Wii games

[Olgaline]

Is there a free way to make cd copies of your games ?
we have a 5 yo and a very curious 1½yo, so naturally things are going to,
well ...go MiA if you will..

now trolling the google, I've found progs that you have to pay for and
some complicated raw.dumps & something called modchips and such "all far too time consuming and complicated for this Ot'er"


so does anyone have some quick, smart and cheep way to do this ?
I'll gladly take pm's on this if your in dout as to it's legallity, but I'm tired of replacing 2-400kr games

 

[old.Tohtori]

In any case way or form, it's not legal. That's a quarantee

 

[Olgaline]

In DK it is legal to keep a backup copy,
your just not allowed to distribute or share it.

nowgoawaytroll

 

[Preatoria]

Okay this is a fun topic, especially after a comment like " In any case way or form, it's not legal. That's a quarantee ".

I studied this matter at university and I noted this (~2007):

- copying is legal (in some countries, depending on the law but in most european countries it's perfectly legal) if you have an original version. Even more, You have the RIGHT to copy a disk and sometimes an anti-copy protection or the inability to copy something can be regarded as ILLEGAL as you have the right (again in most countries, but the legal people aren't really pleased about this - as you might understand that most legal people, anti piracy agencies etc are being payed by big companies such as Universal, Sony, ... ) of a home copy for personal usage.

- This means that you should be able to play a copy disk, on wii, pc, etc. Again, in some countries. I can only speak for Belgium / The Netherlands and here it is so that it's perfectly legal to place a modchip in an XBOX as you have to be able to play your own copies.

- However, Nintendo & Sony are not stupid, they say that once you purchase their hardware you agree on several terms such as not modifying any hardware etc etc etc ... But, in some countries this agreement is regarded as not applicable as you have to be able to play copies etc ...

This is meanly the reason why you can buy (100 % legal) modchips in the Netherlands. www.wii-modchip.nl or something ?

So saying it's illegal is a big mistake, double check your local legislation and see where the catches are

To go back on the original topic:
-a quick way to do this is to get a modchip on your wii. This way you can play copied disks. On how to copy your own disks i advice you to google a bit. What you need to do it copy a disk and place that into your wii and play it like a legal copy. Easy.

-a cheap way to do this is not the quick/fast way but it's cheap. You can softmod it by placing homebrew channel on it (now before i hear someone say, it's illegal, same as above is applicable for this, in some countries you have the right to do whatever you like with the hw you purchased and it makes perfect sense to me, why else would i want to buy it if i can't use it, if they want to ban me from the wii-net for doing it, sure np, that's their right). The homebrew channel is some sort of software that allows you to install applications etc on your wii. In order to do so you need to do some steps (can be difficult and can be different from time to time, so no 1 2 3 done). With the homebrew channel you can install an application that can run your copies from an external drive (so no copies have to be made, just transfers to your pc) or that allow you to play copies without haveing to install a modchip.

This software mod can be undone by nintendo if they upgrade firmware etc. Nintendo can probably see that you softmodded as well (just don't go online with that, also with copies it would not be recommended to go online as nintendo will perhaps ban you).

I hope this helps a bit. I did not try to offend anyone but i get a bit pissed from people who say it's illegal/legal etc because it's not that simple and there are a lot of black adders in the grass . Check your country legal book and see what it says about digital copies etc before you make stupid statements, also never trust an anti piracy agency as they tend to tell lies, a lot of them even.

 

[Raven]

My sister has a 4 year old and a 1 year old.

She doesn't have any problem with missing or damaged Wii games after saying "leave this drawer alone"

Modding your Wii in any shape or form will void the warranty anyway and they can block you from the online services if they wish (like micro$oft did)

 

[Preatoria]

Agreed on that part , in addition to my previous post there are some questions you need to ask yourself before doing it:
-do you play online with your wii ?
-are the online services a must ?
-do you want/still have warranty on your wii ?

If one of them is 'Yes', then i would not mod in any way.

 

[Olgaline]

Thanks for you reply Preat..but
I dont wish to get a modchip :/

We dont play online,
all i want is to backup the games I have onto a disk.

 

[Preatoria]

You can backup, no problem. check this link:HOW to backup WII GAMES.(guide)


Remember that to play the backups you will need a modchip!

 

[Olgaline]

I'd rather that I could simply have a spare copy :/

 

[Preatoria]

there's no easy way for that mate
you have to understand that wii games aren't just dvd's. They are in a total different format compared to what we are used to (on pc that is)

 

[Olgaline]

aha!
so with the softmod, an external would be enough ?
this could mean that i could have all the games ready to play "so to speak"
without needing the cd's to play ?

that would be perfect, since the orig's would then serve the purpose of been the backup.

 

[old.Tohtori]

In DK it is legal to keep a backup copy,
your just not allowed to distribute or share it.

nowgoawaytroll

It's not a troll, you yourself said "if you doubt it's legality", i answered.

In most cases it's not legal, or voids warranty etc, to do sh*t to games. I'm not going to learn where you live and what your laws are just on your benefit.

In any case, you're ramping up the price of your own games. It will be easier and cheaper to just tell the kids "If you break it, you won't get a new one".

 

[Olgaline]

Yes you are trolling..now go away
I said, that people could pm if they had any help to offer and were in dout of it's legality.
I did not ask for any discussion into the legality of what I'm asking for.

I see no constructive help from you, into actually helping me solve my problem,
and ontop off that you acuse me of ramping up prices becuase i want to have backups?

Sod off!

 

[megadave]

couldnt you just keep your games on a shelf or are you kids giant ? :d

 

[Olgaline]

yes !
they eat villages for lunch
but then again, storage isnt the issue

However we do allow the 5yo to play on his own from time to time,
but being 5 he's not always 100% carefull with the discs and sometimes
he forgets to put them back, or place them safely out of his sisters reach.
the latter being the biggest problem,
thus why a softmod would be a very good solution, so thanks and rep to Preat..

mods are welcome to lock this if they would mind

 

[old.Tohtori]

Yes you are trolling..now go away
I said, that people could pm if they had any help to offer and were in dout of it's legality.
I did not ask for any discussion into the legality of what I'm asking for.

I see no constructive help from you, into actually helping me solve my problem,
and ontop off that you acuse me of ramping up prices becuase i want to have backups?

Sod off!

First; I thought it was illegal, it isn't in your country(how the f should i know that?), fair enough but you started with the troll talk. I had no ill will.

Second, i'm saying yu ramp up your OWN games prices(cost of modding etc hardware), not the retailers prices.

Third; did contribute, teach your kids not to break shit.

Learn to read and ffs stop being such a sour asshole to everything.

 

[Olgaline]

I'll take the rest to pm, any aditional help would be much apreciated,
but as it seems that some elements here, insist on turning this thread into yet another
discussion, and I have no intrest in that.
I've tried to make that clear, but as you know some just cant take a hint

 

[old.Tohtori]

Just answering,
your twisted accusations about
what i didn't
say.

You started it with your troll talk, so don't start none.

 

[Raven]

Anyway, I fucking hate Wiis and I hate Mario, however while shit faced and around my sisters i played mario galaxy 2 and it is full of win.

 

[Olgaline]

that's because ur mr gay

 

[Huntingtons]

theyre making a new donkey kong, which is awesome!

 

[old.Tohtori]

Right Olga, you say i'm in the wrong for "not being helping", yet Raven gets that response?

Then you negrep me with "aww, then stay out of my threads, or participate in the manner requested."

Well, if you want to play that game, let's play.

 

[Olgaline]

Raven his hot!
he gets the good looking treatment.

and the thread has served its purpose,
all that remains is to spam and wait for a lock.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Sure did serve a purpose, showed you've still got your panties in a bunch about something.

But hey, let's have some fun *pat head*

 

[Olgaline]

Some poeple just cant take a hint
I guess ignore is all that's left.

here's to betting he'll reply even when i cant read his reply.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Yeah, can't take a hint about letting people like YOU telling what to do.

Take the pansy route, like it bothers my posting.

Oh and the old "bet he replies mewmew" is bull 'cause you just set yourself up to be "right" anyway.

EDIT: Funny though, another case of a person who doesn't mind posting unrelated shit on other peoples threads, doesn't mind if i start a discussion on another persons thread, but lo and behiold when i do something THEY don't like, it's suddenly "Wah! Ignore!"

 

[Jupitus]

Yeah, can't take a hint about letting people like YOU telling what to do.

Take the pansy route, like it bothers my posting.

Oh and the old "bet he replies mewmew" is bull 'cause you just set yourself up to be "right" anyway.

EDIT: Funny though, another case of a person who doesn't mind posting unrelated shit on other peoples threads, doesn't mind if i start a discussion on another persons thread, but lo and behiold when i do something THEY don't like, it's suddenly "Wah! Ignore!"

Toht - what you need to understand is that your past performances have led to you not being treated or respected in the same way as other members. You have a reputation for trolling whether deserved or otherwise so forum users will react to your posts in a different manner. As far as I'm concerned you brought it on yourself.

 

[Calaen]

Fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Olgaline]

where?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Toht - what you need to understand is that your past performances have led to you not being treated or respected in the same way as other members. You have a reputation for trolling whether deserved or otherwise so forum users will react to your posts in a different manner. As far as I'm concerned you brought it on yourself.

Then it's not my problem and the "trolling" you claim is just a different opinion.

I've never in my life posted anything to troll for a response. Never. Maybe i SHOULD start trolling since people so want me to.

That's what YOU need to understand. (expecting an ignorant "No you!" answer to that)

Haven't said anything negative for a long while either(or rather what people would find negative), yet people still get to dictate how I post?

But i know your stance since you already told me that i shouldn't post in Ezteqs threads, no matter what, because it makes her feel "meh".

FYI; it's not my performance that lead to it either, you closed your eyes to the blatant trapping that went on way back. Hell, the anti-tohtori club broke gods knows how many rules without a slap.

But hey, luckily you can ban me for any period of time for any reason you deem enough(like 7 days for "insulting" someone), while others get to do the same with NO concequences. (bet this post alone is enough, gods forbid people having opinions)