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For those of you that use the Homebrew Channel and Homebrew Browser, here’s a quick headsup.

Installing the Wii System Menu 4.0 update causes the Homebrew Browser app to fail, the Homebrew Channel still works, and I tested quite a few apps, the only one that ceased to function is the Homebrew Browser, which comes up with a message ‘The Homebrew Browser is not a valid Wii Application’ and therefore it will not load, you can still put homebrew on your SD and launch it from the Homebrew Channel, but as for automatic downloads and installs, you are stuck until The Homebrew Browser is updated.

So you’ve heard you can run homebrew on the Wii, and want to know how you install the loader? Look no further…

Quick Links

• Before you start
• Downloads
• Install Instructions
• Links

Pre-Requisites

• Awareness of the version of System Menu that your Wii has installed (You will need to know this to download the correct version of the Twilight Hack)

  You can find out your Wii’s System Menu version by entering Wii Settings and looking in the top-right of the screen

• An SD card (Maximum capacity 2GB, SDHC cards will not be recognised by the Wii) formatted as FAT
• Some form of card reader connected to your PC/Mac
• A Copy of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Game
• A Copy of the Twilight Hack – See Downloads Section Below
• A Copy of the Homebrew Channel App – See Downloads Section Below
• An Archive application for your PC – Winzip/7Zip/WinRAR/WinACE etc

  (If you are using a Mac, the archive utility will do the job – nothing needs to be installed)

Downloads

The Twilight Hack

Twilight Hack for System Menu 3.3 and Below

Twilight Hack for System Menu 3.4

The Homebrew Channel

The Homebrew Channel Official Download Page

Install Instructions

1. If you have an existing Zelda save that you want to keep hold of, back it up before you start
2. If you’ve not played Zelda before, play the game and create a save for it
3. Extract the Twighlight Hack archive to a folder on your computer
4. Copy the “private” folder from the Twilight Hack Archive that you just extracted and place it in the root of your SD card
5. Extract the Homebrew Channel archive to a folder on your computer
6. Copy “boot.dol” from the Homebrew Channel archive that you just extracted and place it in the root of your SD card.
7. Put your SD card into your Wii (The slot is under the flap in the centre at the front of the Wii)
8. Switch your Wii on and insert your copy of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess into the Wii’s DVD drive
9. On your Wii, go to: Wii Options > Data Management > Save Data > Wii.
10. Find your existing Zelda save, click on it, click “Erase”, and click Yes.
11. Press the ‘SD Card’ tab and select the Twilight Hack save that corresponds to your region (This will show underneith the Icon, EUR, JAP, USA etc)
12. Press copy and then yes.
13. Exit to the Wii System Menu
14. Run the
    Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Game
15. Start the game as if you were going to play it, walk forwards and talk to the man standing in front of you. Do not do anything else, otherwise your Wii will freeze up and you will have to power off your console to get it back!
16. The Homebrew Channel installer will now start up
17. Read the disclaimer and decide whether or not you wish to proceed with the install
18. Press the RESET button on the front of your Wii. (or “1″ button on the first Wii remote) to confirm that you accept the disclaimer or power off your Wii and turn it back on again to abort
19. The Homebrew channel will now install if you accepted the terms, your Wii should then restart, and you should have a new channel on the dashboard!
20. Press on the homebrew channel and begin playing!

Useful Links

• Homebrew Browser – Installs the latest homebrew apps directly from the Homebrew Channel
• Hackmii – Team Twizzers Blog
• Wii Brew – a wiki dedicated to homebrew on the Nintendo Wii.