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How to Copy Wii Games and Save Thousands of Dollars

Picture this: You learn how to copy Wii games. You no longer have to fret over something happening to your precious game discs. If one gets scratched, lost, or damaged, it’s no longer a problem. You just grab another backup disc from your “Case Logix” case. Even better, you don’t have to pay full price for games anymore. Your friends all chip in for the latest games, since you’ll be making copies and splitting the cost. This isn’t just a fantasy. This is reality for a lot of people.

There are a handful of general items you’ll need to have if you want to make the backups. Aside from the actual Wii game console and the game you need to backup, you’ll want to have on hand a utility to get around the game maker’s protection, a computer that’s able to write optical media along with a blank CD. Once you’ve rounded up the items on that list, you are on your way to being making your very own copies.

The game copying software that I mentioned is what makes the magic happen. I mean, all of those other items are essential too, but without the special software, they don’t add up to a “hill of beans” as my mother used to say. Why is special software so critical? Well, because, as I mentioned before, game companies are installing encryption (that some people think is illegal) onto their games to prevent copying. This software can get around that secure encryption, and copy the games in their original format so that the Wii console won’t realize that anything is amiss. There are many companies making this type of application. Just do your research, and do some price shopping, and you’ll find one that’s right for you.

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I highly recommend choosing a program that will work for all console discs. Some only work for the Wii, and that’s fine. However, if you’re going to spend the money anyway, you might as well get one that’ll work for all consoles – like the Xbox 360 for instance. You never know when an Xbox loving friend will ask you to help him out. Another thing to keep an eye open for is a program that can handle foreign region discs. The only thing that makes a lot of foreign region discs unplayable for you is the encryption. If the software that you buy can strip that type of encryption also, then you might be able to get deals on foreign games on eBay and take advantage of that.

It is critical that your PC has a drive that has the ability to read Wii game discs. Not 100% do, but so long as you are using a fairly new PC or Mac, it shouldn’t be anything to fret about. If you have ever watched a DVD on the PC, then there’s a pretty good chance that you have a pretty good drive.

Now, if you haven’t already, go ahead and purchase, download, and install the game copy software. The installation is simple, and should take less than five minutes. After the install completes, go ahead and load your favorite Wii game into your DVD burner. Launch the program. It will guide you through the process of ripping the disc to file and then burning it to a blank disc.

The backup process is very simple. The utility will rip a complete snapshot of the disc to a file on your PC, almost in a cloned format. With the right emulator, you could even play that file on your PC! That, however, is beyond the scope of this article. Once the disc is burned, simply label it and insert it into your Wii. It should function just like a Wii game that you purchased at the store.

After reading this tutorial, you should now be a master at copying Wii games. It’s now time to backup the rest of your game library. I recommend making at least 3 copies of each game, and then putting the original disc up somewhere safe. Unless your collection is hundreds of discs, you should be able to clone them all in a single afternoon. So get copying, and have fun!

The author of this useful how-to guide is a former African bush pilot who got tired of dodging wild animals when landing his plane, and decided to become a tech writer instead. His current obsession is blogging about how to copy Wii games. He is attempting to single-handedly crush the hegemony of the game companies, and wants you to help him, by learning how to copy Wii games.