HAY GUYS

Buizel · Sep 25, 2007, 07:24 AM

Some games, mostly from Nintendo, has firmware update. So you will have to be careful because games like Super Paper Mario, Pokémon Battle Revolution, Big Brain Academe and Metroid Prime 3 (that's all I remember) will ask you to update in order to play the game. If you try updating a EU Wii with US firmware and vice versa, it will brick your Wii. Best way to avoid this is to use a program that removes the firmware but right now there's no way to remove the firmware update on MP3 (I heard you can go ahead and update it but you'll end up with two news and weather channel; those clone will be useless).

As for playing GCN games using Wiikey, you have to make sure you update your Wiikey firmware to the leaked 1.9b version in order to get most of your GCN games working without any audio issue. Note that with the latest Wii firmware 3.0 U/E/J, Nintendo had made a way to block startup of those boot/install disc but there is a work around.

I think that should answer some question. I'll edit my post when I find more information about it.

How ya doing, buddy?

Buizel · Sep 25, 2007, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by Elixir

If you have to upgrade a game before playing it, how will the modchip counter it? ...

The modchip doesn't counter it. All current Wii modchip are DVD drive modchip which just allow you to play "backup/burn" disc. I get most of my information from GBAtemp.net so maybe that site could help you or anyone else.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Buizel · Sep 26, 2007, 03:46 PM

Then let me rephrase it: Current Wii modchip just allow you to play burn games from your region. If you want to play a game from other region you might need to patch it for it to work. Right now Wiikey had just release the new setup disc which you can turn on region override but it doesn't work for all games as some people reported.

Some games that I mention before, including US/NA version of Super Paper Mario contain firmware. You need to install it before you can play it. You can use a program to remove the firmware if you have a EU/JP Wii. If you try to install it on a non US Wii it will brick it.

So you should be fine playing SPM if you remove the firmware first... or download the EU version of SPM.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Buizel · Sep 30, 2007, 08:27 AM

This is what I heard:
- If you have the latest firmware 3.0E/J and update with MP3 = Two News and Weather Channel which the clone channel will render useless and cannot be deleted.
- If you have firmware 2.2E/J and update with MP3 = BRICK!

And I don't know if REUC will have a firmware update. It's usually games from Nintendo that has firmware.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Buizel · 07:27 AM

In order to play MP3 you HAVE to install the firmware. At GBAtemp.net someone found a way to avoid having the dual News and Weather channel but this involes having the ISO of the game and making two burned copies.

Quote:

From Board Message:

Allright. There is a way around this "double your News and Weather Channel" stuff. Ive done this on TWO Wiis, both with the latest 3.0 firmware (including the little one that came some days after the big 3.0 that fixed som internet channel issues) and both are modded with CycloWiiz. This is step by step how I did it on TWO Wiis (PAL ofc, BOTH got no duplicate channels!!!):

1. Ofcourse download the game.
2. Extract the ISO-files with WinRAR.
3. Make TWO NEW FOLDERS.
4. Copy the original ISO and paste one into EACH of the new folders you have created.
5. Run ONE of the copyed ISOs (leave the original alone...!) with Brick Blocker.
6. Run the OTHER copyed ISO in Region Frii (convert FROM USA to PAL!) (dont know if runing it through Region Frii is necessary, but I did it...)
7. Now burn TWO discs. ONE with the ISO that was "BrickBlocked" and the second disc with the one that was "Region Friid" (keep order of which disc is Brick Blocked and which is Friid...!).
8. Now you have two copies of Metroid Prime 3, right?
9. Try to insert the BRICK BLOCKED game. Black screen. No problem.
10. Insert the Region Friid game. It will now say "Initiating Wii System Update" and you can press "OK". Press OK, then on the next message press "I accept".
11. NOW! Let the update run for SOME SECONDS. Let perhaps 10-15% of the bar get blue, then UNPLUG your wii console!!!!!!
12. Insert the power again, turn on your Wii. You do NOT have double channels now.
13. Insert the game that you Brick Blocked (the one that used to give you a black screen...). Let it load, and BOOM; it works. Now you have a working Metroid Prime game and a non-doubled Wii

THANKS SETEM

I was speaking idiomatically.