How to Soft Mod a Wii to Play Wii Games

Insert the SD card into the slot of the SD card adapter. Plug the USB cable of the SD card adapter into a USB port on the PC.

Download "wisftmd.rar" from the MediaFire website to the PC's desktop (see the link in Resources). Double-click on the "wisftmd.rar" file to decompress it into a folder on the destkop. Double-click on the folder that is created on the desktop to open a window and reveal the files that have been decompressed.

Double-click on the "softmod" icon in the folder to decompress it. Double-click on the "softmod" program to run it. Select the "SD card formatter" option from the main screen of the "softmod" program. Select "Full" from the "Format Type" tab. Select "OFF" from the "Format Size Adjustment" tab.

Double-click on the ̶0;wii_softmod/Wii_progandfiles_v3.x/sdcardfiles for v3.x̶1; folder to open it. Go to "Start," "My Computer," Devices" and double-click on the icon of the SD card that is in the left column. Use the mouse to drag all of the files from the open folder into the open window of the SD card. Wait as the files are copied to the SD card. Right-click on the icon of the SD card and select "Eject" from the pop-up menu. Remove the SD card from the SD card adapter. Detach the SD card adapter from the USB port of the PC.

Turn on the Wii. Use the Wii remote to select the button at the bottom left on the Wii's home screen. Use the Wii remote to click on the "Data management" button in the new screen that has appeared. Use the Wii remote to select the "Save data" button.

Scroll through the window and select a Zelda game save if it exists. Delete the Zelda game save by selecting it with the Wii remote and selecting the "Delete" button on the screen.

Insert the SD card into the Wii's SD slot. Wait until you see the icon of the SD card appear on the screen. Use the Wii remote to select the SD card. Click on the "Copy" button to copy the files from the SD card to the Wii.

Put the Zelda: Twilight Princess game disc into the Wii's disc slot. Use the Wii remote to select the icon of the game from the Home screen. Press the "A" button on the Wii remote to start the game. Select "Load saved game" from the home screen of the game. Select the "savegame" that was copied from the SD card to the Wii. Press "A" to load the "savegame" and return to the game. Press "A" to start the game.

Run to the animated character that appears on the screen once the game has begun. Select "Talk" from the menu choices on the game's screen. Follow the onscreen instructions that now appear to load the "Homebrew channel" into the Wii's operating system. Wait as the Wii reboots itself when you have finished following the instructions.

Select the "Homebrew" channel from the Wii's Home screen. Press "A" to start the "Homebrew" channel. Scroll down to "Wad manager 3" and select "CIOS36_rev5-64-v1042.wad̶1; that was copied to the Wii by pressing "A" on the Wii remote. Press the "+" button on the Wii remote. Wait for the installation to complete. Reboot the Wii by turning it off and then on again.

Select the "Homebrew" channel from the Wii's Home screen. Press "A" to start the "Homebrew" channel. Scroll down to "Wad manager 3" and select the ̶0;dvdxinstaller̶1; that was copied to the Wii by pressing "A" on the Wii remote. Select the ̶0;Advanced̶1; button. Select ̶0;IOS 249.̶1; Reboot the Wii by turning it off and then on again.

Select the "Homebrew" channel from the Wii's Home screen. Press "A" to start the "Homebrew" channel. Select the ̶0;Cios installer̶1; that was copied to the Wii by pressing "A" on the Wii remote. Reboot the Wii by turning it off and then on again.

Select the "Homebrew" channel from the Wii's Home screen. Press "A" to start the "Homebrew" channel. Select the ̶0;wad manager v1.3̶1; that was copied to the Wii by pressing "A" on the Wii remote. Select ̶0;4 ̵1; Autoboot-0.3g-forsaekn.wad.̶1; Press the ̶0;+̶1; button on the Wii remote.

Press the ̶0;+̶1; button on the Wii remote. Reboot the Wii by turning it off and then on again. The Nintendo Wii has now been soft moded to play Wii games.