How to Get Mario Kart to Work on a Modded Wii
Nintendo Wii owners who want their game consoles to do more than is sanctioned by Nintendo have modified ("modded") their Wiis. A modded Wii is able to run programs created by other Wii gamers but can fail to work with an official Wii game such as Mario Kart. You can adapt the Mario Kart game so that it will work on your modded Wii and provide you with additional game functions. You will need to use a PC and a free software hack code manager program created by other Wii users. You also will need to use a Wii-compatible SD memory card.
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Things You'll Need
- Windows-based computer
- Internet access
- Web browser
- SD memory card
- SD memory card reader
Instructions
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Download a peer-to-peer program to the PC's desktop, for example, the BitTorrent program (see the link in Resources). Double-click on the program's icon when the download is complete. Follow the menu commands to install the program on the PC's desktop. Restart the PC.
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Double-click on the peer-to-peer's icon to launch it. Click on the "Browse" button next to the "Output file" tab. Navigate in the window that appears to the PC's desktop. Click on the "OK" button at the bottom of the window to close the window.
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Enter "Code manager" into the "Search" Field. Press the "Return" key on the keyboard. Select one of the "Code manager" listings in the column below the "Search" field. Press the "Return" key to begin downloading the "Code manager" folder. Quit the peer-to-peer program when the folder has been downloaded.
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Right-click on the "Code manager" folder. Select "Extract to Code manager" from the pop-up menu.
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Double-click on the "Code manager" folder on the desktop to open it.
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Double-click on the "Mario Hackz Wii" icon inside of the program's screen. Enter the information as requested by the text menus that follow using the keyboard and the "Return" key.
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Choose "1" when the "How many items" text appears. Press the "Return" key. Enter in an item, such as making the Mushrooms three times bigger or introducing Thunderclouds from the screen that appears. Press the "Return" key. Press any key when prompted on the screen after a few screens have displayed.
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Double-click on the text document that is now displayed inside of the program's screen. Press "Control+A" to select all of the text that is being presented in a new window. Press "Control+C" to copy the code to the computer's clipboard. Press the "Return" key.
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Double-click on the icon of the Code manager program to launch it. Enter the name of the item you have chosen previously in the window that pop-up. Press the "OK" button to close the window.
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Highlight the name of the items in the left column of the screen that has appeared. Change the "Game ID" field name to "RMCE01" if you live in North America. Otherwise leave it alone.
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Change the "Game name" field name to "Mario Kart Wii." Change the "Code/Comment/Category name" field name to the name of the item you had chosen previously.
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Place the mouse cursor in the "Code Contents" column that is below "Code/Comment/Category name." Press "Control+V" to paste the code that has been stored in the clipboard into the column.
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Press the "Store modifications" button at the bottom of the column. Click the "OK" button in the pop-up window when it appears to return to the first screen of the program.
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Check the check box that now appears in the upper left corner of the program's screen. Click on "Yes" in the pop-up window that appears.
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Attach the USB cable of the SD card reader to a USB port on the PC. Insert the SD memory card to the SD slot on the SD card reader.
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Click on the drop down menu next to "Drive letter" in the window that has appeared on the screen. Select the SD card from the drop down menu.
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Select "Copy Pictures" from the pop-up window that appears. Click on the "OK" button at the bottom of the pop-up window.
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Click on the drop down menu next to "Drive letter" in the window that has appeared again on the screen. Select the SD card from the drop down menu again. Press the "Store" button at the bottom of the window. Press the "OK" button on the pop-up window when it appears. Quit the Code manager program.
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Right-click on the icon of the SD memory card that is on the desktop. Select "Eject" from the pop-up menu. Remove the SD card reader's USB cable from the USB port of the computer. Remove the SD memory card from the SD memory card slot on the SD memory card reader.
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Insert the SD memory card into the modded Nintendo Wii's memory card slot. Turn on the Wii. Insert the Mario Kart game disc to the modded Wii.
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Select the icon of the Mario Kart game on the Home menu. Press the "Start" icon on the screen that appears.
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Select "Game Save" from the main menu. Select the game save that appears when you highlight the SD memory card. Press the "A" button to run the game save.
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Wait as the game save runs and then returns you to the main menu. Press the "Start" icon on the main menu to play Mario Kart on the modded Wii.
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Tips & Warnings
Make sure the SD card is inserted to the modded Wii before the game console is turned on.
A modded Wii violates the Nintendo warranty, although the modifications are not illegal.
