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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
.