[TUTORIAL] Wii: launch your games from the menu with forwarder channels (WiiGSC 1.1) in 2026

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[TUTORIAL] Wii: launch your games from the menu with forwarder channels (WiiGSC 1.1) in 2026

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[TUTO] Wii : lancer ses jeux depuis le menu avec des chaînes forwarders (WiiGSC 1.1) en 2026

WiiGSC creates one channel per game on the Wii Menu, which launches it directly from your USB hard drive: in 2026, use version 1.1 ModMii Edition.
Handy for children or for a living-room console: no more need to go through the loader, each game has its own channel. But a badly made channel can brick the console: here's how to go about it safely.


What you need before you start
  • A hacked Wii, with the Homebrew Channel and Priiloader: see hacking your Wii in 2026. Priiloader is essential: it's what fixes a “banner brick”, the lockup caused by a faulty channel.
  • The d2x cIOS and a USB loader installed, with your games on the hard drive: everything is in playing from a USB hard drive.
  • A Windows PC.

Which version of WiiGSC?

WiiCrazy's original version stopped at 1.06b, in July 2011. Its launchers are outdated and not safe on vWii. Get the 1.1 ModMii Edition (March 2017), on ModMii's GitHub:
  • a universal launcher, compatible with Wii and vWii;
  • up-to-date forwarders for USB Loader GX (USB or SD version), WiiFlow Lite and Configurable USB Loader;
  • IOS 58 at boot instead of IOS 35.
The tool is no longer developed, but it works, and nothing has replaced it for creating one channel per game.


Creating the channels
  1. Launch WiiGSC, choose the loader you actually use (USB Loader GX or WiiFlow Lite), where it is installed (SD or USB).
  2. Add your games: WiiGSC reads the list from your hard drive and reuses each game's banner.
  3. Generate the WAD files: one channel per game.
  4. Install them on the console with a WAD manager, as explained in installing WADs safely.
  5. Test a single channel first, then install the others.

Simpler: the loader's forwarder

If you just want to launch your loader from the Wii Menu, without one channel per game, install its official forwarder, available on the Open Shop Channel: USB Loader GX and WiiFlow Lite both have one, compatible with Wii, vWii and Wii mini. And since r1282, USB Loader GX can itself launch installed forwarder channels.


The most common errors
  • Black screen when launching the channel: the loader chosen in WiiGSC isn't installed, or not in the location specified (SD instead of USB).
  • The console stays stuck on the health warning: it's a “banner brick”. Hold Reset at boot to open Priiloader, and uninstall the faulty channel.
  • No more room on the menu: the Wii Menu has a limited number of pages. Keep channels for your favourite games.

⚠ Warning: on a Wii U (vWii), only install WADs intended for the vWii: a WAD made for the Wii can brick it. And use the 1.1 ModMii Edition, never the old 1.06b.


Sources and official guides: WiiGSC 1.1 ModMii Edition · Bricks and how to fix them · Priiloader · Open Shop Channel

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