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[DeVS]

This guide was done by -x1_0_nt- and is posted here with his permission.

What You Need

Wii (chip or non-chipped, doesn't matter),
SD Card (Remember the Wii doesn't read SDHC so you are limited to 2GB or less),
The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii version),
Free Time,
Computer,
SD Card Reader,
WinRAR or any other .RAR/.ZIP extractor

Summary: Back Up & Copy save to SD Card

Back Up -

First you may want to backup your Twilight save if you have one. Go into setting -> Data Management -> Save Data -> Wii then save data and copy the twilight save to your SD Card. Connect the SD Card to your computer by a SD Card reader or a built in reader, inside the "private" folder there is another, just keep clicking on the folders until you find the save. Move the BIN file to a safe location. REMEMBER THE SAVE TITLE.

Now download the Twilight Princess hacked save here: http://chaoshq.de/~crediar/twilight-hack-v0.1-alpha3a.zip



Extract it using your own .ZIP extractor. I use WinRAR so i would right click the .ZIP and choose "Extract to twilight-hack-v0.1-alpha3a".



WinRAR will produce a folder called "twilight-hack-v0.1-alpha3a".



Inside that folder there is four BIN files.



Remember the title of the save you copied a moment ago? Then choose it from those four BIN files. Copy the save from "twilight-hack-v0.1-alpha3a" into the SD Card where your last save was.

Summary: Copying the save, booting up twilight princess

Now take your SD Card and place it inside the Wii's SD Slot. Power on your console and go to settings -> Data Management -> Save Data -> Wii and at the very top there is a Tab called "SD Card" select that and pick the save, select "Copy". After a few seconds it will be done, you can go ahead and Erase this save from your SD Card as you don't need it anymore.

Summary: boot your first .elf

Now you have everything set up, but to get Homebrew working you must have the Homebrew. Homebrew for the Wii comes in .elf format. Over at Wiibrew.org they have a handy table of wii homebrew which has been released (not all homebrew tho). Pick your homebrew and download it. If it isn't already, rename the .ELF to "boot.elf" and place it on the root of your SD Card (the root is the place where you see when you click on your sd card reader in "My Computer").



Start up The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess and choose the first save. Walk backwards and a black screen with white writing scrolling will appear. Your choice of homebrew will boot in a matter of seconds.

Summary: Extra information

The twilight hack can only boot one boot.elf and it doesn't let you choose the homebrew to boot if you have 2 or more .elf's on your SD Card. This is where Loaders come into action. For this Tutorial i will be using the Wii Homebrew Launcher which requires a Gamecube controller. The loader will come in .elf format as normal. Place it on your SD Card, overwriting any other boot.elf if need be.

Now for the Wii Homebrew launcher the different homebrew must be in diffeent folders. So make a few new folders and name each folder what ever name the homebrew is.



Download the required homebrew you want and rename all the .elf's you download to "boot.elf". Copy each boot.elf to the folders making sure there is a boot.elf in each folder.

Now take the SD Card, put it in the wii and load twilight princess, walk backwards and in a few seconds the loader will erm....load.

NOTE: Some Homebrew require a Gamecube Controller.

[dai_uk]

thanks, I've saved a copy of this for reference, still keeping my wii in unaltered condition at the moment - I like mariokart online too much to risk getting picked up by the big N

[fexo]

Help appreciated:

I have tried to install a Blaze file. Everything appears to go fine, but then I get a "no(t) enough memory" message. The machine then goes back to the boot screen. I have tried several times and have re-formatted the card and powered down the wii before re-trying.

Any ideas?

1Gb card, launch Wii, no mods.

Ooops- appears the files were no good- works fine

[zektor]

DeVS:

Thanks for all of your help buddy! After a long day off work, I got the homebrew channel up and running, and you are right, it is really fantastic! Let the Wii homebrewing commence!

[DeVS]

Glad you got it going! Enjoy the homebrew.

[zektor]

I would like to add two things that are not addressed in the original post however:

My save was in an "RZDE" folder, but it is kind of unclear as to which rzde bin file you should use. I tried the rzde0.bin first, which did not work but rather locked up the system. The rzde2.bin file is the one that worked. ALSO, the rzde2.bin file (or whichever of the save bins you need to use) needs to be renamed to "data.bin" for it to be able to be copied onto the Wii. These are the directions I wrote for myself (yes, I am getting old and do write nfo's for myself as reference...hahaha), in case this helps anyone:

1. Start Zelda - Twilight Princess game and create a save game on the Wii.

2. Exit game, go to the Wii data manager, and copy the Zelda save to an inserted SD card.

3. Put SD card in the PC, navigate to the folder with the data.bin (save file) for the game, delete this file, and copy over the twilight hack file that matches the name of the folder (ie: RZDE, copy rzde2.bin). Then, rename the rzde2.bin file to "data.bin"

4. Re-insert the sd card into the Wii. Go to data management and DELETE the current Zelda savegame from the Wii's memory. Next, copy the save from the memory card to the Wii memory.

5. Take the card out, and format it on the PC in FAT16 (FAT) format. Unzip the homebrew channel files to the SD card.

6. Re-insert the SD card into the Wii and run Zelda. Select the save game entitled "Twilight Hack" and start the game. Walk backward when the game starts, and the hack should begin, followed by the initial install of the homebrew channel. If the hack freezes, go back to step 3 and try another rzd*.*.bin file from the twilight hack package.

[jmr]

Europe/Australia - RVL-RZDP-0A-0 JPN - rzdp0.bin
Asia - RVL-RZDJ-0A-0 JPN - rzdj0.bin
America - RVL-RZDE-0A-0 JPN - rzde0.bin
America - RVL-RZDE-0A-0 USA - rzde0.bin
America - RVL-RZDE-0A-2 USA - rzde2.bin

[zektor]

Europe/Australia - RVL-RZDP-0A-0 JPN - rzdp0.bin
Asia - RVL-RZDJ-0A-0 JPN - rzdj0.bin
America - RVL-RZDE-0A-0 JPN - rzde0.bin
America - RVL-RZDE-0A-0 USA - rzde0.bin
America - RVL-RZDE-0A-2 USA - rzde2.bin

Ahh, didn't have this information previously. Thanks for the info! I guess 0A-0 was the initial USA release (I am in the USA), and 0A-2 a second revision. I smell another revision of the disc pressed coming soon with the save hack eliminated/repaired. In other words, best get your discs now...

[DeVS]

I went off the instrcutions at Wiibrew.org so I assumed those were in the faq above,lol, my bad. Ya if you look on the inside circle on the Zelda disc you will see either RVL-RZDE-0A-0 or RVL-RZDE-0A-2 printed on the clear plastic part of the disc.

[zektor]

No biggie. Your post (and other help) was enormous when it came to getting this going. I am in your debt my friend

[uzumakishade]

does this let you run backups too? or do you still have to get a modchip to do it?

[teknicz]

Thanks for the guide!

It took me a little trial and error till I noticed that the old SD card I was trying to use was at fault.

[zektor]

does this let you run backups too? or do you still have to get a modchip to do it?

No, no backups. Probably never due to the fact that the drive itself needs a hard mod (or at least that is what I have been told)

BUT, I am personally fine with that. I have no problem buying my games, as long as I can use the system the way I want in the ways of homebrew