Hey all, thinking about trying this on my Wii. It's a PAL machine with a WiiKey that I fitted in order to play Wii Fit which I bought in Japan last December. Of course, it turns out Wii Fit wouldn't work on it, probably due to the PAL Wii's lack of proper Japanese character support or something along those lines.
Anyway, I just found out about this program that apparently lets you perform a proper region change including installing the System Menu from that region. I've read the readme and it seems pretty straightforward, and I'm aware of the risk of bricking but it seems you'd only get that if you didn't pay attention while setting the new region.
Right now, my Wii is collecting dust in the attic. This would be one of the few reasons to get it down, if only to fiddle around with it and feel a bit elite, and also the Wii homebrew scene in general is becoming interesting
The only things holding me back right now are
a) the lack of information regarding successes/failures/compatibility
b) that I'll be wanting Wii Sports Resort and chances are that'll include an update (for that little gizmo, I imagine, so brick-blocking may not help)
On the DCEmu forums, one guy posted saying he'd converted his PAL Wii to JPN and it played Mr. Driller which didn't work with the Gecko thing (which I assume simply changes the stated region to play the game, like the WiiKey, etc).
So I guess what I'm wondering is, would installing a proper JPN System Menu include the necessary character support?
Please do us all a favour and refrain from the usual posts about bricking (unless it's specifically in relation to the program/process itself), warranties, or whether you yourself would risk doing it, because frankly I don't care. I've been doing this sort of stuff a long time now and understand the risks involved. Sorry for being brusque, but I get sick of reading that sort of stuff.
Anyway, I just found out about this program that apparently lets you perform a proper region change including installing the System Menu from that region. I've read the readme and it seems pretty straightforward, and I'm aware of the risk of bricking but it seems you'd only get that if you didn't pay attention while setting the new region.
Right now, my Wii is collecting dust in the attic. This would be one of the few reasons to get it down, if only to fiddle around with it and feel a bit elite, and also the Wii homebrew scene in general is becoming interesting
The only things holding me back right now are
a) the lack of information regarding successes/failures/compatibility
b) that I'll be wanting Wii Sports Resort and chances are that'll include an update (for that little gizmo, I imagine, so brick-blocking may not help)
On the DCEmu forums, one guy posted saying he'd converted his PAL Wii to JPN and it played Mr. Driller which didn't work with the Gecko thing (which I assume simply changes the stated region to play the game, like the WiiKey, etc).
So I guess what I'm wondering is, would installing a proper JPN System Menu include the necessary character support?
Please do us all a favour and refrain from the usual posts about bricking (unless it's specifically in relation to the program/process itself), warranties, or whether you yourself would risk doing it, because frankly I don't care. I've been doing this sort of stuff a long time now and understand the risks involved. Sorry for being brusque, but I get sick of reading that sort of stuff.
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