The game should now boot on your console and you’ll be able to play it normally. We’ve listed it below in a breakdown that should be nice and simple to follow: Open the cover on top of the Wii ...

Getting Started by Softening up Your Wii's Defenses: If you have an older Wii with an out-of-date menu system (3.2 or lower), you can skip this section about the Trucha Bug since your system still ...

Just note that Wii U can’t play GameCube games from a disk. Neither can the Wii Mini or Wii Family Edition, which don’t have plugs for GameCube controllers.

Good news for those who have always wanted to play Wii games from other regions. Datel, the creator of the Freeloader boot disc for the GameCube, has finally released its latest version for the ...

Why would you want to play your games off a hard disk? Wii games cost anywhere from $20-50, while an external hard drive that can hold all your Wii games—assuming you don't already have one on ...

A firmware update for the Nintendo Wii rendered Datel’s Freeloader disc completely useless yesterday. Freeloader lets users play imported games on the GameCube and, until yesterday, the Wii.

Or it might just be a very lame game -- "insert the disc and win!" -- that boosts your self-esteem. Let's say the Wii Startup Disc is a region-specific firmware update.

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube 824k. As you might imagine, there is a catch here; while you can store and run games on a disc through a DVD drive, the Wii U's own disc drive won't be able ...