#What does Wiimmfi actually do to the discs?

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copper peak
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I installed Wiimmfi on Animal Crossing: City Folk, Mario Kart Wii, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl to have online play again. What I am worried about is when Wiimmfi patches the discs, does it actually modify them? If that’s the case, then did I just get rid of those discs’s authenticity?

versed slate
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Well it technically modifies them to use Wiimmfi links. But these modifications are not permanent. These will not be written on the disc. If you start the disc normally, the modifications will disappear.

random widget
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These patches are done when the game is loaded into memory

mighty vale
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It’s also really easy to do where you have this method where all you have to do is change your wifi dns settings https://youtu.be/_tmDH7oZzzg?si=1LWO7OM5O_GYwFt1

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How to play Mario Kart Wii online on Wiimmfi with JUST a custom DNS...

Celebrating the 7th anniversary of the Nintendo WFC shutdown, we are releasing a brand new Wiimmfi patching method for Mario Kart Wii and a couple other Wii games that works on Wii and WiiU, does not require Homebrew or an SD card, and works just by using a custom DNS.

To use it, just go into the Wii or WiiU network settings and set the DNS to...

▶ Play video
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And there’s tutorials in there for both Wii and Wii U and if you question the authenticity, the videos made by the co-creator of the thing