Instructions on How to Backup Wii Games

More readers and listeners of my podcast are writing to me everyday, as well as tweeting at me on Twitter, and asking for a complete instructional guide as to how to copy Wii games. I can’t stand to think that I’m letting my fans down. So here’s the guide that I put together. Hope you like it!

Now, years back, you needed to put in a mod chip to be able to enjoy copied games. I had written about mod chips in the past, in this article. Basically, a mod chip is actually a specific type of computer chip that you have to place inside your Wii console. This calls for breaking open your own Nintendo wii, which in turn voids the warrantee.

These days, though, it’s possible to play copied Wii games without voiding your warranty. This is because you don’t have to do anything to your Wii itself to make it possible. Instead, you simply use special software when you’re copying the games to strip off the encryption so that you can play the games on any, unmodded, Wii.

So, before I ramble anymore, here is the guide:

1st Step:

The first thing that you’ll need to do is get a copy of the software that I talked about up above. Once you’ve paid for it, start the download, and run the executable file.

Step Two:

Install the program. Get the file on the desktop. Double click it. Click next each time that it asks you. You’ll be aware that you’re finished when you are getting a screen letting you know that the set up is finished.

Third Step:

Make the tough decision on which game in your collection to copy first. It’s completely up to you and has no bearing on the rest of this process. Load the game disc into your PC’s DVD burner drive.

Step Four:

Start the game clone program which you installed. (Just double click on the icon within the desktop)

Step Five:

If we were copying a simple music disc, there would no encryption or strange file formats to deal with and, if we had two CD or DVD burners, we could simply copy from one drive to another. With a game disc, though, you don’t have a choice and you MUST rip the disc to your hard drive. Choose the option in the drop down menu within the game copy program for this, and tell it to store the file on your desktop. Hit “Start”.

Sixth Step:

At this point, the rip should be completed. It may have taken up to 10 minutes, but don’t move on until it’s finished. If it finished with an error code, then grab delete the .ISO and start over with step 2. Now, remove the game disc from the CD drive. Insert a blank disc. (Don’t have one? Run up to Office Depot and buy a pack. I’ll wait.) In the same drop down menu that I mentioned before, choose “Write” to get ready to burn the blank disc. Select the .ISO file that it ripped to your desktop. Click “Start” once again.

Seventh Step:

After it completes, this application will play some amusing tunes to show you that it’s done, and will report that it is finished. Excellent! Now you simply just remove the game, jot down a label onto it using a sharpie pen, and you are all set! Remember to put your master copy of your game in a safe and secure location, and also to always play with the copied game!

Which means that you now don’t have to be some sort of hardware hacker or even void your manufacturer’s warranty in order to backup games as is your legal right. Just adhere to these instructions, and you’ll be fine!

The writer is a former Soviet engineer who dabbles in hardward modding in his free time. Recently, he’s gotten into blogging, and has put together a review of the best software to copy wii games. Learn more about how to copy wii games here.. This article, Instructions on How to Backup Wii Games is available for free reprint.