Copy Wii Games: Why Is It Important?

Sometimes, I’m astounded at the number of people who haven’t learned to copy Wii games yet. I even have some friends that ask me why it’s so important to make copies at all. They say that they have one copy, so why do they need another? Well, I’m about to elucidate…

Well, for one, think about this: When you’re heavy into a game, trying to beat it and defeat the evil emperor Zurg or whomever the villain in the game is, and your disc falls and breaks or gets scratched, it sucks hardcore. If you want to finish up the game, you have no choice other than to go to Wal-Mart and buy that same game title again. My point is this: games are expensive, and replacing them is no small matter.

And then there’s the fact that games are fragile. It’s like a one-two punch. If they were just fragile, but not expensive, or expensive but not fragile, then perhaps making backups wouldn’t be so important. But the games get damaged at the drop of a hat, and then cost a lot of money to replace. A lot of times you CAN’T afford to replace them right away, and then you’re stuck playing whatever crappy old games you’ve already beaten. The best policy is to burn copies of your games, and then only use those copies to play with; you put the master copy up where it’ll be safe.

On a final note, think back to all of the times that you’ve misplaced Wii games. You’re playing a game, having a grand old time on a Saturday night. Then, you get up on Sunday to play that same game, and it’s not where you remember leaving. In fact, you scour the house, and come up empty handed. You never see the game again, and are left puzzled over what actually became of it. This never happens now that I make backups. I have 2 or 3 copies of each game ready to go, so if something happens to one, I just grab the next disc in line.

But, you’re thinking now, how in the crap do you actually copy Wii games? You’ve probably tried burning one with iTunes or Windows Media Player, and then wondered why the copy wouldn’t play. This is because of two reasons, that we CAN get around. First is that fact that games have to be in a bootable format, called a .ISO file. Second is that they have encryption on them. And it’s worth noting, at this point, that making bootable, playable copies of Wii games is perfectly legal as long as it’s for personal use only.

What you do is to download this special program from any of the top game copy websites. You install it on your PC or Mac, and then rip the game to your hard drive. It strips off the encryption at the same time. You then use the same utility to burn the .ISO file to a blank disc. In only 4 steps and about 20 minutes, you’ve got a brand new backup disc that you’ll have on hand as insurance in case anything happens to your precious master copy.

So don’t forget, make backups of your precious discs, and you’ll have more cash to shell out for NEW games, instead of buying existing games over and over.

I hope you enjoyed this article. Take care!

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