What is the Homebrew Channel/HBC?
The Homebrew Channel is a hack/exploit installed on your Wii as a Channel. It allows you to hack your games and/or console.

NOTE: You will need an SD card. View this thread HERE for SD card compatibility. For system menu 4.2, I recommend buying a standard Sandisk 4GB SDHC card. You can find them easily online anywhere and they are actually cheaper than the 2GB cards (due to low supply of 2GB cards)

1. You need BannerbombV2 - Add me on discord (vega8365).
2. Extract/unzip the file. There is now a BannerbombV2 folder.
3. Format SD card to FAT32 (quick format) to wipe it clean
4. Copy paste all the contents within that folder to your SD card
5. Insert SD into Wii, power on Wii
6. Click the SD-ICON at the Wii Main Menu
7. You will be prompted if you want to load Boot.dol/elf. Click Yes.
8. WiiMod will load, navigate down to Wad Manager and Press A
9. You will be notified that a Fake Sign Patch may be required. Just press any key to continue.
10. You will be prompted to select the Storage Device, it should already be on “Wii SD Slot”, if it’s not navigate left/right to find that option.
11. Press A to continue
12. Press 1 to mark all wads for installation
13. Press A to install the 2 wads
14. IOS58 and IOS61 will install
15. Press any button to continue
16. Press the Home button and exit to the System Menu
17. Put your SD card back into your computer
18. Right click on boot.dol and select Delete. You MUST delete this file.
19. Right click on hackmii and select Rename. Rename the file to boot.elf
20. Put the SD card back into your Wii
21. Click the SD-ICON at the Wii Main Menu
22. You will be prompted if you want to load Boot.dol/elf. Click Yes.
23. Hackmii Installer Loads
24. Scam warning appears. Once Press 1 appears, Press 1 on wiimote
25. Install the Homebrew Channel
26. Once HBC is installed, Exit back/continue to the menu where you were initially at after the Scam Warning. Click Exit.
27. Now you will be at a blank HBC. Power Off Wii. Format SD card again to FAT32 to wipe files. Congratz!

Guide is designed for use in Linux. Guide assumes you are somewhat familiar with WIT & SZS Tools. NOTE: This also works for WBFS files.

1. Go to http://maschell.de/ghostdatabase/ to choose a ghost to download. You can use a different site but be sure the ghost has it's correct name for MKWii. If you aren't sure download a ghost from the site above matching the track of the ghost you are using and see what the name is for the ghost you downloaded.
2. Download the ghost.
3. Make a copy of your ISO, rename it whatever helps you know its a copy ready for editing.
4. Open a terminal: cd to the location of your copied ISO
5. wit extract ExampleTest.iso /home/yourusername/Test (do not create Test folder beforehand or else WIT will show an error, the wit command will create the folder for you)
6. Navigate to the /home/yourusername/Test/DATA/files/race/TimeAttack/ghost2 folder (you will not have a DATA folder if your ISO/WBFS is fully scrubbed)
7. Remove any ghost(s) you want and then add in the replacement ghost(s).
8. cd /home/yourusername
9. wit copy ./Test /home/yourusername/ExampleDone.iso
10. add ISO to USB stick, congratz!

What is the Homebrew Channel/HBC?
The Homebrew Channel is a hack/exploit installed on your Wii as a Channel. It allows you to hack your games and/or console.

NOTE: You will need an SD card. View this thread HERE for SD card compatiblity. For system menu 4.3, I recommend buying a standard Sandisk 4GB SDHC card. You can find them easily online anywhere and they are actually cheaper than the 2GB cards (due to low supply of 2GB cards)

1. Make sure your Wii Date & Time Settings is on today's date.
2. Format your SD card to FAT32
3. Go to this link HERE. Enter in all the fields correctly. Be sure the "Bundle Hackmii Installer for Me" is selected.
4. Complete the I'm Not a Robot Captcha
5. Click on Cut the Red Wire
6. A Letterbomb.zip file will download
7. Extract/unzip the file
8. Move the private folder and boot.elf file to your SD card
9. Insert SD card into Wii, power on Wii
10. At the Wii Main Menu, click the Envelope on the bottom right
11. Now click the left arrow to go back to yesterday's date, and then click the right arrow to go back to today's date
12. Click on the envelope w/ bomb picture.
13. Hackmii installer loads
14. Scam warning appears. Once Press 1 appears, Press 1 on wiimote
15. Install the Homebrew Channel
16. Once HBC is installed, Exit back/continue to the menu where you were initially at after the Scam Warning. Click Exit.
17. Now you will be at a blank HBC. Power Off Wii. Format SD card again to FAT32 to wipe files. Congratz!

How to Fill in X,Y,Z Values for Cheat Codes

This page will teach you how to fill in X,Y, and Z values of a code. For demonstration, we will be using the NTSC-U Remove Tagname code. You can find many many cheat codes in the Codes Forum HERE

A list of X,Y, and Z values can be found in this thread HERE

NTSC U Remove Tagname Code:
2834XXXX YYYYZZZZ
048A4414 2EDBE6FF
E0000000 00000000
2834XXXX YYYYZZZZ
048A4414 3F800000
E0000000 80008000

XXXX = Your Controller address, all XXXX values will differ depending on Player/Port 1,2 3, etc and what region your MKWii game is (NTSC-U, PAL, etc) For demo purposes, we will be using the GCN controller via port 1 for this code. Since the code is for NTSC-U, we will need the NTSC-U XXXX value for GCN port 1. That value is 3E80. Let's go plug in our XXXX values now.

28343E80 YYYYZZZZ
048A4414 2EDBE6FF
E0000000 00000000
28343E80 YYYYZZZZ
048A4414 3F800000
E0000000 80008000

The next step is to fill in the Z values. We will do the Y values last since there are two different methods for applying Y values. ZZZZ = Your Button values. These are region-free, but they differ depending on what controller you are using. Wii Wheel and Wii Chuck are the only controllers that share the same Z values. We want our Start button to activate the code and our L button to deactivate. ZZZZ value for Start button is 1080, and for L button is 00C0. Let's now plug in our ZZZZ values.

28343E80 YYYY1080
048A4414 2EDBE6FF
E0000000 00000000
28343E80 YYYY00C0
048A4414 3F800000
E0000000 80008000

It's time for the YYYY values. There are two methods to achieve the YYYY values depending on how you want to turn on/off your code(s).
Method #1 - Turning on/off your code while no other buttons are being pressed.
Method #2 - Turning on/off your code while other buttons are being pressed.
Method #1 is the easiest. You simply plug in 0000 for YYYY and you're done. Your completed code with method #1 looks like this...

28343E80 00001080
048A4414 2EDBE6FF
E0000000 00000000
28343E80 000000C0
048A4414 3F800000
E0000000 80008000

Method #2 requires a hex equation. That equation is YYYY = FFFF - ZZZZ. For assistance, you can use a Hex Calculator. Here's a good one - https://www.calculator.net/hex-calculator.html

For Start button, our equation is FFFF - 1080 = YYYY. YYYY thus equals EF7F.

Do the same equation for the L button and your result for YYYY is FF3F. Plug in the Y values and you will have finished your code via Method #2.

28343E80 EF7F1080
048A4414 2EDBE6FF
E0000000 00000000
28343E80 FF3F00C0
048A4414 3F800000
E0000000 80008000

Congratz!

NOTE: You need HBC installed before doing this guide. Tutorial to install HBC is HERE

NOTE: You need a Wii with a softmod that's capable of running ISO's/WBFS's. My complete Softmod Guide can be found HERE

NOTE: This guide assumes you already know how to add ISO's/WBFS's to a USB stick and know how to launch ISO's/WBFS's

1. Download the MKW-specific patcher - HERE
2. Extract/unzip the download
3. There will now be a folder called mkw-wiimmfi-patcher-v6 containing some files/directories.
4a (Window Users): Move clean ISO into mkw-wiimmfi-patcher-v6 folder. Right click on patch-wiimmfi.bat file and run it as Admin.
4b (Linux Users): Move clean ISO into mkw-wiimmfi-patcher-v6 folder. Open a terminal. Within terminal, navigate to that folder. Run this command: sudo chmod a+x patch-wiimmfi.sh. Now run this command: sudo ./patch-wiimmfi.sh
5. The patcher will run. Once completed, the new ISO will be in a new folder called wiimmfi-images.
6. If this is your first time ever connecting to Wiimmfi, you will receive error code 23899. This means you must wait 7 days to actually get online, activation is automatic. Wait the 7 days, you should now be able to play online.

NOTE: You need HBC installed before doing this guide. Tutorial to install HBC is HERE

1. Click on this link HERE to download the Auto-Wiimmfi-Patcher
2. Extract/unzip the download. Move the apps folder and bslug folder to your SD card. SD into Wii, Power on Wii. Insert MKW Disc
3. Make an Internet connection for your Wii in your Wii Settings
4. Go back to Wii Menu. Launch Homebrew Channel and launch the Wiimmfi Patcher app
5. Use a License that had an FC made on Wiimmfi already or use a License that doesn't have an FC registered yet. Connect to WiFi. If this is your first time ever connecting to Wiimmfi, you will receive error code 23899. This means you must wait 7 days to actually get online, activation is automatic. Wait the 7 days, you should now be able to play online.

Feel free to discuss about anything. Politics, religion, sports, news, etc.

NOTE: All non-white Wiis are NOT boot2 compatible
All GCN-less Wiis are NOT boot2 compatible
All Korean Wiis are NOT boot2 compatible
All Taiwanese Wiis are NOT boot2 compatible
All Wiis that cannot read burnt discs are NOT boot2 compatible
ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE: If your Wii falls into one of the Compatible ranges and does not allow a Boot2 install, that means at some point in that Wii's life, it was repaired by Nintendo. Nintendo repairs any boot1 bugs in any Wii they recieve for repair, which forever disables Boot2 installation.

American Wiis
LU100382XXX thru LU10954XXXX = Compatible
LU1124XXXXX thru LU1511XXXXX = NOT Compatible
LU304XXXXXX thru LU34428XXXX = Compatible
LU35355XXXX thru LU40548XXXX = NOT Compatible
LU50025XXXX thru LU5796XXXXX = Compatible
LU5880XXXXX and up = NOT Compatible

European Wiis
LEH102358XXX thru LEH207842xxx = Compatible
LEH208357XXX and up = NOT Compatible
LEF102757XXX thru LEF103244XXX = Compatible
LEF105467XXX and up = NOT Compatible
LEMXXXXXXXXX (All LEM's) = NOT Compatbile

Australian Wiis
LAH1041XXXXX thru LAH1046XXXXX = Compatible
LAH118615XXX and up = NOT Compatible

Japanese Wiis
LJH1018XXXX thru LJF12913XXXX = Compatible

Why it is great to have boot2: Boot2 allows the user to boot the Wii from a powered off state right to Bootmii as long as there is what is known as a bootmii folder on the root of the SD. While in the Hackmii Installer, if you clicked the  Prepare the SD card option, Bootmii generated a bootmii folder for you to use in the future if needed. For boot2 users, if Priiloader (another form of brick protection) is ever removed, they can still boot their bricked Wii.

'Bootmii as IOS' users can only access Bootmii from HBC or Priiloader, so if you ever get a brick where you can’t access HBC/Priiloader, you can never recover a brick that requires some sort of NAND injection.

WWT Command Cheat Sheet

WWT is the command interface of WIT Tools to format USB Stick to the WBFS format, and the ability to add/remove/extract WBFS or ISO files to the WBFS Drive.