apps not loading in homebrew channel or outside of the homebrew channel. Thankfully just unplugging and plugging the USB back in and restarting works. Though one day the apps just, didn't appear no matter what I did. The USB being used seemed to be unformatted and I had to redo the entire process. I've done it about three times, everything works except for USB Loader GX just freezing at "Reinitializing Devices" on start-up resulting in me not being able to use it. I'll most likely edit this if I find out a solution
Same problem here...
@@melvin_pictures6598 Figured out the solution. I followed Lima112s video, pretty sure the video language is Portuguese so I'll try to explain how to do it here. What I did was backup what was on my USB to another folder that isn't on my USB (apps, wad, etc,.) and used an application from the site rufus,ie (replace , with .) I reformatted the USB with these settings: Non Bootable Boot Selection, Volume Label 32 GB, File System FAT32, and Cluster Size 32 kilobytes. After formatting I pasted my backup for apps, wad, etc, back into the USB and everything seems to be working properly now after plugging it into my Wii. I'm not sure if you need to redownload the cIOS and other stuff but I'm able to get into USB Loader GX with this
March 2024 here
This still works flawlessly, thank you so much.
but where do you get these games?
When I load the usb loader is just shows a white menu screen
This worked wonderfully for me though I had some issues, but I figured out how to fix them. Incase anybody is wondering I’m using a red edition wii with wii motion plus and it still worked out perfectly fine. At the part where you install usb loader gx I wrote in the wrong “codes” at first but I just wrote in the right after.
Anyways this is definitely worth the struggle because when you’re done you can fill a whole library of different games, for free!
help!
i got a red box instead of green box for setting up cIOS
I keep getting tcp connect timeout but im connected to internet
Thanks! Amazing walkthough. Got all my kiddo's games on a flash drive so they are nice and backed up, for when they inevitably scratch them. I picked one of the flash drives you recommended.
that is amazing to hear! Also very smart to protect your discs but not limit the fun for them :) Thank you so much for the tip as well, I'm glad you found my guide useful! Happy Gaming to you and your children :D
when i tried to get wii backup manger it didnt give me a zipped folder it just gave me one file
@@Thecrafter4 as long as you can run the program, I had to find a different download link
I could not run it
thanks bro, loved the tutorial and was easy to follow just saved me a trip to the techstore to get a USB I thought I had lost my money buying a 32 gigs sd card
20/11/2023 It totally works !!! I recommend it !! I don’t know how the creator knows about all these things but just thank you.
Lots of experience! I'm glad you found it helpful :)
still works as of june 2024. this channel is by far one of the best i have come across for this. found my old wii and was wanting to mod it to give some new life to it, but got so lost with other tutorials. this was by far the easiest to follow along with.
How did u download the wiibackup manager through the google doc?
@@daytona2874 Oh yea that also confused me for a second because they changed it from the website to a google drive. The google drive IS the zip file. just go towards the top right on it and click the download button. Hope this helps!
I'm not sure why but whenever i get to a certain dialogue in Super Paper Mario the game makes that lobotomy crash noise and it freezes. All the other games work, and they are all downloaded from the same source.
Hi.
I have used an SD card for all the installation apps, and I used a flashdrive for the games, but the games doesn't appear on the loader. Should the loader be able to read the games from the USB? If yes, what possibly could I have done wrong? Is there a system or path I need to adjust? Thanks much.
Has anyone fixed this yet? Having the same problem
@@mmitchpperdue same issue
@@Rachel-qc3dkFor me I just used my other Wii to make it work. I think I did this tho, I went into homebrew and then loaded up the usb loader gx and then went into settings and enabled sd card mode and then plugged my usb back in and restarted the usb loader gx
Wow Scott you’re already at 16k let’s hope for 100k end of the year
growing fast! hopefully one day, maybe not in a year though :P
@@funkyscott47 just keep making these great videos and you’ll hit it in no time
its literally june 17, and it still works!! thanks funkyscott!!
I tried this in 2024 and it works thanks so much man now thanks to you I can play my favorite Wii games.
Hey Scott, I have a external hard drive which has tons of games and I have the usb gx loader and wii homebrew channel on my wii but when I click on these channels it takes me back to the menu and it shows that I have internet but nothing shows up on the home brew channel.
I followed your guide perfectly but for some reason my games won't load? I can see the pictures and press play but then get a black screen my wii games are saved on a USB using wbfs format
I am having the exact same problem most games will load but a couple sit there black screen.
My games aren’t appearing but it reads my usb
I have had this issue. Here is a few reasons why this may occur
Is there any spaces between the game ID and the ".wbfs" file.
Did you get the correct region game ID
Did you definitely check you got the right game ID.
I just wanted to get usb loader gx and then this Tutorial came. Thanks Scott❤
But I have a question. Can I use Wii mod lite as a wad manager to?
Perfect timing! And yes that works as well :)
Did this August can confirm it worked . The only different thing is I had to watch his other video to download cios offline worked very easy . Thanks ❤
i tried the offline method and still dosent work ant tips?
Works as of feb 2024 everything in the vid is up to date. I have never modded anything before and this worked for me so I recommend this guide for any new people🙏
i cant find the v11 beta on the cios installer, how did you do it :( ?
@@methanolodid you figure it out after ?
This helped me out a lot. I was using a different mod but was missing some files. Your guide helped me put it together.
I'm glad i could help! :) also thanks for the tip on Kofi
@@funkyscott47 Homebrew WII is mandatory to do this
@@VineelVishwanth yes
@@funkyscott47 Thanks for responding. So your previous video is what I have to follow and then come here. Please mention that clearly for newbies like me. Thanks for making such good tutorial videos.
@@VineelVishwanth my bad I will for sure mention it next time! Happy modding :)
I bought a second hand wii out of nostalgia and thanks to your guide is up and running! I noticed the themes website you mentioned is down, that's a bummer :/ You are awesome!
Easy to follow guide, work perfectly
Back up all my CD game on the USB stick now will be easier to bring the wii at friends house.
Thank you so much ❤
i dont know i did everything word for word and when i load up usbloader on wii it just shows me my normal stuff (UPDATE:) THIS WORKS MAY 2024. YOU HAVE TO FILTER IN THE WII GAMES ON USBLOADER IF USING A SD CARD.
Can you help me,I’ve done everything this video says but the games do not show up when i open USB loader?
me 2 any help?
I was trying to figure out the softmodding and i found out that you made a new video 35 minutes ago dudeee thank you so much!!!
Perfect timing!!
@@funkyscott47 i couldnt do this with the other video because the d2x_v_10x_beta wasnt there. But i finally did it with this video!
@@funkyscott47 Can you make a video about copying big game files? Because it gave me an error trying to download smash bros...
Great guide! After lot of confusing and out of dated info found internet, I was able to simple insatall USB Loader GX: now works with my HDD. 26th May, 2024 - Thanks
I keep getting a black screen everytime I try to play a game, can anyone help with this? I watched tons of tutorials and can’t figure out why it’s doing that
it only happens for me when i do multiplayers
Thanks LOVED it Lets Get You 20K!!
Wooo thank you!!
Working as of 8/8/2024, however cios installer had to be done offline even with a wifi connection on the wii.
i've had that happen with some wii's so i usually get the offline wads anyway now :P
wait really? maybe thats why my cios installer dosent work
I am in tears. So many games I wished that I had as a kid. You are a saint, good sir.
Extremely helpful, thank you so much! Perfect for the kids over the holidays, and can preserve our disks :D
Excellent tutorial and very thorough. I'll probably tackle this project this week.. I've got one question however, is the process the same for adding GameCube and WiiWare games? Or are they not possible to add to USB Loader GX?
I'd just stick to Nintendont for the Wii games but unsure about wii ware
Wiiware just goes in the WAD folder and you use the wad installer to add them to the library
when i open games through usb loader gx, the wii takes me back to the wii home menu instead of playing the game. any suggestions???
Did you find out
the minecraft background is class, im dying laughin, imma sub, love that camping video too keep it up bro.
just bought a bunch off wii stuff for like 50 bucks and they gave me a wii they said didnt work because the disk drive broke. jailbroke it and used this tutorial to get more games than money can buy. great tutorial thank you!
why is mine said tcp connect timeout
where have yall been downloading the games from
Google wbfs archive
The vault
ziperto
Just seaching it in google then converting it to wbfs
like someone said, I use the Vault, it's pretty good and it's where I've gotten all my games
Did it in may 2024 and it works. Thanks
i didnt get it to work??
I tried this, and the Wii isn’t detecting my USB, YAWMM mod doesn’t detect my usb and won’t install in any of the ports, and ULGX doesn’t detect any of my games, but somehow it let me install cios the first time I plugged it in. I don’t know what is going on, if anyone knows what happened with my system please let me know
i cant reach the site of Wii Backup Manager
did you figure it out?
How do i get the game files?
Did you rond out?
When I installed USBLoaderGX on my wii and I open it, from the wii menu it starts to load and them the screen goes black and sends me to the Wii home menu, anybody has the same issue? I need a solution.
I just followed your tutorial, and it's big "thank you" from me". I purchased a usb stick (2Tb) from ebay not thinking it would work, but it did. Fantastic video, thorough and easy to follow. I used an SD card for all the Apps etc and a usb stick for the games. The only thing I did wrong was putting the covers folder in the sd card rather than the usb stick, easily resolved. Enjoy your coffee ;)
Hey i can‘t find games to download, where did you find them? Maybe I overheard it or i don’t really know but I do not have a w… folder to select and I also do not know where i can download those games…
@@timoblvck73 Once you have downloaded the games and used the Wiimanager program, once you transfer them, it will create the folder automatically. I'm sure it's not too difficult to type "wii wbfs games download" on a google search?
I have no “covers” option in backup manager
Me neither have you found a solution
same here, does anyone know what to do?
What if I can’t find d2x-v11-beta1 on my wii as an option for the cIOS settings?
I am having the same problem, not sure what to do. Tried using d2x-v6 instead but my wii is stuck on “downloading ios56 metadata” for slot 249
@@phoebejackson4083did you guys find a solution?
i have the same problem :(
Ensure that if you are using an SD card, the lock switch is in the unlocked position, otherwise you will not be able to select the correct options in the installer.
@@naku-- what if youre using an external hardrive instead of an sd card but have the same problem?
My Usb loader gx just gets stuck when I try to run in. I see the white and grey skin but nothing else loads..
Same thing….
@@GabeTheConqueror i solved mine. Search for mj Michael and follow his guide instead ✌🏼
What do I do if my controller turns off when entering the homebrew channel and I can't turn it back on?
That's all that's stopping me from being able to play
that happens to me too😕
charge it
Hey Scott, I was doing great and everything was going smoothly, but for some reason, when I try to use the Wii Backup Manager, my files don't appear. I've tried using an SD and USB both, and even tried deleting and redownloading the Backup Manager, but still can't figure out where I went wrong. Great video, any response would be greatly appreciated.
Same problem :(
@@user-ek9it9od9l Let me know if you find any way to fix it!
I was able to get Backup Manager to work on one game. I checked to make sure it worked on the Wii, it did, went back to download and transfer other games to my SD card and I'm having the same issue. No games show up on my drives, except the one game that works. Just when I thought I had it figured out!
@@taliabaker3259 make sure the files for the game within the wbfs folder have been extracted. This can be achieved by left-clicking on the folder for the game and selecting Extract All. Hopefully this can help you out.
Just did this! And this was the only one that worked! the others were a bit unlcear for me to understand (since my main language is spanish) but this worked like a charm! Thank you so much for sharing this. 👍😎
And it took about 30-60 minutes, Worth the time!
Edit: i forgot to mention i subbed with all notifications!
Amazing, I'm always glad to help ❤️
@@funkyscott47 👍
My d2x cios is trippen, it makes my controller flash and never connects
I would like to say, thank you Scott. I finally got to play Ju On and GT Pro on the Wii thanks to USBLoader GX
for some reason after following your wii mod setup i cannot get it to launch (it sees them) wii games off the usb drive. mind you that drive worked on the wii consoles i had modded prior to this new version of the mod (using d2x with beta1). gamecube games launch no issues. and if i play from an sd card it has no issues. just specifically wii games from usb
I've got the same problem and still its not working. The Games will not launch and i can't figure out why :( I followed step by step exactly how it was explained...
@@Devillsgaming i finally figured out the setting bud, thought id pass it along. solved today 9/17/2023 go to usbloader gxand make sure to TURN OFF SD card Mode in the "hard drive settings" tab. for some reason it wont read from both usb OR sd card.
Same bro
Great video. I recently got a new laptop, which unfortunately runs Windows 11 and I can't figure out how to format my SD card to FAT32, as it only gives me the options for exFAT and NTFS. Do you know if exFAT will work in place of FAT32, or am I screwed? Either way, great video!
You could try fat32 formatter I haven’t tried it yet myself due to just finding out today that might work
@@ItstylerswrldI was told by a friend earlier today that it's possible to use a fat32 formatter, I'm hoping it works!
No matter what i do, when i boot usb loader it freezes at "reinitializing devices" and i tried wii flow that actually loads and sees my game, but when i hit play i just get a black screen
I just want to say thank you for this. It worked perfectly, followed every step exactly and got my games loaded. I never did this years ago because I felt it was too complicated haha. Thanks!
I tried today and its not picking up my usb even though its type 32
I keep getting a black screen
same but i waited and it worked
How long did you wait?@@Bennyboyblue121
Like this comment for good luck
Agreed bro
Wrd
Light mode is cleaaner
@@smshahalol there is no way you are a real person
@@Goodguy12366 it just looks better in light mode 🤷♂️ i use dark mode for night time
All of these guides have been the most helpful thing out there for wii modding thanks!
when i loaded into USBLoaderGX, it got stuck on the loading screen and it said "reinitializing devices"
how do i fix that?
can someone link or tell me where to get the games from
I used reddit
use "The Vault"
@@not_smart_and_not_a_toywhere?
Usb loader doesnt start. The channel crashes and in the homebrew channel it freezes my wii
Same!
@@leenaiqbal6928 i got it working after i only used an sd card. I got 128gb and then formatted it to fat32 and now usb loader works with games and no problems thus far
Hey, it worked well, and I had fun with it. But the themes and the covers aren’t really working. It says “no themes found” for the themes. Do you maybe know why? Also in the covers tab, it only shows the wbfs folder and I can’t figure it out. Please help
Edit: I GOT IT TO WORK!
Basically I just moved the theme and cover files to the game usb
For some reason it won’t read the games on my sd. It loads usb loader and the other stuff but it won’t recognize that the games are there
i Have the same problem, did u find the solution?
@@diegovalentini3982 I havent
@@diegovalentini3982 gonna try re installing the games on it
im at the cios base part its not even loading or moving
idk but i followed the video to the T so far
Where do you download the games. I don’t have back up games to transfer over. Or I’m dumb 🤦♂️
Gonna try it right now, thanks for breaking down everything
This worked extremely well and was stress free. THANKSSS!!
I'm so glad I found this. I came to the unfortunate discovery that the reason why my Smash Bros. Brawl disc doesn't work anymore (but my other games still do), is because it's a dual layer disc. And apparently over time the disc drive just stops reading those...
UPDATE:
Pleased to report that as of 2/25/24, this video is still up-to-date. Very happy I was able to get Brawl running again since my Wii no longer reads the disc.
At 8:18 when I try transfer my games from drive 1 - 2 it doesnt work
Awesome video! Thanks for clearly explaining the steps needed! My 6 year old and i are having a blast!
amazing to hear! happy gaming
I really appreciate this video man. Keep it up! Had to sub!!!!
No kidding, I'm French and I don't speak English very well, but the quality of the tutorial is great. And it works very well too. Thanks a lot !
So my sd card that has usb loader gx plays games but my usb even if fat32 format with a wbsf folder and games with the game id aren’t working for some reason.
I figured it out wasn’t switching to usb on usb loader gotta hit one on the Wii remote and switch
Brooooo!!! I've watched other videos for hours. But with this tutorial you made it so easy to do and after following each and every step, i do now understand how it works. Thank you very much!! You should become a teacher hahaha lol
that is amazing to hear! I try to balance showing important details of the process, but not too many so it takes forever :P I appreciate your comment!
@funkyscott47 how do i get the game files?
@@duccoboi can't say on CZcams, join my discord
For those who had an issue with the USB stick not being detected in homebrew, make sure that your USB is formatted to FAT32 AND use the MBR partition system instead of the GPT partition system. Hope it helps!
Tried this in August 2024 and yes it still works. Great video.
16:21 JENNIFERS WII⁉️
To anyone going absolutely crazy getting "d2x cIOS v11 beta 1" to appear, make sure your USB Flashdrive has a short name like "USB" or "LOAD". A long name or numbers causes an issues.
Still works in August! Thanks bro!
where did you get your wii rom files from? the wbfs ones
@@Dovahkiinwastaken He can't say because Nintendo would get mad and CZcams would to.
@@TheAmbianceWorld I'm having problems once again, can't seem to run YAWMM on the wii, everytime I open it, screen goes black, wii mote disconnects, and takes me straight back to the homebrew channel?
@@Dovahkiinwastaken Are you using a usb drive or sd.
Where do you download the games at? I saw you had Mario Party and Super Mario Bros, so where do you get those at? Sorry if you already went over that
I can't say on CZcams, but you can join my discord and ask
Okay, thanks!@@funkyscott47
How can I play a game that I don't have the disc for? For example I want to play Smash Bros Brawl but I don't have the disc. Can somebody help me please.
Why do we need to use the Wii manager to transfer the wbfs files, why can't we just copy paste them into the usb?
There is a certain way to set them up, and Wii backup manager makes it much much easier and streamlined. It also avoids people wondering why their games don't work after setting them up themselves and not doing it right
Dont know if anyone is having the same problem but the second link in the google doc is broken