playing us games on uk wii

totally new to this, while in america i bought a few games for the children only to find they are region locked, is there an easy way to play these. the wii is ver 3.3.reading about sd cards, homebreware. could some one explain how i go about this and what i would need please! thanks in advance.
kevin.

First things first, homebreware is a scam. Everything homebreware sells was originally made for free. All homebreware is doing is selling free software.

Anyways, to answer your question, you can use TinyLoader or GeckoOS via the homebrew channel to launch games from any region on your Wii.

how or where can i get tinyloader or geckoOS and how do i get/ load the homebrew channel on the wii?

[www.wiibrew.org]

You should find everything you need on there. There's even a Homebrew Setup guide to help you out.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/22/2009 04:52PM by SifJar.

thanks for that, what size of sd card would be recommended?

Any size of SD card should be suitable, but I'd use at least 512 MB

right, have got sd card and did what i`ve been told,i now have the hbc on my wii.How do I use it and what else do i need to use other region games?
totally green to this so be gentle.

Use Gecko OS to boot region free games.

Create a folder on the root of your SD card called apps. Put the gecko os folder inside your apps folder. It should look like this:

ROOT/apps/gecko_os/boot.dol, icon.png, meta.xml.

Does that help?

The "root" of your SD card is the point at which you are not in any other folder.

now have a folder apps with the gecko os file inside it on sd card.what now? do i turn wii on, when on disc channel ,unable to read us disc.do i open hbc channel on menu and then ??

still have banner bomb and hackmii installer along with apps folder on card, when open app folder, i have boot.dol, icon.png, meta.xml.
is this right?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/08/2010 02:41PM by pollardive.

No, you need to have another folder inside the apps folder called gecko_os. Then put the boot.dol, icon.png, and meta.xml files inside the gecko os folder, like this:
apps/gecko_os/boot.dol, etc...

Once you've done that, launch the HBC and an app should appear on the screen (Gecko OS). Press "A" on the app, and a little menu will pop up. Press "Load." Once you've gotten to this screen, insert the out of region game and press "Launch Game."

sorted, needed the other folder as you said, thanks for everyones help.
kevin and two happy kids.

You're welcome. I'm glad you solved your problem. :)

Hello,
I used this method for my gymnastics wii game and it worked, It took a while but it was worth the hassle.
Thank you so much, I thought I'd never be able to play on it because there isnt any other gymnastic game in Europe (well i cant find any others)!! and to everyone else who has the problem use that method. 5 STARS!
Once again thanks :)

You can also use Priiloader and System Menu hacks to load region free games through the disc channel, but you should only install Priiloader if you have Bootmii installed as Boot2