It’s so cheap and easy to perform this hack (and the benefits of backing up your expensive games and enjoying faster load times are so big) there’s no reason not to do it.įor this hack you’ll need the following items:
Check out the video below to see it in action if you need a little convincing: Brawl off the disc, for example, it can take up to 20 seconds or more the same load time off a USB HDD is usually around 3-4 seconds. How speedy? When loading a new level in Super Smash Bros. What does this mean to you, the end user? It means that once you have hacked your Wii for homebrew software you can easily add in a loader and a cheap USB drive for game backups and speedy playback. (Some people use flash drives, but the cost to GB ratio on flash drives is still poor compared to external hard drives.)
Wii game loaders are a sub-class of Wii homebrew software designed to load games from an external source, typically a USB 2.0 external hard drive. Now we’re taking a peek at Wii game loaders so you can backup and play your Wii games from an external HDD. We’ve shown you how to hack your Wii for homebrew software and DVD playback as well as how to safeguard and supercharge your Wii.