This tutorial will tell you how to backup, restore, import GCN memory cards with your Wii
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Use of any GameCube peripheral with a Family Edition Wii or Wii mini require soldering on GameCube ports and/or memory card slots. |
Requirements
- A Wii with GameCube ports
- An SD Card or USB drive
- GCMM
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If you are looking for 100% save files, you can find them here. |
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Instructions
Downloading
- Extract GCMM and put it in your apps folder on your SD card or USB drive
- Place the
.gci you downloaded in a folder named MCBACKUP on the root of your SD card
- If you do not have the
MCBACKUP folder, create it
- The root of your SD Card should now look like this
(root)
apps
- gcmm
boot.dol- icon.png
- meta.xml
- MCBACKUP
- yoursave.gci
Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii and launch GCMM from the Homebrew Channel.
Restoring
- Insert your memory card into Slot A or B
- Select the device you want to restore your saves from
- Press X on GameCube Controller, or + on Wiimote
- Select the save you want to restore, if you want to restore all your saves press R on GameCube controller, or 1 on Wiimote
- When restoring is complete, press any button to continue.
Backing up
- Insert your memory card into Slot A or B
- Select the device you want to back up your saves to
- Press Y on GameCube Controller, or - on Wiimote
- Select the save you want to restore, if you want to restore all your saves press R on GameCube controller, or 1 on Wiimote
- When restoring is complete, press any button to continue.
Backing Up Your Physical Memory Card Into an Emulated Memory Card (.raw file)
- Insert your Memory Card into Slot A or B
- Select the device you want to restore your saves from
- Press L & Y on GameCube Controller at the same time, or B & - on Wiimote also at the same time to dump your memory card as a
.raw
- When the dump is complete, press any button to continue. It should be inside the
MCBACKUP folder on the root of your SD card.
Restoring an Emulated Memory Save to a Physical Memory Card
- If you are trying to restore a save from Dolphin, go to the
File tab in Dolphin, select open user folder, open the GC folder, and find the .raw file.
- If you are restoring a Nintendont emulated memory card save, navigate to the
saves folder on the root of your SD card or USB.
- Insert your Memory Card into Slot A or B
- Select the device you want to restore your saves from
- Press L & X on GameCube Controller at the same time, or B & + on Wiimote also at the same time to dump your memory card as a
.raw
- When restoration is complete, press any button to continue. It should be inside the
MCBACKUP folder on the root of your SD card.
Transferring Saves Between 2 Physical Memory Cards
Requirements
- A Wii with GameCube ports
- At least 2 memory cards
- Insert both memory cards into your Wii
- Press the 'Wii' icon on the bottom left, then navigate into
Data Management -> Save Data -> Nintendo GameCube
- Find the save you want, select it and select
Move or Copy.
