How do I play Gamecube games with wiiflow? | WiiLink | Page 1

carmine peak Dec 20, 2022, 2:16 AM

#

Ummm, so I was thinking about this one day and I want to know how. I know there is a way because there is a gamecube button. Anyway, how do I do it?

night osprey Dec 20, 2022, 2:27 AM

#

carmine peak Ummm, so I was thinking about this one day and I want to know how. I know there ...

To play GameCube games you will need to have Nintendont in your apps folder.
Download the .zip from here:
https://oscwii.org/library/app/Nintendont

Extract Nintendont.zip then copy its contents (apps and controllers folders) to the root of the same drive you keep your homebrew apps on.

With Nintendont installed, USB Loader GX or WiiFlow can now load GameCube games.
https://wii.guide/usbloadergx
https://wii.guide/wiiflow

You can only play GameCube games from a SD or USB drive formatted to MBR FAT32 with 32kb or 64kb allocation unit size. You can use 64kb allocation unit size when formatting if the drive is larger than 64gb.

Dump your GameCube game using CleanRip:
https://wii.guide/dump-games

GameCube games can be played on the Wii in NKit.iso or ISO (not NKit.gcz). NKit.iso takes up much less space and plays just the same so I recommend that. You can use the Nkit PC program to convert an ISO to Nkit.iso

Get Nkit by clicking Download button on this page:
https://gbatemp.net/download/nkit.36157/
Extract it to a convenient place on your PC.

You can then use GameCube Backup Manager to transfer the game to your drive. It can create the necessary folder structure and rename the files for you:
https://github.com/AxionDrak/GameCube-Backup-Manager

Otherwise do it by hand:

💾SD/USB:
┗ 📂games
┣ 📂GameName [gameID]
┃ ┗ 📜game.iso --note: this is LITERALLY game.iso, not the name of the game, or the game id, just game
┗ 📂GameName [gameID] --This example is for multi disc games
┣ 📜game.iso
┗ 📜disc2.iso

Note: the WBFS folder is for WII GAMES ONLY and the Games folder is for GAMECUBE GAMES ONLY

nkit.iso files should still be named literally game.iso

carmine peak Dec 22, 2022, 12:57 AM

#

Do I need to use the Nkit application if I have Gamecube backup manager?

night osprey Dec 22, 2022, 1:02 AM

#

carmine peak Do I need to use the Nkit application if I have Gamecube backup manager?

I recommend it yeah

#

GameCube Backup Manager cannot trim a game in a way that is reversible

carmine peak Dec 22, 2022, 1:02 AM

#

Oh aight

#

I'll stick with the Nkit application then

#

Oh btw, I'm using the processing app if that's what I'm supposed to use

night osprey Dec 22, 2022, 1:05 AM

#

carmine peak Oh btw, I'm using the processing app if that's what I'm supposed to use

Yeah
Open NKitProcessingApp.exe then drag the game file(s) or folder into the window.
Select Convert to Nkit.iso. Click Process.
When it's done you'll find the game a folder inside:
..\NKit_v1.4\Processed\..\

carmine peak Dec 22, 2022, 1:18 AM

#

Do I name the games Game.iso?

night osprey Dec 22, 2022, 1:19 AM

#

carmine peak Do I name the games Game.iso?

game.iso for every game yeah

#

here's how i name them after converting them to nkit.iso

#

make sure you have file name extensions enabled

#

otherwise you might end up naming your file game.iso.iso, which will cause issues

carmine peak Dec 22, 2022, 1:21 AM

#

Ok

#

Wait It's asking me if I want to name the file "game.iso (2)"

#

I don't

#

What do I do

#

Do I name rename it after I put it into the folder

#

Just stuck at this part

#

Was I meant to cut it

night osprey Dec 22, 2022, 1:57 AM

#

I'm lost what

#

You shouldn't have multiple game.iso in the same folder

carmine peak Dec 22, 2022, 2:06 AM

#

night osprey Dec 22, 2022, 2:07 AM

#

carmine peak

Create and name the folder first

#

Before naming it game.iso

carmine peak Dec 22, 2022, 2:07 AM

#

I did that

night osprey Dec 22, 2022, 2:08 AM

#

Did u copy the file into the folder first

#

I don't see what's confusing

#

you can't have two files in the same folder named game.iso

carmine peak Dec 22, 2022, 2:09 AM

#

These are all in the Gamecube matchfail folder

#

But my question is

#

Where am I supposed to put the other game.iso folder

#

I know I'm supposed to copy them into their named folders

#

Do I just delete the other game.iso

night osprey Dec 22, 2022, 2:21 AM

#

I'll leave this one to you lol

#

It's not hard

#

You should be aware of what the folder structure is supposed to be (scroll up if you forgot)

#

Move the files however you need to make it match

carmine peak Dec 22, 2022, 4:59 PM

#

I think I found a solution, I'm just gonna rename the duplicate to something else and then change it back

#

I'm following this btw

#

I'll just name the Mario party 7 game.iso back to Mario party 7

#

Easy

carmine peak Dec 22, 2022, 5:23 PM

#

Can I just press yes

#

After I drag it

#

To the folder

#

It's just useless

night osprey Dec 23, 2022, 12:30 AM

#

carmine peak Can I just press yes

did you ever figure this out lol

#

I have time to walk you through it on a discord call while you share your screen if you're still having issues.

carmine peak Dec 23, 2022, 4:41 PM

#

Yeah I figured it out

night osprey Dec 23, 2022, 4:42 PM

#

carmine peak Yeah I figured it out

Am I okay to close the thread

#How do I play Gamecube games with wiiflow?