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Boot GC Games on Wii with only GC Controller

Post by 64M320N3 » Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:46 pm

Does the Wii draw any less power, or is it just the fact that the DVD drive is thinner?

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Well, since Hackmodford's posts were accidentally deleted, I somehow am now the author apparently.

So in essence the thread regards the fact that you can avoid the Wii system menu and only use a GC controller to navigate through the Wii, allowing for a thinner portable.

What you do is softmod your wii and install bootmii. This allows you to boot into the homebrew channel without even entering the wii system menu. Through this you can apparently use GeckOS to run your GC games.

(Note: I do not take any credit for what is posted above. I simply posted it for information preservation purposes.)

@Hackmodford: If you want me to delete this, then just let me know.
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Re: Boot GC Games on Wii with only GC Controller

Post by kasar » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:54 am

Does the Wii draw any less power, or is it just the fact that the DVD drive is thinner?
not sure, but taking a quick look to the wii power suply, it seems provide more power than GC does, but the dvd driver is really slimer compared with GC drive, and with this software mod for GC controller, and the wii extra features compared with an GC, this seems a great idea, not sure, but it also may be able to play wii games with the GC controller, a nice example will be DBZ games and super smash brothers brawl wich dont need the wiimote at all (and I play them with GC controller more confortable xD)

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Re: Boot GC Games on Wii with only GC Controller

Post by banditpaw1 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:10 am

64M320N3 wrote:Does the Wii draw any less power, or is it just the fact that the DVD drive is thinner?
On That note is the wii disc drive compatible with the wii disk drive?

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Re: Boot GC Games on Wii with only GC Controller

Post by banditpaw1 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:00 pm

Hackmodford wrote:
banditpaw1 wrote:On That note is the wii disc drive compatible with the GAMECUBE disk drive?
:shock: I don't understand...

I think once you boot a game the wii goes into GC mode and it's possible that it uses less power.

I'm still trying to figure out a way to start a wii game with only a GC controller.
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Post by kasar » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:17 pm

Hackmodford wrote:Confirmed! Gecko OS will boot wii games!

I even updated bootmii so it automatically goes to the homebrew channel in 1 second. (Saves one button press!)

just awesome, this mean I am ready to start my WIIp :)

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How Boot GC/Wii Games with only GC Controller

Post by hackmodford » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:45 am

First you need to install Bootmii and the Homebrew Channel

Instructions Here
[url]http:/www.bootmii.org[/url]

Once you have homebrew running you can use Gecko OS to start the games with the Gamecube controller.
http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Gecko_OS

Now the wii makes a good candidate for a gamecube portable that can play wii games!

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Re: Boot GC Games on Wii with only GC Controller

Post by 64M320N3 » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:44 pm

banditpaw1 wrote:[On That note is the wii disc drive compatible with the GAMECUBE disk drive?
Super bump, but no. The connections are totally different.
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Re: Boot GC Games on Wii with only GC Controller

Post by hackmodford » Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:47 am

It has been shown that you can use a wii disc drive in a gamecube... infact you can use a wiikey in a gamecube...

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