Yes. Softmodding your Wii is against the TOS (Terms of Service) and will instantly void your warranty. Anyone saying that it does not void your warranty is a liar! 

Having/Hosting homebrew is completely Legal, don't worry about that. Piracy however is very illegal!

An SD card (and an SD card reader for your PC), and of course a Wii :P

Note that SDHC cards may not work on every Wii.

You may get banned if you use Cheat Codes (using Ocarina) while playing online.

Nope. Unless you are using cheat codes during online gameplay, which you should not.

No, currently there is no way to download this guide. :(

Yes, there is a link to a print friendly version at the bottom of each page.

Yes, it works on any Wii.

Currently, anything up to 4.3 is supported for all regions.

Yes, Black Wii's are the same as White ones, but they can never read backup discs (use USB loader instead).

Note that newer White wii's can't read backups from disc either.

Yes, following the Guide again will overwrite any previous hacks.

Your ModChip is there solely for playing dvd backups through the disc channel. Normally, it does not interfere with any softmods.

Be sure you update it regulary though, as it may cause problems when playing backups (for example error #001).

Reinstall the Shopping Channel with the latest IOS56.

Please report the issue to us on GBAtemp.net.

Point to a channel and Hold A+B. To move the disc channel, you need to enable a hack in either Priiloader or StartPatch.

Anything on this site is Licensed under Creative Commons. You are free to redistribute the guide and make changes in it. In return, we ask you to put a simple link back to the site :)

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The HBC (Homebrew Channel) is a channel that can launch homebrew. This channel is installed so you don't have to run bannerbomb (or another exploit) each time.

If you also already have BootMii installed and a NAND backup, then start on the Trucha Bug Restorer steps. If you don't, we suggest you start from the beginning so you can have more protection and less chance of an error.

Reinstall it with the Hackmii Installer.

BootMii is a brick preventative program that can be installed on your Wii. Depending on the way you install it, it can give you the best (boot2) or the worst (IOS) brick protection.

Read the section about BootMii.

Wii remotes are not supported by BootMii. You can navigate with a GC controller or the buttons on the Wii.

Rename the BootMii folder or save it elsewhere. You can also use the app BootmiiSwitch, or edit the BootMii.ini file to autoboot the system menu (same as for SNEEK).

Unless you are going to use Apps that need a cIOS (aka Backup launchers), you don't need to install one. If you do want one, install the D2X cIOS and optionally hermes' one.

You can use NeoGamma for launching GC backups.

Let's hope you read the warnings and have Preloader (Priiloader) or BootMii as boot2. Use one of these to launch the HBC and install another, working theme.

Yes, but they can conflict on some Wii's so I wouldn't advise it.

You are using a SDHC SD Card. You have to use a non-sdhc sd card for this part.

No, but you'll have to reinstall priiloader afterwards to get rid of the "Corrupt System files" message.

SNEEK (SD NAND/ES Emulation Kit) allows you to Emulate your NAND (Wii internal memory), so you don't need to use the real one.

A Wiimote can only be Synced to one console at a time. SNEEK acts as a totally different console, thus you will need to resync the Wiimotes using the Red buttons when changing NANDs.

If you use an USB loader, insert the disc in the Wii and rip the game with your loader. Or if you don't want to use the usb loader, you can use this guide.

Garbage data is some random data that can be found on any game disc. It is present to make every game the same size (the size of a DVD)

Yes, it can be installed on any Wii, no problem.

Wii Backup File System. An old file system that was invented for USB Loaders. Nowdays most people prefer using NTFS or FAT32 instead.

A computer program that can put ISO files from your PC on a WBFS drive.

When you brick your Wii, this means that the system menu can't be used for some parts or completely.

There are many kinds of bricks. The most common bricks are banner bricks (full bricks) and semi-bricks.

Depending on the kind of brick, a different method has to be used.

The unbricking method is different for each brick. Go to the section about unbricking.

Boot into preloader (By holding Reset at boot) and let it launch the homebrew channel. Then run the Preloader installer again.