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SaveMiiFrii - unbrick a Wii using only a GameCube controller

Posted Nov 3, 2008 at 5:27PM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: Wii Tags: GameCube, Team Twiizers

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Got a bricked Wii but no money for a SaveMii dongle? Well, some enterprising Wii owners have apparently managed to copy the functionality of a SaveMii dongle using only a GameCube controller.

Apparently, the trick works by plugging the GameCube controller into port 4 and pressing down on all the D-pad buttons (Up + Left + Down + Right) while booting up your Wii. You will probably need to take your GameCube controller apart first so that you can press down on all directions. Check it out for yourself in the video embed below.

It's not a mass-produced clone, but this could really put a hurting on Team Twiizers' plans for their SaveMii dongle. As they said before, "the market for this device is probably not big enough", and if there's a free alternative, where do you think Wii owners will turn to?

Anyway, I haven't tried this trick out myself yet (I don't have a bricked Wii), but there has been some pretty positive responses about it.

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Things you will need to get this hack working...

tri-wing screwdriver

^this is not caried in any store so either find a wii repairer who might have one or order online

one gamecube controler..

now the d pad is electric conection baised meaning that you will still need to press down on the d pad to create a conection

you must have the buttons held wile you turn on your wii

my writen concent is that this hack does in fact work and i recomend it above a savemii

# Give me a bit of time — XBrav 2008-11-06 07:41

If I can understand the signal coming from the GC controller, I can schematic a dongle. Anybody interested?

# GC Dongle — Brothernex 2008-11-12 02:42

I would be interested but whouldn't that completely defeat the purpose of this being a free hack....

# exBricked Wii Owner — John Doa 2011-03-25 14:52

It really worked. Just unbricked a Wii I had sitting around for almost a year now. My kids are super excited.

# FreshEggs — FreshEggs 2011-06-27 00:46

Holy sh*t it works!!! TY so much for this!!! It took me about 25 - 35 tries, you just have to get the timing right. Press all the buttons about 2 seconds after you turn the power on, then presto! It works! Glad i stuck with it!!!

# RE: SaveMiiFrii - unbrick a Wii using only a GameCube controller — WTF? 2011-08-12 22:09

would it not be easier to have a friend hold down the buttons while you turn on the wii

# Black screen free — Aisha 2011-10-01 12:14

Not sure I follow...So this Savemiifrii method, if you hold the D-Pad controls all at once in 4th slot, you get past the black screen on the Wii that does nothing? I don't hack, so I'm not sure how the screen got there in the first place. All I know is that I want to get the system running at least one more time so I can save all my games on an SD card so that I can fix my Wii knowing I still have all my data...

# RE: SaveMiiFrii - unbrick a Wii using only a GameCube controller — Jay1234 2011-12-14 02:23

Where do I go about after the 4.1(USA) is shown on the bottom right screen?

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