gc-forever - Gamecube/Wii Forums

So I'm out of the Wii Scene for over a year now and i know that i missed A LOT!
I want to get one again, for Linux stuff and that nice WiiMC and whatnot.
As you can see, i need to hack it and have the possibility to run homebrew on it.

What do i need to look out for? What firmwares can be hacked etc etc

??

everything is fine to get, all is currently capable of homebrew

Only thing is, if you want bootmii installed and to boot up on boot, you need a Wii with a vulnerable Boot1 (2008 and earlier I think).

not THAT neccessary. i'm fine with clicking on homebrewchannel once to start it

A friend of mine got a HDD hooked up to the USB, running iso's and homebrew from it.
Hombrew Channel etc. Newest firmware, everything done by softmod if i remember correctly.
It's a US Wii, but i dont think that will matter.

Yeah.. it's pretty easy. I'd strongly recommend not using a USB HDD without a Wode or some hardware implementation. The software stuff can be tedious if you don't have large amounts of time to sit there and update your IOS/System software carefully.

firmware <= 4.2 allows using bannerbomb to softmod the Wii while the firmware 4.3 requires "exploit games"

thanks!
now lets wait for some nice christmas deals!

emu_kidid wrote:Yeah.. it's pretty easy. I'd strongly recommend not using a USB HDD without a Wode or some hardware implementation. The software stuff can be tedious if you don't have large amounts of time to sit there and update your IOS/System software carefully.

I haven't updated mine (running 4.2) in a year and haven't had any trouble with the USB HDD, even for the newer games like Donkey Kong Country that I bought earlier in the week.

Yeah, but in my busy day it requires too much time rather than to just hit update.