Korean Nintendo Wii

[guzzard]

Hello,

I have a Korean Wii with firmware 3.3K and chip D2SUN 3.0 installed. I can boot Untouched Korean backups and some USA/JAP games (also have to be untouched), but i cannot get any Homebrew running. I get error messages every time. See pictures below. If anyone knows what I do wrong, or can help me get things running please contact me! Thanks!

Trying to install HBC8:
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2307/img2847pa3.jpg

Gecko OS 1.07b (dol):
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/4813/img2848hu2.jpg

Gecko OS 1.07b (elf):
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/922/img2849cn5.jpg

Trying to install HBC7:
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3532/img2850ly4.jpg

Trying to start Zelda: TP trough Backup launcher 0.1 (WiiGate):
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9035/img2851ns9.jpg

WadManager 1.21:
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/185/img2852ya5.jpg

Custom IOS installer 1.2:
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2923/img2853zi5.jpg

[Link]

Most homebrew requires IOS21 and so.. you can try an import game and try to install their update.. considering you're on 3.3 it shouldn't brick or semi-brick your Wii but you'll end up with duplicated weather and news channels..

Do not brickblock the discs!

I'll check for a few games in my own collection:
-Smash Bros (EU): IOS11,12,13,14,15,17,20,21,22,28,30,31,33,34,35,36 --> good choice, will install many many IOS files!
-Smash Bros (US): IOS11,12,13,14,15,17,20,21,22,28,30,31,33,34,35,36 --> good choice, will install many many IOS files!
-Metroid (EU): IOS11,12,13,15,17,20,21,22,28
-Mario Galaxy (EU): IOS11,12,13,15,16,20,21,30,31,33,35
-Mario Kart Wii (EU): IOS11,12,13,14,15,17,20,21,22,28,30,31,32,33,34,35,36 --> great choice, installs pretty much all IOS files!

For Metroid, Galaxy and Mario Kart Wii I expect the US and JP versions to install the same IOS files.

Note: while the update shouldn't brick your Wii.. of course I can't promise anything or even take any warranty!

[guzzard]

Hello Link,

Thank you for the reply! Since I have a NTSC-K console i guess its better to install a NTSC-J or NTSC-U update then PAL? Which should I choose?

How can I make as sure as possible no semi-brick or full brick will occur?

How can I check what IOS are in a update on a disc?

BR

[guzzard]

Going to extract all the updates from Mario_Kart_USA_Wii-QwiiF with WUFE and check if it is the same once as in the PAL version..

Then its time to flip the coin.. anyone that thinks this is a bad idea?  :confused:

[Link]

Installing just the IOS would be optimal.. but as you can't use WAD manager and you can't use fakesigned discs.. it shouldn't matter if you take NTSC-U, NTSC-J or PAL discs.. however: NTSC-K consoles are close to unknown so.. your own risk!

[GaryCXJk]

I heard the Korean Wii is in no way compatible with other countries, because the Wii only supports UTF-8. Korean characters aren't included there, I believe only in UTF-16, so they had to make a separate Wii just to include Korean characters. Chances are even with a modded Wii you aren't really able to play games outside Korea.

[guzzard]

I used Mario_Kart_USA_Wii-QwiiF (untouched) to update the Korean Wii with firmware 3.3K. No previous updates done and the Wii was produced in April this year. Drive is D2C2.

The result: everything went OK!  :cool:

Only "negative" thing is that now there is two unusable channels, since the Korean Wiis does not come with Forcast and News channel, and the new US channels does not start. The Wii just shows "You can't use this channel" (according to my girlfriend) then hangs. Same thing with Internet channel that I installed.

Before the update the Wii started Korean backups and some JAP/US backups. This has not changed, still the same.

I installed HBC8 and tried with Gecko OS 1.07b. With Gecko OS the Wii starts all games i tried with, region does not seem to matter. JAP, US and PAL all start. Two thumbs up!

If you press home button in a JAP game the menu shoes in Japanese, and if you start a US or PAL game the menus are in English. Korean games are of course in Korean.

Here are some pictures:

Main menu
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9352/img2855qc9.jpg

Settings menu
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1844/img2856fj5.jpg

Shopping channel
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/5852/img2857tg3.jpg

Error message for unusable channels
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/371/img2858jj9.jpg


Thank you Link for the help!

BR

[Link]

Waninkoko released a channel remover before.. you could forcefully remove the channels if you wish.. you can however just move them on your Wii page 4.. out of sight, out of interest!

[guzzard]

Yeah I just moved them to page 4. Don't want to mess with them if I don't have to.

Tried to start Super Mario Sunshine gamecube also. Both PAL and US version refuse to start in Gecko OS. Disc error just after boot.

Both work fine in my PAL Nintendo Wii.. too bad.

[Firefly]

Hello

I also have a Korean Wii with firmware 3.3K

When I use The homebrew channel beta 8 (Selfbooting disc image - the_homebrew_channel-beta_8-iso-JAP.tar.gz) I get this message :

http://i36.tinypic.com/2sagh7p.jpg

there is no way that i can run "The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess" game, so I cant use Twilight Hack

as you mentioned I'm downloading Mario_Kart_USA_Wii-QwiiF

I would really appreciate if you could tell me the steps you've done to install and use Twilight Hack , Homebrew Channel and Applications to run games from different regions

Thanks in advance

[Nuke]

Any DVD that isn't Signed by Nintendo i.e not an original game wont boot on a Korean Wii as the 3.3 system menu and IOS files it uses already has the signing bug fixed.

Im not up to date with Wii hacking but my guess is Zelda hacked save is blacklisted as well, as Nintendo knew about this before the console was released so they could take action. This is pure speculation though, but it would make sense for them to do this as copy VC games costs them millions of dollars in lost revenue.

[Link]

Considering the posts above:

you have a modchip, otherwise you couldn't burn the HBC install disc.. please do the following:
-make sure your modchip is set to allow imports - otherwise Regionfree might help
-get yourself a copy of Mario Kart Wii or Smash Brothers (non-korean).. insert the disc
-you'll be prompted to update - perform the update.. it should work
-reboot Wii.. you'll end up having Weather and News channels you can't use.. move them on page 4 if they disturb you
-get a copy of Zelda import.. I am pretty sure NTSC-U or NTSC-J Zelda will run.. PAL will most likely not run (seeing PAL Zelda does not work on NTSC-U and NTSC-J Wiis with modchip solutions but NTSC-J Zelda runs on NTSC-U and vice versa). Run it.. exit it..
-now install the Twilight Hack
-use it to install the HBC

[guzzard]

Hello Firefly!

JAP version of Zelda starts, the other does not. So use JAP twilight save and copy to korean wii. Then burn JAP version of the game. Do not modify the iso in any way before you burn, because then it will not start.

The problem is that it will not allow you to use any homebrew or istall HBC8. To be able to do this you first have to run Mario_Kart_USA_Wii-QwiiF unmodified iso, and let it install the USA update. After that you will be able to use JAP version of Zelda to install HBC8 without any problem.

BR

[PannTher]

Hello, I have a Korean Wii.. 3.3k with no mod chip.. just the original system.

I have an original SmashBros (US) version that obviously can't be played on my machine.

Do I have any options?

Thanks for the help.

[Lunar]

Use Gecko OS 1.7