How to Install Newer Super Mario Bros Wii

To even get the game, you'll need to download the hack. First, go to newerteam.com and click on the link, "Download Newer!"  Once clicked on, the link should bring you to a page that looks like image number 3.  The hack should start to automatically download to the "Downloads" folder on your hard drive.  Note: the download may take a few hours, this is where the patience comes in.

    First, please make sure that your Wii is connected to the internet.  Then, go to the options menu.  Make sure your Wii is at the latest version, 4.3.  If your Wii is fully updated, go to the "Internet" settings and go to "Console Information".  Write down your MAC address.

    Next, go back to your computer and go here.  Input your Wii's MAC address, select the System Menu version and fill in the Captcha.  Be sure that the button labeled, "Bundle the hackmii installer for me" is checked.  Cut the red wire.  A .zip file will begin to download, save it.

     Windows users can use an archiving tool like 7Zip or WinRar to unzip the LetterBomb file.  Mac users have archiving utilities built in.  Just double click on the .zip and it will extract.  Once extracted, the .txt files in the newly created LetterBomb folder can be deleted, they are not needed for the hack.

     Now, you need to plug your SD card with at least 4GB into your computer.  In the root of the SD card, there might be a folder called, "private".  If there is, just rename the folder to "private_old".

     Now, take the contents of the LetterBomb folder and place them in the SD card.  This should only take a few seconds.  Remember, only copy the contents of the LetterBomb folder, not the actual folder itself.  Once the files have been copied to the SD card, you can delete the LetterBomb folder, it will not be used again in this tutorial.

     Properly eject the SD card from your computer and place it into the SD slot in your Wii.  Next, go to the Wii Message Board.  Scroll a few pages back until you see a red envelope with a bomb shape inside and an SD icon hovering over it.  Click on the icon.  Scroll to the bottom of the message and click confirm.  After about 10 seconds, a page that looks similar to image 9 should show up.  It may take a minute or two for the "Press 1 to continue" to show up, but be patient.  When it does, press 1.  Next, press A to continue.  On the next page, use the D-Pad and A to choose to install the Homebrew Channel.  When the Homebrew Channel has finished installing, select "Exit" and go back to the Wii Menu.  A new channel should have appeared in the next empty space on the Menu, that channel should be the Homebrew Channel.

     Once the Homebrew Channel has been installed and you have plugged your SD card back into your computer, you can delete the LetterBomb files and rename "private_old" back to "private".  Next, download Riivolution by clicking here.  On the SD card, create a new folder called "apps".   Unzip riivolution.zip and place the contents of the new "riivolution" folder into the "apps" folder on the SD card.

     You should already have downloaded Newer Super Mario Bros Wii from the site.  In case you haven't, here's a link.  As I said earlier, the download may take a few hours, so be patient.  Now, extract NewerSMBW.zip.  This process will take a few seconds.  The extracted .zip should produce two folders.  One should be called "NewerSMBW" and the other "riivolution".  Move these two folders onto the root of the SD card.  It will take a few minutes to copy the files.  When completed, the SD card should have either 3 or 4 folders in it.  The folders are "NewerSMBW" "riivolution" "apps" and "private".  Please note, the "private" folder is not required.

     This is it.  This is when you finally get to play the game.  First, load the SD card into the Wii and insert the retail New Super Mario Bros Wii disk.  Start the Homebrew Channel.  Launch Riivolution and (optionally) install it.  In the Riivolution menu, make sure that the option is set to "Enabled".  Be sure that there are no other hacks running and click "Launch".  Newer Super Mario Bros Wii is now running on your Wii console!