The Beginner's Guide to Wii Homebrewing/Softmodding (2020 Tutorial)

READ THE PINNED COMMENT FOR CORRECTIONS!

Today's video is a comprehensive guide covering how to homebrew the Nintendo Wii and install some useful homebrew apps.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:07 - Gathering Necessary Files
04:05 - Installing the Homebrew Channel and BootMii
08:35 - Making a NAND backup with BootMii
09:53 - Installing Priiloader
11:43 - Installing the Homebrew Browser
12:48 - Installing cIOS
14:01 - Using USBLoaderGX and Nintendont
17:25 - Playing Games Online with Wiimmfi
18:34 - Connecting to RiiConnect24
23:17 - Conclusion

Downloads:

NOTE: Priiloader, cIOS Installer, Nintendont, and USBLoaderGX can all be downloaded from the Open Shop Channel/Homebrew Browser if you would prefer to do it that way.

Hardware Needed:

Resources:

Topics covered:
Installing the Homebrew Channel and BootMii with str2hax
Creating a NAND Backup using BootMii
Installing Priiloader to add a layer of brick protection
Installing the Homebrew Browser to download apps from the Wii
Installing cIOS versions to allow for USBLoaderGX to work
Using USBLoaderGX and Nintendont to backup Wii and GameCube games
Connect to Wiimmfi to play certain games online
Connect to RiiConnect24 to re-enable access to the Forecast, News, CheckMiiOut, Everybody Votes, and Nintendo channels as well as the Wii Mail feature.

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[MichaelMJD]

*READ FOR CORRECTIONS*
str2hax’s DNS settings have changed. Use 18.188.135.9 for both the Primary and Secondary DNS.
RiiConnect24's DNS settings have changed. Use 167.86.108.126 for the Primary DNS and 1.1.1.1 for the Secondary DNS.
The Priiloader archive had been updated and the file structure will look a bit different. The archive now contains a "priiloader" folder, which is meant to go inside of the "apps" folder on your SD card.

[warpigs]

It has been about 15 years since I last loaded a wii. Got one out and knocked the dust off of it and with this video had no issues. Very well done.

[dancingbread]

Great, did all that. Now all I need is a Wii.

[bluepeacemaker]

Pretty good tutorial. Now I have digital copies of my Wii and Gamecube games and, even better, the loading times are super fast on a USB, way faster than those of the DVDs. This really helped me get started with Wii softmodding

[wefollowthetown]

Cheers for this! A tip for anyone new to this - the new Windows update has made it so that SD/USB drives are automatically converted to exFAT files. Homebrew doesn't take exFAT, so use an older computer when downloading files.

[yshiness]

WARNING: The IP address shown at 5:25 could potentially change in the future. The devs have already had to change servers at least once since the exploit's release, and hence this video could become out of date fairly quickly.

[Dakotacamp]

Dude. I just want to say. Thank you so much. This was the only guide that got me through the whole process. Completely new to anything like this and got it all done flawlessly. Honestly such an amazing guide. Thank you so much!!!

[lga]

went through the first 5 minutes of this guide only to find out my dad had already installed the homebrew channel years ago and it was sitting there right on the main menu

[XxgrwhrxX]

This video helped immensely with the whole process, it's so well put together and incredibly concise. It definitely helps people with little to no knowledge on the subject so a million thanks for being so thorough!

[HebaArts]

Very organized and well structured tutorial! Thank you. Now I'm able to play wii games again and get my childhood memories back. I'm very grateful :")

[xPLDxPunisher]

This was the best and simplest tutorial to follow from every single one that I've tried to follow. I fell off of it initially due to the trial and error aspect of it and despite one hiccup, I was able to jump back in and finish the whole process in about an hour. This was my mom's birthday present so she could play the old mario games as well as Dr. Mario and everything went very smoothly! Thank you for the tutorial!

[steven_reed]

Thank you so much for this! I've homebrewed two Wii's before, and it was so complicated due to the lack of a complete and updated tutorial. My third one, which I just finished, was really easy thanks to this video.

[riparaggi]

I bought from ebay a semi-bricked Wii for... 5 euro. It was stuck in Preloader since years, I managed to get it working some day ago after reading many many many tutorials and viewing videos on YT. I must say that your tutorial is really one of the best and very precise. Thanks man! :-D

[hisnamewasrobertpaulson]

I think it's noteworthy that if you have a GameCube controller connected, then you can use the D-Pad and A button to navigate the BootMii menu instead of the power and reset buttons on the Wii itself.

[Caleb-xvnk]

You are doing this way better than anyone else I watched/read, thanks for the high quality content

[somemoron]

From what I'm watching so far, this is a great tutorial! I already modded my Wii, but I love this tutorial!

[Alohathebua]

Aloha,
I can't thank you enough for this video! I thought it would be difficult, but you made it very easy to follow. Mahalo & Aloha from Hawaii

[leagibson]

I have used this to setup 6 Wiis recently and I nearly have your entire scrip memorized. Great Christmas stocking stuffers for the family. Thanks for the video. Maybe one day I'll actually play a game beyond quality control test.?!

[NateBirkas]

Thank you for this very comprehensive guide. I'm going through my Wii and redoing everything from scratch and this video answers nearly every question I had, and shows me how to install and configure everything perfectly. Could not ask for a better guide than this.

[mae]

Some advice for anyone that gets an error writing bootmii to their SD card at 8:18:
I formatted my SD card with FAT32 in windows using quick format, but I didn't set the allocation correctly. I had a 32GB SD card (Micro SD HDHC with adapter) and it needs to be formatted with 16 Kilobytes allocation size. I also unchecked quick format so it did a full format of the disk (this will take upwards of 30-45 min to do). Worked correctly after that.
Had the same problem with my USB drive 128 GB. Trying the same thing with 32 KB allocation.
Nintendo has a webpage about how the Wii adheres to strict SD Card format rules. They have a link to the official SD Card standards website and it has its own formatting tool (which I ended up not needing to use). This is probably worth trying out.
Here's a chart for SD Card size and what size the allocation should be:
< 64 MB: 512 bytes.
64 MB—128 MB: 1 KB.
128 MB—256 MB: 2 KB.
256 MB—8 GB: 4 KB.
8 GB—16 GB: 8 KB.
16 GB—32 GB: 16 KB.
32 GB—2 TB: 32 KB.