My ULTIMATE Modded Wii for 2020 and Beyond!
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
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In this episode of My Virtuarcade we take a detailed look at my ULTIMATE modded Wii for 2020 and beyond! We’ll be looking at the custom aesthetic mods I’ve done to my Wii, as well as take a virtual tour of the SOFTWARE mods I have installed and my personalized menu setup. This Wii is over 10 years in the making... hope you all enjoy!!
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SynthWiive (v2) USBLGX theme by D-CEPTICON:
drive.google.com/file/d/1CuC6...
Synthwive v1 and install guide:
• 2021 Wii USB Loader GX...
Emulator icons by D-CEPTICON:
drive.google.com/file/d/1CC3e...
TUTORIAL LINKS (Give these guys a like and sub... they deserve it!)
Wii Soft-mod 2019: • Mod A Nintendo Wii Fro...
USB Loader GX (Wii): • Wii USBLoaderGX
FCE Ultra GX (NES): • Video
SNES9X GX (SNES): • [TUTORIAL] How to inst...
Wii64/Not64 (N64): • The Best Wii Nintendo ...
Nintendont (GC): • Video
MAME (Arcade): • How to Setup Retroarch...
Retroarch (Arcade): • [TUTORIAL] How to inst...
Genesis Plus GX (Sega Genesis): • [TUTORIAL] How to Inst...
WiiSXR (Playstation 1) • The Best Wii PlayStati...
Install VC and Wiiware wads: • Setup WiiMod Lite WAD ...
everybody gangsta until the wii turns into a gaming pc
😂😂
Gaming wiic
LMFAO
Who would have guessed that you can play games on a Wii.
LOL
Fun Fact: This guy downloaded the entire internet to his Wii.
You stole this comment from a dif video lol
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I have no words for CLEAN this looks
I’m almost done with nodding my wii and my uncles wii in a similar fashion. I’ve used this video as inspiration for my final product. Thank you so much for the free emulator icons, they have such a clean look!
Hey man I’m glad my vid inspired you! Be sure to do a vid of your modded Wii when done and send me the link. I’d like to see💯
@@djd-cepticon7215 of course bro!!
whats it like to nod a wii?
This is fucking amazing. This is one of two of the greatest modded Wii showcases I've seen so far.
Can you send me a link to the other one?
This guy: Just chilling
His wii one day:
Error Code #003
Unauthorized Device Detected
Haha i highly doubt that, man. 10 years modded and never had an issue like that. Also, priiloader :)
That happens when you install an incorrect system menu region on your console (I think.)
@@djd-cepticon7215 my wii says system files are corrupted any ideas how to fix
@@hypershadicthehedgehog697 can you still load up the menu?
@@crizzs No
Awesome to see this beast doing god’s work in today’s day and age! Soon, I’m going to be getting 10 32GB USB Drives that will hold many different games and software I plan to use to make my Wii very similar to yours. At first I was just going to use them to play the GCN Mario Parties, but after seeing this, I have been invigorated to do even more. (Thanks!)
Glad I could be part of the motivation to get your Wii to the next level! Good luck man!
Screw 10 Flashdrives, just get an external HDD. Would be alot cheaper too.
So awesome to see! Really inspires me to do some modding!
Good to hear! Modding is definitely a fun hobby💯
This is an awesome Wii! I like the physical stuff you did on it too!
Thanks, man!
HOLLY S*IT DUDE! This is just epic! You’ve done brilliant on your Wii! Keep it up man!
Thanks for watching!🙌🏼
Wow, this is a masterpiece!
Thanks for the support, man!
First of all, your USB Loader Menu is the coolest I have ever seen buddy, well done! Also, gotta say I learned a lot from reading the comments on here and your replies, you're a helpful man. Just wanted to ask you if you could tell me what dimensions you used on your Atari box art to get them to work with Wii2600 please. I can't seem to be able to do it. Thanks in advance.
Hey man thanks for sticking around and glad this channel is of some help. The Atari box art dims I have are 320 w X 210 h (pixels). Hopefully that works for you.
New to the Wii modding world , love your video. Also put the theme from here 🎉🎉thanks
Id be interested to see more the hardmods. I thought about using my wii to learn how to put led in, and I really like the clear panel
Thanks for watching! You will need a Nintendo 3-star mini screwdriver to take apart the Wii.
@@djd-cepticon7215 that's the worst part about Nintendo they made sure to make it just that much harder to work on your own devices.
Love the setup man. And what I really like is your box art for the emulators. Is there any chance of a future video for how to setup USB loader to show the path to use your own custom box art? And if it's not to cheeky will you set up a download file for your custom box art? I think they're awesome. 10/10
Hey thanks for the support! Actually you don’t really need to set up any particular path, if I’m understanding your question, correctly. You just need to locate your boxart folder i think called “covers”. It should either be on your sd card or external HD, depending on where you decided to have it saved. Next, find the png file of the emulator you want to change. Get the new png you want to use and rename it as the same file name you want to replace, and that should be it. I can upload what I have but it is only the emulators I showed. Just make sure to replace my file names with what you have on your emulator images. Hope this helps!
@@djd-cepticon7215 thanks man. Yea you've explained it perfectly, I'm going to try and set it up later (fingers crossed lol). Thanks again, stay safe and looking forward to future vids
freaking awesome. I will eventually do this.
Thanks for watching! Definitely put it up on youtube when done so us wii modders can see💯
@@djd-cepticon7215 I have an old version of usb loader on mine and I'm slowly adding games. I need to update my apps and then work on the themes you're using.
Very impressive. I wish to softmod my wii too. Im watching videos to see if it is possible for me. A nice overview of what a softmodded wii offers.
Thanks for watching! Don’t be intimidated, I’ve never modded a Wii before either and learned a lot with this project. Good luck, man👌🏼
Nice man! I use this theme too.. but im on wiiflow.. start booting up with my background music. Loved it!
It’s a good looking theme, but didn’t exist for usb loader. Thankfully I’m a graphic designer and was able to port it haha
@@djd-cepticon7215 do you maybe have a download link for those themes? Kind regards.
@@IsusVonBier same question
Hell of a vid, bro. Keep at it. You've done WAY more than I ever could. 👍
Thanks for watching as well as for the sub, man! I used to think the same about my Wii since I suck at modding, but just consider the Wii an ongoing project. It will get there!
Thanks man
Dude please do some tutorials of your own! The ones in the description are good but you took it to the next level with your finesse, touch, and execution of design and layout!
The whole process for me was trial and error. I left the tutorials I followed in hopes to get more people to customize their Wii to their ideal perfect look. That’s the fun part about this, man. Creativity :) Thanks for watching!
LOVE the setup man awesome work
Thanks for watching, fam🙌🏼
I wonder what the Wii U and 3DS will be like since now their eshops are close. I hope they become as good as the Wii did. Also, that's a sick ass Wii and setup.
Hey love the video, I've spent the entire weekend trying to get my Wii up to what youre doing. Got new SNES and N64 working all using their own programs - I'd love to be able to integrate them into usbloadergx how did you do that? Also are you using priiloader for to boot into usbloader? Would love to see a video on how to do the box art for N64 and ps1!
Hey thanks for watching and also for the sub! Eh, I'm really not good at tutorials, tbh. As far as the emulators working through USB Loader GX, I think I followed this tutorial gbatemp.net/threads/usb-loader-gx-pluggin-mod-need-help-showing-roms.515862/ . For your second question, yes, I changed a setting in Priiloader that allows me to directly boot into USB Loader GX. Lastly, I did some research and in order to get N64 box-art to work, you need to download the "Wii64 RICE" emulator. That version allows box-art. For PS1, for now I still think there's a way for box art to work.
@@djd-cepticon7215 yo thx so much bro
@@djd-cepticon7215 me too but I keep making the USB get corrupted
This is incredible, I would love to mod my wii now
You definitely should mod your Wii, it has a lot of potential! Thanks for the sub =)
@@djd-cepticon7215 Got my Wii, got my 128g usb and 32g SD. Problem, where do I start..
@@donjohn5542 Hey congrats man! I included a bunch of tutorial links in the vid description so try those out. They’re still current.
I love your Wii selection and have largely modeled my load out to match yours. Lately, I've been working on my cousin's Wii and doing the same. I bought him Gamecube controllers, classic controllers, and just need to buy him the Wii guns.
Thanks man! That’s really cool of you to do that for your cousin. I think the Wii is the most versatile console out there. Don’t forget to snag a few wheels and arcade sticks!💯
That's sick. Well done.
dope video, i just modded my wii for ctgp and this is really helpful
The ultimate pirate. Mad respect to you
The Wii has obvious limitations, but even in 2023, its still an effective emulator/games machine. I feel I've been tinkering with my Wii for almost 15 years now. Played the OutRun port recently (via Cannonball engine), and its arcade perfect/superior (with 60fps option), and raised a huge smile. The OG Xbox and Wii have left a very lasting legacy.
Would be nice if it could recognize a steering wheel for Outrun, though
This is amazing bro
Question though how long did it take to do all this
For all of the outside case mods, maybe about 3 months on and off. All of the emulators and custom usb loader interface were done over 10 years.
Just modded my GBA, I thought I’d see if there was any mods for my WII.... I was not disappointed
Thanks for watching! Awesome man, you got a video? I’d want to see what the GBA mod looks like.
Awesome video man! I'm currently trying to setup my Wii for the best emulation on my new crt :) quick question though; do the gx channels (snesgx, fce ultra gx) generally emulate better than retroarch? I see you mostly use retroarch for arcade but was curious if you had tried it for other systems as well and if it stacks up or surpasses the alternatives. Thanks!
Hey thanks for watching! Good question. Since you are on a Wii, you’ll definitely get better performance out of the console emulators. Reason being that Nintendo had official classic releases from the Wii Shop Channel if you remember. Games for Neo-Geo, Snes, Nes, Genesis/mega drive, etc., so the coding is in the system. Retroarch should be used for Arcade only, imo.
What a beautiful console. It's truly perfect.
Thanks for watching!
I absolutely love the Wii and I'm currently using mine to play the SNES cult classic fighting game Weaponlord. When I'm not doing that I play Mario Kart Wii online or the latest version of Project M now known as Project+.
Weaponlord is dope! Going to include that in one of my next retro fighting game vids. I don't play Project M but glad it's still going strong! Thanks for watching!
@@djd-cepticon7215 Probably the main reasons to play the original Wii in 2020 are for the Mario Kart Wii mod CTGP Revolution and the Brawl mod Project+. All the other stuff is gravy. BTW, I really like the way you've updated your Wii console. Sorta looks like a high-end PC.
It’s a high-end Wii lol. Thanks buddy!
How do you play the wii online? Does the Mario kart have there own servers? Is there any other games that people are playing online? Thanks
@nick tade Watch this for playing MK Wii online. You will need the original game disc. ruclips.net/video/-G0x9R1C3Uw/видео.html
A entire Wii multi-media center, my God this is cool
Sick looking console! Just a quick question.. does the retro achievements function in retroarch work on the wii?
I don’t think so. This is a pretty old version of Retroarch.
This is amazing!!!!!
Thanks man!
Nice set up!
Thanks, man!
Dude the BEST ever !!!! .....I dont know if u can do a video on getting the cover art to load up, I got it to work for the SNES but nes and sega I cant, I have watched hrs of videos n still nothing , please help since u are the King !!!!
Thanks for watching! I don’t really do tutorials but I can give you some pointers for where I had the same issues:
- Make sure the cover png files are in the correct folder (root/fceugx/covers/3D), i only have 3D covers hence that folder.
- Make sure the png file names match EXACTLY to the rom file names (if your rom says “1942 (USA).nes”, the cover file must say “1942 (USA).png”.
- In the emulator, go to Settings/Saving & Loading. Look for “Screenshots Folder” and set it to “fceugx/covers/3D”. Again, if you want 2D, then swap out all of my “3D” directions with 2D. And make sure your emulator folder name in tje root of the sd card matches exactly to the emulator folder in your apps folder (ex: “fceugx” in sd root must match “fceugx” in apps.
Hope this helps man!
@@djd-cepticon7215 thank u so much for this !!!!
Two Questions:
How did you get the box art for each of the emulators? Also, how did you get the emulators to appear on the USB Loader GX menu itself?
I have to go to the Homebrew Channel to launch them from the apps folder
Hey, do you know what happened to your emulator icons? the link in description doesn't work anymore it seems ... "Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist."
The may flash wii to hdmi adapter is better then hyperkin the best way to buy it is on eBay as its always out of stock on Amazon
If you showed me this 9 years ago I would have my mind blown
Thanks for watching in 2020!
Your Wii is gorgeous
This is awesome!
Thanks, man!
@@djd-cepticon7215 You are welcome! :)
How did you cut the case? Do you have any photos of the wiring? I'd love to mod my wii like this!
This is a severely overlooked video on the Wii
Amigo una pregunta de dónde sacaste el punto positivo y negativo para las luces LED gracias ...
Do you know if the ps1 emulator lets you switch disc for disc 2? I have it all set up on my Wii and I’m curious if it will allow me to advance legend of dragoon past the first disc. There isn’t much info on this and I may just have to play up to that part and experiment myself.
hi i am trying to get the theme your using for usb gx loader but i dont know from where. appreciate if you could help me how to get it and thank you very much
Looks awesome
Great setup, question, do yuo have the list of wii/GC games that don't require the motion controls?
@Rueben Jesse I don’t have a list, but check out my other vids like these that showcase games that use a CC or arcade stick.
ruclips.net/video/V5e071HrD-s/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/WgHA7pGzT90/видео.html
Very cool. Can you or do you have a video on how to mode the wii software?
Thanks for watching! I actually supplied a ton of links in the video description so you should be able find lots of help there.
I just want to know how you got all of the shell mods done.
very impressive man forreal
Thanks for watching, fam💯
@@djd-cepticon7215 Yessir, I'm actually trying to mod a wii for the first time and completely lost on where to start.
I included a bunch of links in the vid description for tutorials I followed. You need a 32gb sd card. First thing you need to do is letter-bomb, after that I’d suggest adding usb loader gx or wiiflow lite (you’ll need an external hard drive for all the wii/GC games. After that then add your emulators and you should be set.
Very nice setup! I just got CGTP and MK Black onto my USBLoaderGX. I've modded hundreds of Wiis back in the day but only now just getting around to enjoying it with my son. Alot I haven't explored yet, I'll be trying to match what you have. What size HDD? FAT32? Any good recommendations on where I can get WADs? Is it possible to install WADs on the HDD? What's the max SD card? Sorry for all the questions, it's been ages.
Thanks for watching! CTGP and MK Black are awesome! For my setup, I have a 32gb SD card, 1TB HDD formatted to FAT32. I have a bunch of helpful links in the vid description for wads, and yes you can install (Wiiware/VC) wads onto the HDD my “emunand”. I think the best SD card size to go with would be 32gb.
i am trying to find the theme your using for usb gx loader but i got no clue from where to get it. appreciate your help if you could help me and thank you very much
very inspiring, I've gotten so disapointed with the emulators on the wii, I always want to play a game that does not work. but I still love having a modded wii. I'm still trying to figure out the sd card menu stuff, installing wads onto it and such to save space. I can't belive how much entertainment this machine has.
Hey thanks for watching! Not sure what kind of problems you’re having. Which emulator, which game? And yes the Wii is a little beast. It’s become my entertainment time capsule💯
Cool, is there a tutorial on how to mod the software like yours?
Do you have a tutorial of modding the actual case? Love the clear side panel
Sorry man I don’t. It was pretty much a trial-and-error until I got it to look like what I wanted. Someone else asked the same question so look through the comments. I left a good list of things I did and needed. Hope that helps!
@@djd-cepticon7215
There aren't case mod like this but for the Wii U right?
What is the name for the UI's for your emulators and your Wii game showcase?
You can delete the ._filename files in your roms directory. MacOS puts them in but they're not needed by the Wii.
Dude I have always wondered about that but never found a straight answer. Thank you!🙌🏼💯
Hi, very cool mod!
I'm interested on dedicating my wii to lightgun games, have you been able to get some of the lightgun mame roms to work on the wii?
@Ivan Pelayo Solis I sure have! I actually did a vid on lightgun games on the Wii using different emulators. I’ll do another one soon. ruclips.net/video/7SC7wuDAoJc/видео.html
One day, I want my wii to look like that
Hey! How did you get the extra channel slots? I noticed that instead of the normal 4 pages of channels, there was 20 pages. Thanks!
Dayum bro that wii looking like a fish tank
Ngl I forgot I soft modded my Wii for brawl mods and project m way back in like 2008/2009. Also modded the Wii mode on my Wii U. Might be time to bring it back
I have a question for you, I downloaded your theme and emulator icons (They look so good btw) but for some reasons only the nes one shows up with my emulators, the rest is the default box any clue?
You need to replace the names of my icon files with the default box file names. Btw this is an outdated video, check out the newer one or head to the discord😊
wow great job you did
Thankls man!
That actually looks amazing.. is it possible to get one of these? Or is it only a you thing?
This has been an ongoing project for myself :). Thanks for watching tho!
@@djd-cepticon7215 of course.. you know, you could turn this into a business, if you had that desire
T81 Nintendo ninjas👀
What's t81 nintendo ninjas?
@DJDCEPTICON Where can i get that glass for the wii ? That you’ve installed ?
I use this theme too.. but im on wiiflow. Nice man
Out of curiosity, why do you use Wiiflow over USB Loader GX? Maybe I'll do a vid sometime about opinions on the two.
DJ D-CEPTICON USB loader Gx broke for me and I couldn’t fix it so switched to Wiiflow
@David O Broke? Hm, sounds like a corrupt file somewhere in the folder.
DJ D-CEPTICON yeah seems that was the case. after I switched to wii flow USB loader later fixed itself. So probably was a corrupted Boot dol or something
Hi. I been having troubles with the SNES emulator, controller related. I can't use the classic controller and I know it has issues with third party controllers. Did you apply any mods or twiked the setup for it to work fine? Thanks
I had the same issues with FCE Ultra GX and SNES9xGx, I think the controller gets stuck on the ‘up’ direction. For this, I bought a Classic Controller-to-Gamecube-Wii adapter www.raphnet-tech.com/products/classic_to_gcwii_adapter/index.php It fixed that with my fighting sticks and classic controller.
Hi would you be able to give some advice as to how I set the rom path to my external drive via usb for mame rather then the sd card.
Everytime I start mame, I get an error asking me to specify rompath in mame.ini file. I’m new to all this and trying to get the hang of things
have you tried using wiiflow/w plugins? it's so good and also supports covers, but you need at least a 16GB SD
Yea it’s a really clean interface but I’m too used to USB Loader.
can you do a vid on your mcable and hyperkin setup and compare it to component ? I really want to get the best image quality out of tatsunoku vs capcom.
I don’t have a video capture card, so doing a compassion video wouldn’t show the quality of either setup. But I can say from personal experience snd from watching other videos is that the hyperkin and mClassic will definitely give a better image than components alone. The mClassic smoothens out a lot of tue jagged edges, which components do not do. The thing to think about is if the +$120 price point is worth it to you for the setup. I play my Wii every day on a big screen so I totally think it’s worth it. Btw, TvC looks 🔥🔥 with the setup.
how can I install the emulator icons espacilly in which folder?
@nintendo give this man a job
Geez they’d get their lawsuit ninjas on me first lol
Great vid bro! I have component out for 480p but have just received my Mclassic which I can already see amazing improvements to my PS2 games running via a Japanese CECHA00 60gb PS3...in your experience how much of an upgrade would the Hyperkin+Mclassic be over component @480p? Thanks!
Hey man! Thanks for the support! You’re just running 480p component directly to the tv? If that’s the case then Hyperkin + Mclassic will definitely have better image quality. Less jagged edges and brighter colors with a pure 1080p output. Don’t forget to get a hdmi spiltter so you can switch between the two consoles using the same mclassic 😉
@@djd-cepticon7215 I disagree the hyperkin doesn't make a difference when comparing it to component cables
@lewis camacho jr Are you talking about component cables in combination with the MClassic, or component cables alone? In the case of just components vs hyperkin (minus the MClassic), then you are correct.
@@djd-cepticon7215 Thanks for your reply man! So in conclusion Hyperkin vs component is pretty much the same with no real advantage/improvement but a Hyperkin + Mclassic is a noticable upgrade?
@biggus dickus just noticed your name haha! Bingo, man. I’m sure there is component to hdmi converter on amazon you can find in order to use components + MClassic.
Wow, looks cool. What LED light you use?
Please send the link
Just look on Amazon. They’re cheap LEDs
how do you get to load movies on the wii and be able to watch it all you could not play all of those games and movies in your lifetime and complete them as well
Hold my beer.
Nice wii dude, where do u get your GC wii games from? Ty
@@djd-cepticon7215 my dad has a wii sitting at his joint doing nothing, I think I might pay him a visit haha
@@AirtimeSigns haha do it, man! So worth it!
very cool wii man, also heres a question about the LED’s, how did you add them?
Thanks fam💯 I took out the metal casing to make more room then got led strips (not water proof so they’re thinner) and lined them inside the casing. Cut a small square hole in the back for the led power cables.
@@djd-cepticon7215 thats cool, did you solder LED’s from a wire onto the board? if so what connections did you solder it to?
No soldering involved, just ran the power adapter through the back hole that was cut.
Can I connect joycons or Bluetooth controllers. I would wanna play the GameCube Mario party games
How did you get boxart to show for your retro games? Please let me know.
Hello!
Can you please provide a download link for the WiiRadio forwarder you have? It's rare, and some people have been looking for it for a long time.
Thanks!
hi, i just want to ask if, how did you installed your gamecube games in usb loader gx? i'm having some problem with it, when i'm already loading it up, it always takes me back to homebrew channel.
Here is a recent tutorial I found. Hope it helps:
ruclips.net/video/uKz1VmC27f8/видео.html
now that's what they call an ULTIMATE Modded WIi
How do you get your box arts on snes and other emulators??
Any chance you have your sd card in a file without the roms so i could copy it and put on my card i have a 32 gb card but a 2tb hdd i get how to do it all on wii but the computer to card extracting gets me lost at places
I do not, man. Sorry.
I have the Hyperkin and mClassic but the mClassic doesn't seem to do anything
You may have some incorrect settings. Drop by my discord and I’ll try to help you figure it out. hey join me on Discord! Invite expires in 7 days. discord.gg/XyXGqP7y
Sorry for the obvious question... where is the 1tb hdd, did you hide it from camera view? Or did you find a way to install it internally?
It wasn’t shown in the vid. At this point there’s not enough space inside to fit an HDD. Thanks for watching!
Why do you have a female to female adapter when it should plug right into the mclassic without it?
i love this! i was wondering how you were able to get retroarch to show up though? could you point to a video or site where that step might be explained?
Try this tutorial I followed, hope it helps!
ruclips.net/video/JivsnLCh1Uo/видео.html
@@djd-cepticon7215 thanks so much! that did help! i was able to install retroarch but i still have to tinker with it a bit.
one last quick question: i don't know if you explained how you were able to port over the wiiflow theme to usb loader. could you direct me one last time please?
I didn’t technically port it. I just grabbed another theme and photoshopped some of the background images.
@@djd-cepticon7215 ahhh. so you just created your own theme based on rhapsodi?
Haha yup! I tried the theme creator but got too lazy and just used my graphic design knowledge instead😋
How can you autoboot your Wii into usb loader gx? I was trying but I can't do it...
You need to go into bootmii and change the option. Try this tut: ruclips.net/video/mhdgj82hvN8/видео.html
pretty cool. How much did you have to pay for those two output cable to get HD? Thanks
I got the mClassic during their crowd-fund and paid $75. Now it is about $100. The Hyperkin hdmi adapter I think is about $15-$20, and the female-to-female hdmi connector is only a few bucks.
@@djd-cepticon7215 ok thanks!
Im trying to play batman superman and rtype on my mame it's not working plz help
I think there are homebrew-utilities out there that you let connect DualShock controllers to you Wii, do you think they‘d work with the PS1 emulator or with any of the others?
I’ve seen a YT vid of someone using multiple controllers but I’m mot sure if they’d work in the emulators. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work since a wiimote is just bluetooth.
Where do you get all your iso's for the games from?
Hey, external changes aside, would you consider making me a replica if I crossed your palm with silver?
Quick question, could I use a USB powered led strip and plug the USB through the back¿ (obviously a hole will be needed)
Yep you can do that👌🏼