BootMii is a set of software that can be installed on Nintendo Wii consoles to provide added functionality, safety and convenience.

Download: BootMii BETA 2 v0.9 Installer / BootMii BETA 2 v0.9 Installer [Mirror]

To quote: Two weeks after BETA 1 we bring you the first bugfix release: beta 2. Next to the usual metric ton of minor fixes and cleanups, here are the changes worth mentioning:

BootMii BETA 2 (v0.9):
* SD card performance has been...

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Those considering updating to Nintendo's Wii System Menu 4.0 today may wish to read Marcan's System Menu 4.0 Rundown first as follows:

• Nintendo, as expected, half-assed the SD feature by just automating the copy to NAND. No surprise there.
• The IOS16 that warez users used to pirate is no longer an option, thank goodness.
• HBC survives. So does DVDX.
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Recently Sven has announced DVDX for System Menu 3.4 on the Nintendo Wii... simply download and extract it to your SD card. You should then be able to launch the installer from the Homebrew Channel.

Download: DVDX for System Menu 3.4

To quote: A few months ago we released a small, hidden channel called “DVDX” which essentially allowed homebrew to read DVDs on any Wii console...

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Per Wiibrew: Using the Homebrew Disc Channel, you can load homebrew programs from regular ISO9660 DVDs. It supports (sub)directories.

Note: the name Homebrew Disc Channel is actually wrong; the program was intended as either an add-on to the Wii Disc Channel or a separate channel, but due to the fact that BootMii will need a SD card to load, turning this program into...

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Nintendo released a Wiibrew page that once again tries to secure some existing bugs on the console, breaks some things, deletes others. This time they’ve also gone around and modified the TOS. As usual, mass panic ensues.

The people who are panicking can be divided roughly into two groups (non exclusive):

- The pirates
- The clueless

This should...

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A new Firmware update for the Nintendo Wii has been released, specifically System Menu version 3.4. In the update, the following changes have been made:

- Enhanced parental controls
- USB Keyboard support for Mii channel added
- System functions improvement (Improved SD card read/write speed, Improved disc reading)
- Twilight Hack version 0.1 BETA1 cannot...

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Although still labeled as System Menu 3.3, this Nintendo Wii update officially includes the renaming of Wii Points to Nintendo Points and cosmetic changes to some of the menu icons.

Unofficially, the update is said to block the Wii Homebrew Channel and more as follows:

- This blocks new installations of anything fakesigned, that is, Homebrew Channel (both new...

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Today ciper of GBATemp (linked above) has shared Wii Backup Launcher v0.2, an unofficial binary build of WiiGator's recently released source code with changes.

Download: Nintendo Wii Backup Launcher SRC / %1#

From the ReadMe:

Purpose: Launch Wii DVD backups. This is a source code only release. You need to compile it using devkitpro (PPC + ARM).

Author: WiiGator
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It appears Waninkoko's Nintendo Wii Backup Loader have finally been publically leaked.

naes of GBATemp.net (linked above) has posted Wii_Loader.rar weighing in at 1.80 MB (1,892,832 bytes), and since then it has spread like wildfire across the Internet.

Download: Nintendo Wii Backup Loader / %1# [Mirror]

As a result of the leak, Waninkoko is now quite upset, and announced that he no longer...

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Although it has arrived a bit later than expected, it’s here now. Team Twiizers has rolled out the initial release of the open-source Wii DVD access library, which allows users to read standard DVDs on a unmodified console with the homebrew-enabling Twilight Hack installed.

Download: patchmii_core / %1#

If you have a mod-chip, you also need %2#, in addition to the...

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