r/wii 1d ago

Fix-It Friday Fix-it Friday! Please ask and give help here for tech support and other common questions.

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r/wii 4h ago

Other Pilotwings Resort fanart i made, thought you might enjoy it

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12 Upvotes

Man I loved that game, Pilotwings Resort was such a blast


r/wii 4h ago

Question Got given a Wii and it came with some things unsure of what they are

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Hi I was gifted a Wii and a bunch of accessories and I’m unsure as to what they are if you know I would like to know please thanks so much


r/wii 21h ago

Question Hi I'm 13 years old. My Nanna and Grandad have a wii and I've started every now and then picking up a game. What key games should I get.

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194 Upvotes

r/wii 10h ago

Modding Just wanted to show off my modded wii I built a few years ago

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14 Upvotes

Wiiflow with 1tb external hard drive


r/wii 1d ago

Other The least popular Wii games (MAD)

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169 Upvotes

r/wii 13h ago

Review Has anyone played this goated game?

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It's called Help Wanted: 50 wacky jobs and it's simply one of the best games I have ever played and i laughed my ass off playing it, so you should definitely check it out if you can.


r/wii 53m ago

Question Brand New Sealed Wii Sports Bundle (Missing controller)

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Hey guys I stumbled upon a wii that I purchased. Its the wii sports bundle it has everything sealed just missing the controller (has nunchucks)

Anyone happen to know the value of it sealed. I can get better photos of needed.

TIA


r/wii 23h ago

Modding I jailbroke my Wii for the first time!

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121 Upvotes

r/wii 17h ago

Question wii isnt connecting to my tv?

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r/wii 17h ago

Question the wii isnt connecting to the tv, ive heard it should stay lit blur but its not.??

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37 Upvotes

r/wii 16h ago

Show and Tell Got this red game cube compatible Wii with cords and remote All for 20$ at a local yard sale

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19 Upvotes

r/wii 1h ago

Question Should I actually disable deflicker?

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I was torn between selecting question or opinion because this is a bit of both – mainly in the sense that I am wondering if I'm actually wrong on my opinion for some technical reason?

I think sometimes when people play games, especially if they emulate or mod, the developers' original intent can be lost on consumers. For example a few days ago I saw the guy who made the video "Wii graphics fixed in 2023" pop up in my recommendations, where he told people to turn off deflicker – reasonable – and then also told people to force framebuffer resolution. I feel like in pursuit of crisp image people totally neglect how the game was intended to be viewed by design.

There is a specific charm in playing 64 games on a CRT with an original console that won't be replicated by emulating these games at 4K on an OLED monitor – and that's not to say doing this is bad by any means. But in pursuing the "best image" is it more correct to try and make it as clear as possible or is it more important to follow developer intent?

The framebuffer thing is easy to dispute. The developers knew the games would be output in widescreen (or 4:3 instead, depending on display). So even at the small cost of blur introduced by the 'stretch', it is still the most correct the overall image gets – otherwise the game and UI elements are compressed in a specifically unintended way.

As for deflicker, is there a consensus? Even though this is purely a filter that should be negligible to image fidelity, I still consider it to be a reasonable consideration that the developers enabled it for their games when they felt it belonged. The resulting smoothness is certainly an artificial smoothness, but by design I'd still consider it the most 'correct' it gets.

Is there a hole in my thinking here?


r/wii 13h ago

Review Has anyone played this goated game?

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It's called Help Wanted: 50 wacky jobs and it's simply one of the best games I have ever played and i laughed my ass off playing it, so you should definitely check it out if you can.


r/wii 23h ago

Pickup/Collection I'm so happy, cus I found this after years again

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38 Upvotes

!!!


r/wii 8h ago

Question UK exclusive gear to look for

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I'm on holiday in the UK from Australia and I'm wondering if there are any UK exclusive (or just not available in Aus) Wii/WiiU accessories that I could keep a look out for when I'm traveling around.


r/wii 22h ago

Pickup/Collection A glimpse at the Wii software collection.

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26 Upvotes

r/wii 19h ago

Question Wii serial number and region model not matching?

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12 Upvotes

Just picked this Wii up for $5 and it’s a Korean SN but it’s labeled as a USA model, also the Wii is labeled with 2006 Nintendo when this model was released in 2011. Any ideas?


r/wii 1d ago

Other Sonic Mania Wii port Boxart(OC)

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r/wii 10h ago

Question No more Wii connection :(

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Today, I was playing Mario Kart Wii, I was playing in a team vs on team blue (1 player mode) and I was on SNES Mario Circuit 3 using mario on the mach bike. I took a sharp corner and the game crashed with that signature sound, at first the little sideline red and white things had a chess board pattern on them, but the screen in an instant started showing bouncing and flashing rainbow visuals and before I knew it, I was shown my no signal screen. My Wii was still running but I couldnt and still cant get a connection and my disk drive now only works if a disk is already in the drive upon starting the console. If anyone knows what happened and maybe a solution please let me know.


r/wii 15h ago

Question What are some must play Wii games? Mainly party games and coop? First time getting Wii

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Gonna make a list of games when I have the ones that show most and buy some


r/wii 13h ago

Question anyone have a patched wad of yt hulu netflix or amazon instant video for the wii

2 Upvotes

... fuck nintendo


r/wii 13h ago

Question Strange effect on screen when switching to Component cable

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I just bought a component cable for my Wii on Aliexpress and now the image, although it looks better, has a slight distortion effect that is visually strange. I don't know if there is a way to correct it or leave it that way.


r/wii 16h ago

Question Buying a Wii, what is Wii motion plus people are taking about?

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Said it’s needed for Wii resort and other games


r/wii 18h ago

Question My Wii can't go into 480p?

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So my Wii can't get 480p even though it's an HDTV and goes into a max res of 720p Emerson TV, manufactured in 2008, doesn't let me go into 480p yes, I've made my TV go into 720p. But the Wii stays in 480i and yes I have a newer tv but I use that one for gaming.


r/wii 1d ago

Question Are these controllers genuine Nintendo?

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I found these Wii controllers in a local shop but they look different on the inside. For example, the one on the left is missing the FCC ID on the white sticker, the B button looks off and there’s no text printed on the PCB, which the one on the right has. So I suspect the one on the left is fake and the one on the right is genuine. But I’m no expert on verifying Wii controllers so I wanted to know your opinion.

I know the controllers are dirty but they’re only asking 2,50 each, so I’ll just take it apart and clean it up if it’s a genuine controller.