A couple of updates for Nintendont:
- All the controllers, cables and physical memory card that were used originally with the NGC are now supported in original Wii's (not Family Wii nor Wii U). This means things like Gba Link Cable, DK bongos, Mics that connected to the GC controller ports are now functional along with real Memory Cards.
- There is a beta fork of the loader that supports Wiimote & Nunchuck controls for GC games, including IR controls for fps games (Timesplitters 2 & 3 with IR controls finally!).
Hm, i see in Devo compatibility list that they work as intended with memory cards...
http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/Devolution_Compatibility_List
Try the following: Go to Wii menu --> data management-->saves-->Gamecube. See if it shows your MC. If not, do the take out & reinsert trick. It should now be recognized.
BTW, you don't necessarily need a real MC, personally, i don't like having that thing stick out of the top of the Wii. If you want, you could rip your MC with a homebrew app, transfer its' saves (via Dolphin) to a virtual MC (memcard.raw) and have Devo use that virtual MC.
A Wii U transfer won't hurt anything, but there can be telltale signs of homebrew use after a transfer. The most obvious one I can think of is region-lock circumvention. If you've got Japanese saves on your US Wii console, for example, those will be transferred to your US Wii U. So if someone takes a look at your Wii U and sees that kind of stuff, then they can connect the dots.
Actual homebrew (such as the HBC) will stay on the Wii and won't make the jump. The transfer process basically just ignores all of that stuff.
I'm not sure how feasible it is to completely "clean" a Wii of all homebrew traces. I can't even begin to remember which IOSes I have and haven't fucked with.
Sup Wii homebrew GAF.
My Wii is basically a dedicated Smash machine now so I'm trying to set it up so I can just play Melee and PM from the SD card.
Searching around, it looks like I can use the Configurable USB loader and dios mios to load GC games (Melee). Does dios mios still prevent you from loading retail discs though? GAF wiki says it does but I'm guessing it may be out of date, and I'd like to have that option if the need ever arises (I have a separate GC for most of my GC needs though).
Also, is there any way to set up forwarders to specific games in the USB loader? That would be nifty. I'd like to either do that or just try to skin it as a cool Smash launcher (and maybe add in Smash 64 if I go that route, no idea if that's possible).
Features:
Play audio via disc audio streaming
Full speed loading from an USB device, or a SD card
Loads 1:1 and compressed .ISO disc images
Works on Wii and vWii on Wii U
Loads games as extracted files (FST)
Memory card emulation
Bluetooth controller support (Classic Controller (Pro), Wii U Pro Controller)
HID controller support via USB
Custom button layout when using HID controllers
Cheat code support
WiiRd (only on Wii)
Changeable configuration of various settings
Reset/Power off via button combo (R + Z + Start) (R + Z + B + D-Pad Down)
Advanced video mode patching, force progressive and force 16:9 widescreen
Auto boot from loader
Disc switching
Allow use of the Nintendo GameCube Microphone
Use real memory card
+1000 for nintendont over Dios Mios.
You can even play Melee in 16:9 using a custom wiird code in nintendont, force deflicker for sharper graphics,load games ultra fast (as much as 5X compared to a real GC, games like Rebel Strike load instantly for example) use a CC, CC Pro, a variety of bluetooth or usb controllers (or even wiimote & nunchuck lol). And it is all done from a self contained .dol file so you don't have to mess your Wii's MIOS like with DM, so you can easily play retail discs as well if you wish to.
P.S. I think USB Loader GX and Wiiflow are better than CFG atm, more up to date, many more features & customization, better gui, etc.
Is there a nack to getting a PS3 pad to pair up to the Wii U, i have the ps3 controller.ini and renamed it to controller.ini and placed in the route of my SD card but cant seem to get it paired up?
Nintendont works pretty well, had a few times where it fails to boot the game though. I also don't know how to use memory card emulation so in Melee 20XX I have to go into the debug menu and redo setting each time I play (no random music, flashes for l canceling).
Never heard of Wiiflow until now and while I've heard of USB Loader GX, I don't know anything about it. While I was searching around I actually saw some people suggest avoiding it.
IIRC recent nintendont versions automatically recognize the usb controller and change the .ini accordingly.
All .inis of known usb hid controllers that work with nintendont are here:
https://nintendon-t.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/controllerconfigs/controllers.zip
These go in SD:\controllers\ or USB:\controllers\ depending where you have your nintendont boot.dol and loader.dol files.
I respectfully disagree, those two are really top of line atm. I used to be a CFG user till two years ago. I switched to USBLGX just as it was booming and never looked back personally.
Wiiflow is like GX in feautures but has an incredible gui. It also requires quite a bit of tinkering with all the coversets and plug-ins it supports (that's why i have not yet given it a go, too bysu irl). HOWEVER, once you set everything up, you can have it as an all in one like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu8NXHjvRxw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBIk3tAP7ug
I'm primarily after customization. My Wii is basically a dedicated Smash machine hooked up to a CRT, just have Melee and PM on the SD card (have a GC + component cables and Wii U for GC/Wii games respectively). So I want to make a theme that just serves as a cool Smash launcher rather than something intended to sort through a bunch of games.
http://nintendont.net/Guys I read the OP, and google the gaf wiki, but both seemed old. Really old. What's the most up-to-date source of tutorials for getting this up and running on the Wii U? I'm looking to do USB Loader GX and Nintendon't.
I already have pretty much all of my Wii games backed up but I might need to rip my GC ones, which are unfortunately in two seperate regions - half PAL and half NTSC. This is because I homebrewed my old Wii, which is currently in storage. That was years and years ago though.
Cheers for any help, and apologies if I've missed something obvious. You'll probably have a fair few people wandering over from the thread on the gaming side, lol, so it might be worth it for them as well.
Guys I read the OP, and google the gaf wiki, but both seemed old. Really old. What's the most up-to-date source of tutorials for getting this up and running on the Wii U? I'm looking to do USB Loader GX and Nintendon't.
I already have pretty much all of my Wii games backed up but I might need to rip my GC ones, which are unfortunately in two seperate regions - half PAL and half NTSC. This is because I homebrewed my old Wii, which is currently in storage. That was years and years ago though.
Cheers for any help, and apologies if I've missed something obvious. You'll probably have a fair few people wandering over from the thread on the gaming side, lol, so it might be worth it for them as well.
Is it possible to force 50hz PAL Games to 60hz 480p?
Just be aware that it won't always work. I couldn't get Madworld to run in 60Hz for example (I did try a while ago so maybe things changed).Is it possible to force 50hz PAL Games to 60hz 480p?
ALL Neogeo roms that are smaller than 42.7 MB run on RA Wii Neo Geo core. I have 125 Neo Geo games running flawlessly. Just make sure 1) to have the neogeo.zip in the SAME folder as the roms 2) to have a good romset.
Now for stuff like KoF 97-99, Prehistoric Isle 2, Last Blade 1 & 2 etc. there are official Wii VC releases for those.
Also there's the Metal Slug Collection (MS 1-6 & MSX), Samurai Showdown Collection and the KoF Collection as retail releases.
@SomewhatGroovy
FAT32, primary partition and set to active.
For just Wii games, NTFS will do as well.
I have a question.
Bought No More Heroes NTSC US version years ago, due to the PAL version being censored, tried a bunch of different programs to make it work region free on my PAL Wii (I'll look up the names of the programs later if you need to know), and it did work, only in black and white. Is that a common problem? Am I doing something wrong, do I need a specific cable and/or tv?
I still haven't played NMH due to the problem and I have the sequel shrink-wrapped on my shelf.
Good call on the retail releases...
Do you know what are the avaliable controllers for the Neo Geo VC stuff ?
I only have one Classic Controller and getting a fighting game without the option to 2 player versus is kinda sad =(
So, I have a Wii U and I have a original Wii, I'm interested in USB loading and playing GameCube games
What system should I use? I'd like to keep my Wii U stock if possible, is there any major advantages to using it?