Play Wii Homebrew Games From USB Hard Drive
Play Wii Homebrew Games From USB Hard Drive
Wii homebrew games are just normal Wii games that can be played from the homebrew channel on your Wii using a special piece of software that will be discussed in this article. Unlike traditional Wii games that run off a disc, these games will run off an usb hard drive connected to the usb port of your Wii. Don’t worry it is simple; you do not have to be a computer geek to figure it out.
Usb hard drives fit in your pocket under various nick names, e.g. flash drive, thumb drive, jump drive etc. They come in a range of capacities starting from few megabytes to multiple gigabytes. You can choose one according to your needs. Usb hard drives are commonly used for data transfer, however, these are great for data storage too such as your Wii homebrew games.
Computer geeks know how important it is to have an usb hard drive and how handy they are at times. An usb hard drive is a must buy item to those who don’t own a permanent internet connection. You can connect to the internet for a limited duration, download your favorite programs or in our case Wii homebrew games, store it in your usb hard drive and run them from any computer or again in our case your Wii console.
No matter if you are using internet from a cyber café or library, you can travel with your important documents when you have an usb hard drive of the desired capacity. One of the significant advantages of having an usb hard drive is that you can keep sensitive data in a locker at extreme safety.
The following paragraphs will explain the steps involved to start playing Wii homebrew games. All you need is a Wii console with the homebrew channel installed and an usb hard drive attached to the usb port.
Wii Homebrew Games – Preparation & Overview
Download Configurable USB Loader, GParted and WBFS Manager. The WBFS manager will allow moving Wii homebrew games from PC to usb hard drive.
GParted is a Linux-based OS used for formatting and partitioning of hard drives so you will need to burn GParted to a disc.
Configure USB Loader on Nintendo Wii SD card and play games from usb hard drive.
Wii Homebrew Games – Boot up using GParted disc
Plug your usb hard drive into usb port of your computer, insert GParted disc and then restart your PC and boot up using the disc as source.
Once GParted has loaded, find your usb hard drive and format it as a WBFS partition, if it does not allow that action, format as FAT partition.
Wii Homebrew Games – Using USB Loader
Now go to the USB Loader program and extract the files. Copy the folder to the root directory of your SD Card. The navigation path should look like – sd:/apps/USBLoader.
Wii Homebrew Games – Using WBFS Manager
Download Wii games as ISO files for it to run as Wii homebrew games. Run WBFS Manager. Plug your usb hard drive in usb port. Find ISO of the game that you have downloaded and click on ‘Add’. Once this action is completed come out of WBFS manager and plug usb drive into Wii with your Wii homebrew games now present on it.
Wii Homebrew Games – Enjoy!
Now turn on your Wii, go to USB loader in homebrew channel and you will find the Wii homebrew games list present. Click on your favorite and let the fun begin!
Here are three great options for 32gb flash drive purchases, which should be enough to hold enough games to satisfy your game cravings, click on each view pricing & purchase options:
1. Patriot Xporter XT Boost 32 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive PEF32GUSB
2. Kingston Digital 32 GB USB 2.0 Hi-speed Datatraveler Flash Drive DT101G2/32GBZ, Purple
3. SanDisk SanDisk Cruzer 32GB USB 32 GB Flash Drive SDCZ36-032G, Black
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