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[@x1ic1x]

For GX loader if you’re loading Wii games you “found”. I HIGHLY recommend adding (installing it) it to your hdd/usb device through Wii backup manager. Nobody ever says how important it it is to do so. It’ll actually make a folder and everything properly so you don’t have to make folders and name anything specifically. Just spreading this so it’s more common knowledge for anyone stuck why games keeps crashing.

[@TyEats2200]

yep, I personally have a 32gb sd card I use but wii backup manager is great at splitting larger games into two and auto naming the files as they need to be.

[@satvik7920]

took me a while to figure this out because my wii backup manager was not working. But I ended up learning you need files in wbsf format not iso. I think that was my issue

[@handsanitizer2457]

Thanks ❤❤

[@MakingMemes690]

No I’m going to listen to you

[@Markbot1999]

@@satvik7920 So if my legally owned Wii and GameCube game backups are already backed up to wbsf format I can just drop them on the USB hard drive?

[@turtlerespecter]

EASY to follow, professional presentation, 0 filler, and attention to critical details. THANK YOU!

[@waleedrezeq7794]

I am so sad to see that this wonderful channel has so few subscribers. Despite the great effort you are doing and the useful and renewable content. While there is a channel that only offers ridiculous and trivial content and has millions. Always thank you for your great efforts. All support and thanks brother. my regards

[@monchopr3511]

Also his channel dedicated to retro stuff is awesome. :)

[@roastwich6473]

idk man 100k subs for any channel is a lot, and well deserved! This channel is great!

[@smileEXE-gn9iw]

You can also just play games from your sd card, no external driver is needed anymore which is awesome.

[@itsjyso3325]

can u tell me how bro i want to buy one i need a tutorial or something

[@ionpeen]

Just a note for everyone, i believe usbloader GX only accepts up to 2 or 3 TB drives, and no, I don’t think you can just get a 4 terabyte drive and partition it in half

[@jackharrisonford8061]

You made the process super easy bro thank you my sister is gonna love this

[@blainelocklair]

Thanks! Awesome to hear. Hope you and she enjoy gaming together!

[@562.anthony2]

About to do this to my Wii. Just found a CIB wii at goodwill for $25

[@rydertheapple843]

You could just use a sd card for everything 💀

[@shincj1984]

Can you actually ?

[@rydertheapple843]

@@shincj1984 yup

[@itsjyso3325]

@@rydertheapple843 whats the highest gb size i can use

[@rydertheapple843]

@@lorenzor7993I think there’s a setting you have to enable for SD cards to work

[@rydertheapple843]

@@lorenzor7993 and also the SD card has to be formatted in fat32 or it won’t work, do not use quick format, rather do a full format process.

[@boredstudent]

I did that with my Nintendo Wii but I saw another tutorial on how to do it. One thing however was that I couldn't get any of my games detected even with the GC and Wii checkboxes checked. I don't know what I did but then they were detected. Then I couldn't run them. Turns out I didn't have USB Loader GX set to Nintendont on the settings menu. I installed Super Mario Sunshine then my copy of Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. I also have Super Mario Galaxy and that game was amazing.

[@vrthykr7070]

Still rocking a Wii modded with WODE.

[@EDM1210]

Thank you so much for the video,i spent a long time trying to Mod my Wii using various ways,and was about to give up untill i saw this guide...easy to understand and worked first time. Thanks for spending the time uploading 👍💯

[@tom-dreamingnothing]

Great vid, well done Blaine

[@anFy81]

Love your content - keep up the awesome work :-)

[@madtpgaming2409]

Anyone having issues with hdd not being recognised i have a fix its a bit longer but 1-turn on console hdd not plugged in 2- click homebrew and then usb loader 3-Wait till is says cant find hdd and starts counting from 20 and straight away when you see it say 20 plug in hdd This should then detect your hdd and load it unfortunately you will have to do this anytime you change game or turn on the console but works for me

[@funxploregames]

I learned a lot from your videos. Since then i soft Modded my Wi and upgraded my PS4 Pro storage to SSD from your videos. This one is next plus hacking the mini consoles.

[@IamVivid-f3t]

It says the game is 0 GB and my storage is 0 GB any fixes

[@Gaming-Enthusiast]

Awesome tutorial 👌👌👌

[@jonathananderson1728]

USB loader has issues with some flash drives, because of this is use an SD card and Wiiflow. You should make a video about that's it's just as easy

[@avisprimey]

Well, now USBLoader has SD card support, and I've had great luck with that. Fellas! Just head to settings > Hard Drive Settings > SD Card Mode, and switch that boi on. Also, fix your pfp. Thanks

[@brandonybarra6595]

@@avisprimey this support you speak of. Is it able to read both gamecube and wii games from an SD card?(like wiiflow can). Last i knew it couldnt.

[@CRAZY6256]

Dude, love the way you explain things and the energy you have. I have a question, one of my disc is scratched. Is there a way to download the game?

[@Kwjehehebebb]

You're not going to be able to get it off the disk if it's scratched. I'd just download the file off your preferred website and put it on storage like in the video.

[@thekosz5931]

Thanks again for your amazing work

[@dragonspeedz]

Followed all the directions but everytime loading the harddrive I still get a message harddrive not initialized. Really want this to work.

[@swmovan]

I have tried a PNY 480 Mb drive SSD(exFat by default) and Toshiba 1Tb, reformatted both to exFat. But, in settings, Wii shows both as NTFS. (no space available) I have double and triple checked both. Maybe I'll try another drive in the morning. edit: It looks like there is no need to format to exFat. I changed the drive back to NTFS and now the Wii recognizes it.

[@pwincessangelmouse]

how do i get them to show up on my home menu? like the games i mean

[@phoenixinc.3354]

So I followed the video up until 5:55 and the Wii refuses to read my external hard drive no matter what slot it’s plugged into, I know it’s powering up because the lights come on and I hear the slight whir of the internals. Does anyone know what I did wrong??

[@Daniel-pm6nl]

A group recommended I get a "Cable Matters Micro USB 3.0 to USB Splitter Cable (USB Y-Cable, USB Y Cable) 20 Inches" on Amazon so more power is running to the HDD but haven't tried it yet myself.

[@LoveShackGamer]

This will be great problem solving Work for the Wii

[@turboterminator7]

Thankyou Blaine your a hero

[@Asa-ny7ft]

Do I like need the external hard drive or is it recommended?

[@SatchelChannel]

Cant i use a 32 gb usb drive? I just want to install a couple of games

[@JonsDough]

Did this work for you? Reddit said yes but I wanna confirm

[@russcate1510]

Where do “find” safe sites for what you want to put on the HDD? Searching everything looks sketchy

[@mistakesweremade5786]

Links in the description

[@hetaliafan117]

Can i use just an sd card with usb loader gx, if so can i just get a big micro sd card so that i don't need a usb or portable hard drive?

[@boredstudent]

I bought a 2TB external hard drive for my Nintendo Wii (the one linked in the description)and all I had to do was format it to FAT32 since my console is already jailbroken. Then I transferred my files to that hard drive. Sure took a bit of time.

[@russcate1510]

Next can you load mame games on Wii? Shooting games would be perfect on this..ie area 54 & time crisis

[@CheesieGamer]

Gracias mi bro excelente contenido!

[@protuc995]

amazing video but, where can I find those videogames tho? Where I find the link to download them on the pc so I can transfer them on the usb/driver?

[@BATARANGMOBILE]

Thank you for asked us a secrets in wii and I was a kid I played many times with wii console😎

[@Jessenavarro313]

I need help whenever I try to open a game on USB loader GX and I click on it I just get a black screen

[@giuliaperta7719]

bro me too did you find anything to solve the problem?

[@triciah5]

Does this external hard drive you recommend need to have some sort of separate y connector for a separate power source? I was led to believe you had to have one as the WIIU did not have sufficient power to power the console and drive. Or is this different now and you just plug in the drive with the one cable.

[@animeloveer97]

I use a 500gb one for my wii for GameCube games and it works great

[@lapapaya5418]

I'm using an old seagate 320 gb hdd in an enclosure and I keep getting stuttering in wii games and gamecube games keep crashing

[@brandonybarra6595]

Either the wii is damaged or the drive is bad. Try running the games off of a sd card or flash drive and see if you get better results. If not its the wii.

[@animeloveer97]

Your drive is probably dying because mine doesn't crash when playing gc games

[@falscherhase2095]

That he Not explain how i turn on my Pc and Screen is everything 😂

[@theTHIRDTEN]

can i use the game cube converter to use my game cube controller to play the games on the black wii or is a white wii require?

[@brandonybarra6595]

What "converter" are you talking about? If you mean the gamecube adaptor for the wii u/switch yes it will work. Only with gamecube games( via Nintendont) otherwise you can use the adaptor that plugs into a wiimote and use your gamecube controller that way but its reads it as a pro controller not a gamecube controller.

[@Spookiester]

Do you know if your old guide to play ps2 games on ps4 still works? Got a ps4 as gift from friend but curious.

[@Lodreus]

How do you install the games onto the Wii main menu? Was hoping this vid show.

[@45alive98]

Cool video queston can I put the harddrive in to a different wii with homebrew on it. For I have one drive that has the disk player that work but would like it on my other wii where my downloaded games are from the eshop. That disk player dose not work. Thanks

[@-shawn-4640]

How to do the same thing but with a wii game that you have on a hard drive instead of a cd?

[@thennekcdcdthennek6417]

Great video as always. I've just purchase a wii but it was a Japan version. I wanted to mod but i can't because the language is in JP. Is there a way to change it to US/English?

[@maximed503]

Thanks you soo much : D

[@thathydrocouple]

My usb hdd has wii games on it and plays fine in usb loader gx but I want to add GameCube games to it but pc doesn’t recognize the usb hdd. Can the wii run usb hdd from port 0 and port 1 ? Or how do I get my pc to recognize the usb hdd?

[@OKNOKAY]

Can you do this with just the SD card and no external drive?

[@aaronshugart6681]

Can someone explain the benefits other than downloading disk?

[@maeanna5842]

Wait so all I gotta do is put the game on the usb drive?

[@user-wo5gt3cn5z]

If I have disks that are not original how do I play them? Do I need some Disk loader?

[@chaosmadness4107]

I tried to install a gc game but it said not enough space. But I'm using a HDD on usb. So can you only install gc games on SD card only???

[@turtlerespecter]

Unplug your HDD, then plug it back in while the Wii is on. I had to unplug, then re plug mine in to the *bottom* usb port while usb loader was “searching” for my HDD.

[@swmovan]

@@turtlerespecter In settings, it shows the hdd, but says it is NTFS, when I formatted to exFat.

[@Sryvo]

How do i download games I dont own on a disc?

[@swagerskater493]

What If you don’t have physical game disc can someone explain how to get the games

[@saschathetrashpanda]

Can you help me because I have usb loader gx but I don’t have a flush with it

[@smallbearr9219]

do you need a hard drive? or can i use a regular usb

[@EBCHILL2]

Mine keeps freezing when its installing

[@paynerogers3440]

Does it work with Metroid Prime 3?

[@michaelbini1103]

How to load .iso for wii and gamecube game files i already have?

[@JTSund]

you said no disc and you just add a disc

[@Izastv]

This was epic... Thank you. Can you please maka a video on how to download nba2k to psvita. Please..

[@brandonybarra6595]

Thats not a thing. To my knowledge theres no official or homebrewed or android port of nba2k release for vita. You have to stream it from a ps4.

[@Izastv]

@@brandonybarra6595 much appreciated

[@jvcmercado]

can i use a ssd insted of hdd?

[@JutmanCustoms]

Hey. I’m using Wii Flow on a PAL Wii but when I play NTSC games in RGB on my CRT the screen goes red. Any ideas? (Screen is fine when in composite)

[@blainelocklair]

Interesting. So when using RGB, that's through component? I wonder if it's a sync issue caused from the regions of the game titles themselves. Like a PAL version being 50fps and an NTSC one being 60fps. Maybe try using one or the other when hooked up through RGB /component (the different regions of the same title) to see what outcomes you get.

[@LoftyCrofty]

Idk if it will work but my crt can change between pal and ntsc, it might be worth you checking your tvs settings to see if you can do that

[@tehbrozpotatoz7267]

Can i so this on macos?

[@d3f4ulty_gl1tchr]

Are you going to do a video on the ps3 4.90 jailbreak??!?!

[@KDiaz-hy1xx]

Ok, but the reason I was looking up videos like this is because my disc drive has died. The latter of this video was not helpful.

[@h_nrique0740]

you need something that connects to a wii usb port to store your games💀

[@brandonybarra6595]

Have you covered the process for running wii and gamecube games from the sd card instead of a flash drive?I faintly remember the Cios installer being a little different of a set up and it requiring wiiflow instead of usb loader gx but I figured some people might prefer that route. Great video as always.

[@mr.friday8011]

I think there’s a setting in usb loader gx where you can set it to read the sd card instead of usb

[@brandonybarra6595]

@@mr.friday8011 if you get the chance maybe check and confirm that it reads both gamecube and wii games. if I remember correctly it only reads one of the two from an sd card(cant recall if it was gamecube or wii that shows up with that setting on)

[@vitsseth5661]

For some reason I can’t download the meta an icon links

[@Matt-rc6mv]

Same here did you make it work?

[@Brax_is_bad]

Why do you need the drive can you do this with only the sd card

[@Sjdusbsb]

How???

[@Gale_Force_Raceway]

Need your help RE: this video Blaine! We have a modded Wii running 6 different emulators now thx to your previous videos! ISSUE: Our USB drive, formatted FAT32 (3 different brands as a test) all fail to be recognized.(we think?) We just copied our disc to HD like you did but noted it went to our 32GB SD Card instead (x:\wbfs\folder of game name\(game name) rather than our USB stick in back-- Should I do that structure too? We just have the games in no folders in WBFS already though... also of note- this USB stick already has about 8 ROMS on it, and were looking to add more, but no matter what we do, we don't see our games? Sorry so long, THANK YOU!!! 🙃🙂

[@brandonybarra6595]

Use wiiflow and move the games to an sd card instead of a usb.

[@edwinmedina9248]

Does this also work for Wii U? I've been trying to figure out how to get games

[@brandonybarra6595]

You can mod the wii u and the vwii(wii channel) but the process is different and requires different files. Should be some tutorials on youtube.

[@crew2xbox]

Do I have to download his version of nintendont I soft modded my Wii when I was 12 now I'm 13 so now I'm kinda rusty and do I need the 2tb hdd/ssd or can I use a sub 3.0 32 gig thumb drive

[@crew2xbox]

Usb*

[@animeloveer97]

You can use a thumb drive yes 32 gb is fine I did that for a while until I got a external USB hard drive

[@Lightwaves7984]

Does this work on the wii channel on wii u? Can the channel be jailbroken as well?

[@brandonybarra6595]

You can mod the wii u OS as well as the Vwii(wii channel) side but the process is different. I wouldnt use this specific video for wii u stuff though. Might end up with mismatched files.

[@Lightwaves7984]

@@brandonybarra6595 ah ok thanks!

[@saeedhassan7927]

can i use a usb flash drive?

[@LexikMusic]

yea but ehdd is recommended (external hdd)

[@jeremybratland7710]

I have a 1TB external hard drive that is formatted to Fat32. My Mac and my Windows systems both read that it is a 1TB hard drive but the Wii's Homebrew channel reads it as 0.19GB. Does anyone have any ideas as to what the issue is?

[@jamesguralski5156]

Don't use Toshiba hard drives... Western digital is the best.

[@callumdaddy2657]

Wait whats the diferrence?

[@brummiepcgamer568]

hacks wii and puts original games on it lol

[@NumberJuancho]

i have an error, i tried to instal a game into my 32 gb pendrive and already said 100% and nothing happens, i tried

[@NumberJuancho]

update. it was the pendrive, i change the pendrive and it works, but that pendrive is only 8 gb, :( if someone can help me, pls

[@firetigergaming8176]

i tried this before and my sandisk usb drives got bricked and its really bad cause there expensive

[@_sherwin_offcial]

PS4 jailbreak 10.01

[@erict8641]

plz stop calling it "jailbraking" its called modding. u r modding the console.

[@soniboy180]

It's called jail breaking dude. You aren't modding anything. You're jail breaking the system's firmware and failsafes.

[@beLOWmee]

Nope

[@thekosz5931]

: jailbreaks modify (a smartphone or other electronic device) to remove restrictions imposed by the manufacturer or operator, e.g. to allow the installation of unauthorized software. "in order to use these programs, iPhone owners have to jailbreak their device"

[@thekosz5931]

A simple google search will let you know that it is jail breaking

[@erict8641]

@@soniboy180 so i guess when u use a "modchip" u call it jailbraking also? i been doing this stuff since the psx/xbox days. we never ever called it jail breaking. its modding. new school ppl just change whatever they want...

[@DichWillen]

Not to be pedantic, but YOU didn't "come up" with anything here. It's all very clearly explained on Wii Guide and other sources. Also, Nintendont doesn't need to be downloaded separately. It's already integrated in USB Loader GX.

[@squidjam]

When does he say that he's come up with anything? The guy even tells you that where to find the info...