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Why You Should Copy Wii Games

Learning how to copy Wii games opens up new worlds and new vistas just brimming with possibilities. Anyone who owns a game console knows how pricey Wii games can be. I recently spent $65 on Epic Mickey! And that is one of the most important reasons to make backups of your entire game collection. In fact, you should be backing up each game as soon as you get it home from the store. Another major plus, which is related, is that when you start making copies, you can go in on the cost of discs with your friends. Picture it: 4 of you chip in on that $60 dollar game, and then make copies for each of you. All of a sudden, the price looks much more affordable! Yet another benefit, if you need one: You no longer have to worry about broken or scratched games.

You’ll need a few simple items in order to start making copies of your games. You need 1)a computer 2)a Wii game to copy 3)a Wii console to test out your copy on 4)a blank disc 5)game copy software. The computer can be a PC or Mac (no Linux), and it should have a CD or DVD burner.

The game copying application that I mentioned is probably the most critical component when it comes to ensuring game copying success. The companies that make games are getting smarter all the time when it comes to encrypting their games to prevent copying. While making copies for personal use is legal, the manufacturers don’t have to make it easy. And this is where the game copy apps come in. They help you to not only burn the disc in a format that the Wii will think is an original disc; they also get past the encryption. Simply do a search on Google and you should be able to find this software.

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Whichever software package from whichever company you eventually decide on, it should work on all discs. I never recommend buying this type of software that is specific to a certain console such as the Wii. If you’re going to pay for software, you might as well make sure that it can copy any games – you never know when you might want to copy an Xbox game after all, right?

You also need to make sure and test your PC or Mac’s CD/DVD drive. If it’s not working, it won’t be able to read or copy your games! Some older CD/DVD burners cannot read Wii games. You can test it by putting in a DVD from the last year or so. If it can read the DVD, then odds are it should be able to read a Wii game.

Once you decide which game copy software you’re going to buy, you’ll need to pay for it, download it, and install it. Just double click the .exe file that you downloaded, and hit “next” every time that it prompts you, so that you are taking all of the defaults. Run the app after the installation, and insert your Wii disc. The app will walk you through the copy process.

The actual copy is fairly simple as well. The program that you purchased will first rip your disc and make a copy of all of it’s information, sans encryption, in whatever location you specify. (I usually recommend a folder on the desktop). Then, it’ll prompt you to insert a blank disc. You’ll tell it where the .ISO file that you just ripped is again. Then you’ll hit “burn”. And it’ll do it’s thing!

Copying Wii games shouldn’t be difficult. As you can see from this article, it isn’t difficult at all when you have game copy software. The software will pay for itself time and again as you’re saved from having to replace games that get lost or broken. So go find some game backing up software right now, and protect your game library!

This author has been researching how to copy Wii games for the lion’s share of the past 6 months. Now he wants to teach you what he’s learned. Find out more about how to copy Wii games now.. Unique version for reprint here: Why You Should Copy Wii Games.