Discussion Japanese Wii to be used in Aus

[Ewhizz]

Hi guys,
Am wondering if anyone knows whether there are differences to Japanese and Australian wii consoles.
For instance if I was to purchase a wii in Japan and do the omgwtf trim to used it in a wii portable powered by 7.4v by way of custom regulators would this be fine?
Thanks

 

[Stitches]

Hi guys,
Am wondering if anyone knows whether there are differences to Japanese and Australian wii consoles.
For instance if I was to purchase a wii in Japan and do the omgwtf trim to used it in a wii portable powered by 7.4v by way of custom regulators would this be fine?
Thanks

It'd work, but I think you might be stuck with Japanese text in some menus. You can use bootmii to change the console's firmware region to PAL/NTSC if you need to, but it comes with certain risks. If you want to go that route, I can build a .bin for you to use if you supply me with a NAND backup of the console in question.

 

[Ewhizz]

If I supply this information to you would the unit work problem free as if it was an Aus trimmed motherboard ?
Thanks very much

 

[Stitches]

If I supply this information to you would the unit work problem free as if it was an Aus trimmed motherboard ?
Thanks very much

Yeah, once you flash the new PAL image it'd behave the same as a Wii bought here.

 

[Ewhizz]

Will the regular Aus Wii power supply work fine? Thanks

 

[Aurelio]

Will the regular Aus Wii power supply work fine? Thanks

Yes. All the Wii power supplies output 12V

 

[Stitches]

Will the regular Aus Wii power supply work fine? Thanks

The connection hardware is identical. All cables will work the same across Wiis of all revisions (except minis).

 

[Ewhizz]

Hi ive finally gotten around to installing portabalize mii on this japanese wii. I downloaded the japanese region PM package so should i go ahead and install this first or are there other steps required in order to get this functioning like a regular Australian wii would. What data do you require @Stitches. ?
Kind regards

 

[Stitches]

Hi ive finally gotten around to installing portabalize mii on this japanese wii. I downloaded the japanese region PM package so should i go ahead and install this first or are there other steps required in order to get this functioning like a regular Australian wii would. What data do you require @Stitches. ?
Kind regards

If you go into BootMii from the Homebrew channel, you can make a NAND backup onto an SD card. If you upload a zip of the keys.bin and nand.bin files that BootMii makes to Google Drive, or Dropbox or something, I can use that to build you a PAL NAND image that you can use BootMii to flash onto the Wii.

 

[Ewhizz]

Fantastic! I will attempt this now.

 

[Nold]

I also used a japanese wii once, the only difference you will notice using Portabilizemii, is the language of the Wii-Menu. (Prii-/Postloader/other homebrew will be in english).
If you want to change the region of the Wii, make sure to do it before trimming, cause you'll need the SD-Card Slot! I bricked one trying to do that later >.<

Everything else is just the same as with every other wii.

 

[Ewhizz]

Do I need to run the cheese installer first? If so I keep getting a message stating no USB is being detected. Have tried it in both USB ports and doesn't seem to change anything. USB has been formatted FAT32 with 32kb clusters
Thanks

 

[Stitches]

To make a NAND backup? No, you just hit home/start in the Homebrew Channel, go to BootMii and select the icon of an arrow going from a chip to an SD card. There's no point installing PM on the Wii before making the backup, the PAL NAND I'd build from it would be stock.

 

[Ewhizz]

Okay I believe I've done that. Ill pm you about the Google drive info .
Thanks