Have you used Homebrew on yourt Wii? Do you have any tips or apps to suggest? If so, leave a comment below.

Wii-Linux: No hardware hack would be complete without the obligatory Linux build!.

MPlayer CE: A media player for Wii (DVDx required) that includes playlists and DVD movie playback.

Additionally, Gecko OS now includes “Ocarina” a homebrew cheat app, reminiscent of Action Replay or Game Genie.

Gecko OS: Lets you play Wii discs from other regions (DVDx required).

The Homebrew Browser: An app that lets you browse and install homebrew apps to your SD card straight from your Wii without this, you have to remove the SD cards and copy apps onto it using your computer.

Here are some other apps to check out once you have Homebrew running: Once that is done, you will have a new Channel on your home screen called “The Homebrew Channel,” and the geeky fun can really begin! It can also optionally install DVDx (which lets you use apps that use the DVD drive: recommended) and BootMii (which protects against bricking).

Bannerbomb will then run the “HackMii” installer which installs the Homebrew Channel.

This will install the Bannerbomb exploit which is what makes Homebrew possible. It should pop up a dialog asking you to “Load boot.dol/elf?” to which you should say yes. The Open Shop Channel is a homebrew apps library for the Nintendo Wii, providing services to more easily obtain and manage content.

Now fire up your Wii and go to SD Card menu in the bottom left of the home/channel screen.

Copy the HackMii installer file, “installer.elf,” to the root of your SD card and rename it to “boot.elf”.

Unzip the Bannerbomb files to your SD card.

Create a folder named “private” on the root level of your SD card if there isn’t one already.

An SD card (FAT32 formatted) and Wi-Fi connection.

HackMii Installer v0.6 and Bannerbomb v2.

After installation, the channel is accessible from the Wii Menu just like any other Wii channel.

A Wii running the latest Wii System Menu 4.2 (of course, Wii Homebrew is possible on older versions, but the installation process is slightly different, so for the sake of this how-to, I will assume you have the newest update). The Homebrew Channel is a self-updating (discontinued) application created by Team Twiizers, which allows users to easily load and use homebrew applications, without having to use exploits such as Bannerbomb or Twilight Hack every time they run a new application.

Warning: Proceed at your own risk! If you read the documentation included with the installers and use caution you will be enjoying the fruits of Wii Homebrew in no time, but be warned that if you do something silly there is always that tiny chance of “bricking” your Wii. In this tutorial we will show you how you can install in a few steps the Homebrew Channel on your Nintendo Wii game console.

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