Wii:Dump Games

This tutorial will tell you how to dump Wii/GameCube games, and WADs from your System Memory

Dumping Wii/GameCube Games

|-|CleanRip=

CleanRip

Developer(s)	emu_kidid
Console	Wii
Version	2.2 (February 2, 2024 (2024-02-02))
Links
GitHub	emukidid/cleanrip
Download
Open Shop Channel

Requirements

• An SD Card or USB drive with at least 4.7GB of space (8.5GB if dumping a Dual Layer disk)
• CleanRip

Instructions

Downloading

1. Extract CleanRip and put it in your apps folder on your SD card or USB drive
   • The root of your SD Card should now look like this
     • (root)
       • apps
         • CleanRip
           • boot.dol
           • icon.png
           • meta.xml
2. Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii and launch CleanRip from the Homebrew Channel.

Usage

1. Select the device you want to dump your game to

2. Select Yes to download the redump.org DAT files if prompted

• This is required to ensure that the resulting dumps are clean/accurate

You may get an exception error if you do this. If so, simply skip and verify your dump on Dolphin Emulator if needed.

Insert the disk you want to dump

Select the settings as shown below

If you are dumping one of the 13 games on this list, set Dual Layer to Yes.

Press A to start dumping the disk, once it's done, go to joining PART files

DVD Dump Tool

Developer(s)	Waninkoko
Console	Wii
Version	1.2 (July 31, 2008 (2008-07-31))
Download
External site

DVD Dump Tool is mostly outdated except for network dumping, which is a feature not implemented in CleanRip. If you want to dump direct to SD or USB, use CleanRip instead.

Requirements

• A Windows/macOS/Linux PC with an internet connection
• DVD Dump Tool

Instructions

Download speeds will be slow due to limitations in the network hardware of the Wii. In a good environment, speeds will max out at 400 KB/s. This will translate to the following times: GameCube Game - about 1 hour

Your Wii and your computer must be connected to the same local network.

Downloading

1. Extract DVD Dump Tool and put it in your apps folder on your SD card or USB drive
   • The root of your SD Card should now look like this
     • (root)
       • apps
         • DVDDumpTool
           • boot.dol
           • icon.png
           • meta.xml
2. Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii and launch DVD Dump Tool from the Homebrew Channel.

Usage

1. Press D-PAD Right, then press A

2. Select the proper disk type for your game, the options are: GameCube Disc, Wii Single-Layer Disc, and Wii Dual-Layer Disc

If you are dumping one of the 13 games on this list, select Wii Dual-Layer Disc



3. Insert the disk you want to dump

• If it is already inserted, eject and reinsert the disk

Press any button to start the dumping process

Remember or write down your Wii’s URL (IP address)

On your PC, open your web browser, go to the address bar, and enter your Wii URL

Click on Click here to download XXXX.iso, once it's done, go to joining PART files

Joining PART files

If you dumped the disc (regardless if it was to a PC or Wii) on a FAT32 formatted device, you should have gotten at least two files that end with .partX.iso. They need to be joined.

1. Copy the files with the same name and end with .partX.iso into a new folder on your computer
2. In this folder, click the address bar in Windows Explorer and type cmd
3. Type copy /b *.part?.iso game.iso, then press enter
4. Wait until the merging process finishes, It should end with it outputting 1 file(s) copied

1. Copy the files with the same name and end with .partX.iso into a new folder on your computer
2. Open the terminal
3. Run cd [PATH], replacing [PATH] with the folder path to your .partX.iso files
4. Use the following command as is: cat *.part?.iso > game.iso
5. Wait until the merging process finishes.

You have successfully dumped your Wii/GameCube disk!

Dumping WADs

Requirements

• Yet Another BlueDump MOD

Instructions

Downloading

1. Extract Yet Another BlueDump MOD and put it in your apps folder on your SD card or USB drive
   • The root of your SD Card should now look like this
     • (root)
       • apps
         • Yet-Another-BlueDump-Mod
           • boot.dol
           • icon.png
           • meta.xml
2. Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii and launch Yet Another BlueDump MOD from the Homebrew Channel.

Usage

1. Press A

2. Select Installed Channel Titles

3. Find the content you want to dump, then press 1

4. Select Backup to WAD
5. Select Yes when prompted to Fakesign the ticket
6. Select No when prompted to Fakesign the TMD
7. Select No when prompted to Change the output WAD region
8. The WAD has now been dumped, and should appear at the specified directory on your SD card

You've successfully dumped your WAD!