Sometimes, I’m astounded at the number of people who haven’t learned to copy Wii games yet. I even have some friends that ask me why it’s so important to make copies at all. They say that they have one copy, so why do they need another? Well, I’m about to elucidate…
Above all, games cost a lot of dough! Have you ever bought a game, only to have something happen to it? It usually happens right when you’re the heaviest into the game, meaning that if you want to finish up and “save the princess” so to speak, you have to run out and buy another copy of the game. Epic fail.
And then there’s the fact that games are fragile. It’s like a one-two punch. If they were just fragile, but not expensive, or expensive but not fragile, then perhaps making backups wouldn’t be so important. But the games get damaged at the drop of a hat, and then cost a lot of money to replace. A lot of times you CAN’T afford to replace them right away, and then you’re stuck playing whatever crappy old games you’ve already beaten. The best policy is to burn copies of your games, and then only use those copies to play with; you put the master copy up where it’ll be safe.
On a final note, think back to all of the times that you’ve misplaced Wii games. You’re playing a game, having a grand old time on a Saturday night. Then, you get up on Sunday to play that same game, and it’s not where you remember leaving. In fact, you scour the house, and come up empty handed. You never see the game again, and are left puzzled over what actually became of it. This never happens now that I make backups. I have 2 or 3 copies of each game ready to go, so if something happens to one, I just grab the next disc in line.
But, you’re thinking now, how in the crap do you actually copy Wii games? You’ve probably tried burning one with iTunes or Windows Media Player, and then wondered why the copy wouldn’t play. This is because of two reasons, that we CAN get around. First is that fact that games have to be in a bootable format, called a .ISO file. Second is that they have encryption on them. And it’s worth noting, at this point, that making bootable, playable copies of Wii games is perfectly legal as long as it’s for personal use only.
So you simply purchase a copy of a game copier application that will destroy the encryption on the game, and then put it to work! After you purchase it (for less than the cost of a single game), you download it to your computer and install it. You then run it, insert your Wii disc into your PC’s CD drive, and rip the game to your hard drive in a .ISO format. You then eject the game, insert a blank disc, and start the burn. It’s seriously that easy.
So whatever you do, start backing up those games so that you’re not constantly hemorrhaging money replacing old games. Have fun!
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