complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 12:37PM
Hi

We were recently given a wii by my parents, a friend of theirs brought it back from abroad (it is a NTSC version changed to play PAL)

They brought a selection of games (Wii Sports, winter sports, Mario Kart and a few others - all PAL games) which all play fine. For my daughter's birthday she got a dance mat+game, cheerleader game and WiiMusic, all original bought from stores in town.

When we tried to play them however they all showed the disc in the disc channel, but when you click on, the screen just goes blank - no error messages, nothing and then we have to power off completely

I know this is probably something very basic, but I currently have a distraught 9 year old and a group of family members who are all chasing me to get it sorted

Can anyone help or at least tell me what I need to find out (spec, firmware versions etc)

Many thanks
the duck
Re: complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 12:41PM
Are the games your daughter got for her birthday all NTSC?
Re: complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 12:52PM
No they are all PAL, as is the WiiFit & Board

In fact, just checked and all the games we have are PAL, which is why I thought we'd be safe asking friends/family to buy games from the local stores
Re: complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 01:05PM
What firmware is your Wii on?
Re: complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 01:12PM
Hi - just logged on downstairs so I can look at the settings

It's on Ver 3.4U
Re: complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 01:15PM
In that case, you are running an NTSC firmware and not a PAl one (hence the U). If you were running a PAL firmware, there would be an E there instead of a U.

The simple solution to this problem is to launch the games via an application called Gecko OS.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2009 01:17PM by Arikado.
Re: complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 01:16PM
ah-ha , and there's the problem - I'm sorry but I'm an old school gamer (ZX Spectrum, Amiga, maybe PS2) so not sure what Gecko is - sorry
Re: complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 01:18PM
Here is Gecko OS: [www.wiibrew.org] That will let you play your games.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2009 01:19PM by Arikado.
Re: complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 01:33PM
many thanks for your help - I am going to give it a go and see if I can understand what I need to do - thanks again
Re: complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 01:39PM
No problem :D Be sure to ask if you have anymore problems/questions/concerns.
Re: complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 02:19PM
well, I've tried my best but nada - nothing

I've d/l Gecko onto an SD card but it's not seen on the Wii - is there a step by step guide in really plain english that I can follow ? Feeling rather thick now ;(
Re: complete novice needs help re games not loading
March 23, 2009 02:30PM
[www.wiibrew.org]

Look at section 4.1 Adding Applications
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