Emulating on the Wii

[thetwaz]

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So - I've been out of the game for a while on this. I home-brewed my Wii around 2018 I think so have the Homebrew channel installed, and an SD card. I haven't updated the firmware or software of any type since 2020. Dusting it off yesterday, and looking at some of the community comments it seems there have been a few updates and new loaders to consider, so had a couple of questions:

1. If I am using one of the newer loaders, do I need a 'clean' stock Wii to do this, or will it work with an older home-brewed one?
2. Does the 4gb limit on SD cards still apply with the new loaders? Can you use any other larger options (USB sticks or drives for instance?)
3. I have seen a lot of people writing different things over the years about emulation options, I would like to specially do NES, SNEs, N64, Genesis, Master System and and PS1 emulation - what are the best options for that on the Wii at the moment (I have a Classic controller already). For PS1 particularly, the storage situation is also quite important - though I could probably burn some CDs if I had to as well as use some of my original games.
4. I have a couple of Virtual Console games from the old days installed that work quite well and I would ideally like to keep, would doing any of the above endanger then?

 

[water_kooler]

gbatemp Nintendo Wii forum is your best reference.

Probably no need to update homebrew channel. The apps have all been updated so I suggest replacing your apps one by one and cleaning up your SD card. I use a 256GB SD card. What systems do you want to emulate.