How To Install Pimp My Wii

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After you get the homebrew channel and BootMii. Make a nand backup. Then, you can just run Pimp My Wii. It's folder goes into the apps folder on your SD Card. Just read up on it before you do it. There's a 4.3 soft-mod guide on my thread. Version compatible WiiU in Wii mode and Wii. - Added for initial support to the Wii mode of the WiiU. In this mode, you can (at the moment) only do a test, install or uninstall a wad, export some informations or install a cIOS (d2x v10). - Updated the cIOS d2x to v10 and v10 alt. The alt version is marqued as v10.1. Disclaimer; The Mods nor anyone who posts in /r/WiiHacks are responsible for your Wii. Do the research yourself and know the risks involved. Do the research yourself and know the risks involved. If you choose to follow advice from this subreddit and damage your system, it's your fault.

The Nintendo Wii was introduced in 2006 and, since then, over 100 million units have shipped. So, the Wii is almost ten years old, plentiful, and with a few simple hacks, you can conceivably extend its life a few more years.

The Wii is already a pretty versatile gaming console. Out of the box you could play hundreds of virtual console games, which are exact replicas of older titles for systems like NES, Sega Genesis, Commodore 64, and more.

Additionally, users could buy and download unique WiiWare titles, meaning that buying new games didn’t always entail sloughing off to Walmart or GameStop.

RELATED:How to Hack Your Wii for Homebrew Games and DVD Playback

The nice thing about the Wii, however, is that it not only has a lot of great games behind it, but with a few easy modifications, it can be turned into a simple DVD player. This is great if you want to hand the Wii down to your kids and give them a child-friendly gaming platform, but also let them watch movies as well.

(Re)introducing the Homebrew Channel

The Homebrew Channel (HBC) remains one the best and well-known console hacks in recent memory. It’s without a doubt a must-have feature. If you have an old “unBrewed” Wii then there’s no time like the present to change that. After all, the warranty on your Wii is long expired, and you’re probably not doing anything with it anyway.

Of course, the standard warnings and disclaimers apply: any changes or modifications you perform on your Wii are completely up to you and your sole responsibility. It’s really hard to brick a Wii this way, but it could happen.

So what is the Homebrew Channel? It’s simply what it sounds like, a channel, much like the Netflix or Nintendo eShop. Channels are nothing more really than Nintendo’s version of apps. So when you open a channel, all it’s going to do is give you extended functionality above and beyond just playing games. For example, the Netflix channel on the Wii is nothing more than a glorified Netflix app, and so on.

To that end, we might think of the Homebrew Channel as an app launcher channel, which means you can copy special apps and games to your SD card and launch them through the HBC.

In the past, Nintendo has issued system updates intended to improve performance but also remove “unauthorized channels or firmware [that] may impair game play or the Wii console.” The focus of this article will to show you how to install HBC and HackMii soft mods on the latest and presumably last Wii system update (4.3), with a simple exploit called LetterBomb.

We’ve written previously about how to hack your Wii using a Super Smash Brothers Brawl exploit called SmashStack. That exploit requires the Super Smash Brothers Brawl game, which isn’t necessarily hard to get or expensive to purchase, but the method we’ll be showing you has far fewer hoops to jump through.

There are also a number of other methods however, LetterBomb works without a game and only on System Menu 4.3. If you’re interested in learning more about each individual exploit, you can read about them on WilBrew.org.

Using the LetterBomb Exploit to Install HBC

To check your system version, open the Wii System Settings by clicking the round Wii button in the lower-left corner of the System Menu.

Look in the upper-right corner and you’ll see your version number. If it’s any version less than 4.3, then you can either try another exploit or update your Wii now. Just make sure you update your Wii fully to the latest 4.3 update because after you run the exploit, you can’t update your Wii anymore (not that we expect Nintendo to issue anymore patches) because it will break any modifications you apply.

You see the version of our system is 4.3U (U=United States, E=Europe, J=Japan, K=Korea), so we’re good to go.

Wait, don’t back out of the system settings yet, we need one more thing. Click right to Wii System Settings 2, then click “Internet -> Console Information” and copy the MAC address. You will need this to perform the actual hack.

Now, you can back out to the System Menu. The next step has to happen on a PC, so we’ll step away from the Wii to do that.

Executing the Letterbomb Wii Hack

The hack we’re using is called Letterbomb, and while it sounds scary and unpleasant, once you see how it works you’ll understand why.

To perform this hack, you need an SD card formatted to FAT16 or FAT32. The size of the SD card isn’t crucial, we found an old 256MB card laying around that is pretty useless as a storage option nowadays, but perfect for this purpose.

Next, you want to visit the Letterbomb website. You’ll need the MAC address from your Wii now. In the following screenshot, we indicate our system menu version (4.3U), input our MAC, and we’ll go ahead and bundle the HackMii installer as well.

Next, you enter the CAPTCHA and click “cut the red wire” to download the Letterbomb zip file.

Take that newly downloaded zip file and extract its contents to your empty SD card.

How To Install Pimp My Wii

Next, remove the SD card from your PC and insert it into your Wii. Click on the Mail icon in the lower-right corner and go back one or two days.

You will know you’ve found the right bit of mail when you see a red envelope with a bomb on it. Now’s your chance to bail. If you don’t want to proceed, you’ve made no changes to your Wii.

Otherwise, click on the letter bomb and it will execute the code needed to prepare your Wii to install HBC and HackMii.

You will know everything is a success when you see the following screen warning you to never pay for any of this software, which is provided free of charge to everyone.

Once the “press 1 to continue” text appears, it’s time to install the Homebrew Channel and BootMii.

Installing the Homebrew Channel and BootMii

The HackMii installer is currently at version 1.2. It allows you to do two things, install the all-important HBC and optionally, BootMii. We recommend both.

Click “continue” when you’re ready to proceed.

The next screen is the main menu. Click “install the Homebrew Channel” to begin.

Confirm your intentions by clicking “Yes, continue” or click “no, take me back” if you change your mind.

If you continue, the HBC will install. It won’t take long and once finished, you will see “SUCCESS” in green. Click “Continue” to return to the main menu.

Notice now there’s a new option to “uninstall the Homebrew Channel,” in case you want to undo your changes. The next thing we’ll do is install BootMii, so click “BootMii…” to continue.

BootMii must be installed as IOS (not to be confused with Apple’s mobile operating system iOS), which just means you’re going to have to use HBC to launch it. They’re kind of complicated but here’s more information on what exactly IOSes are, just in case you’re curious.

BootMii requires an SD card to install. You can either use the one already in the Wii, with which you executed the Letterbomb exploit, or you can use another. If your new SD card isn’t formatted properly, you can insert it and click “prepare a SD card” on the BootMii menu screen.

Otherwise, click “yes, continue” as seen in the following screenshot.

The installer will now write all the necessary runtime files to your SD card. Next, it’s time to actually install BootMii onto your Wii, once more click “yes, continue.”

Once finished, you’ll again be treated to a green “SUCCESS” and you can click “Continue.”

How To Install Pimp My Wii

Back on the main menu, you can exit from the HackMii installer and return to the main Wii System Menu.

Enjoying the Fruits of Your Labor

Welcome back to the System Menu. Notice anything different? You’ve got a new addition, the Homebrew Channel!

By default, your installation of the Homebrew Channel won’t have any apps or games on it. You have to add those to your SD card’s Apps folder (you’ll need to do this on your PC). There’s no need to search around for apps, you can find a comprehensive list of them here.

Let us not forget BootMill, which can be booted from a submenu in the HBC. Tap the Home button on the Wiimote to access it.

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The BootMii menu can be navigated by using a GameCube controller, or barring that, you can use the Power button on the console to step through the options and the Reset button to select.

BootMii is going to be an essential tool if you plan on doing any further hacking. The fourth option, with the gears, is intended to allow you to backup and restore your NAND, which is your system memory.

We highly recommend you read our article on how to safeguard your Wii against bricking, as well as how to unleash hidden features and options using the Priiloader app.

Beyond this, what you do is up to you and your level of adventurousness even though we’d say you’ve already been pretty adventurous so far. You can even set up your Wii with a hard drive and play games off of that so you never have to insert another game disc again.

Let’s hear from you now. Have your own reasons for repurposing your old Wii console for extended duty? We encourage you to give us your feedback in our discussion forum.

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Hacking your Wii hasn't been difficult, but it has required a somewhat detailed process. Now we have LetterBomb, which is an incredibly simple way to hack your Wii. It only takes about five minutes to accomplish. Here's how to do it.

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How To Install Pimp My Wii On Homebrew

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First things first, you're going to need the following:

  • A Nintendo Wii, obviously, but make sure it's running System Menu 4.3
  • An SD or SDHC card with some free space—it can have other stuff on it.

Step One: Get Your Wii's MAC Address

Before we can do anything, we need to go find your Wii's MAC Address. Go to your Wii's home screen and click the Wii Options button. Once it loads, choose Wii Settings. From there, navigate to the second page and click the Internet button. Finally, click the Console Information button and you'll have your Wii's MAC address. Either write this down or just leave it up on your screen.

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Step Two: Generate the LetterBomb.zip File

Now get on your computer and go to please.hackmii.com and enter your Wii's MAC address. You'll also need to type in what you see in the captcha image. Once you've filled those things out, cut the red or the blue wire. It doesn't really matter. This will generate a LetterBomb.zip file that will start downloading.

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Step Three: Prepare the SD Card

Now insert your SD or SDHC card into your computer, because we're going to need to copy some files onto it. First, unzip the LetterBomb.zip file on your computer. Next, drag the contents of the zip to your SD or SDHC card. When it's done copying, eject it, and put it in your Wii.

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Step Four: Open the LetterBomb

Back on the Wii, head on over to the Wii Message Center. There's going to be a new message for you with a bomb in it, but where that message is going to be will depend on your time zone and when you generated the file. In most cases, it will be in yesterday's mail, but it could be today or a couple of days ago. You'll know when you see it. When you're ready to pull the trigger, just click on the LetterBomb message icon. The process will take about a minute, so be patient. You'll have a hacked Wii when it's done.

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If you run into any issues along the way it's probably because you don't have the right version of the Wii System Menu. If you try to use LetterBomb with the wrong version, it'll freeze your Wii. Not to worry—just force-reboot your Wii, make sure you update properly, and try again. Obviously you want to do the update beforehand, but in the event you forget it's not really a big deal.

Step Five: Install BootMii and the Homebrew Channel

Once LetterBomb has done its thing, it'll tell you to press 1 to continue. Do that and you'll be able to use your WiiMote to start installing things. What you're really interested in is the Homebrew Channel, but BootMii will provide you with some extra features (like backup). Once everything is installed, you'll be all set.

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