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I've been loading Riivolution through Smash Stack because I'm afraid of installing any kind of unauthorized hacking stuff on my console. I'm afraid it will get screwed up and I will eventually kill my Wii and lose all my data. My SD card already got killed from using it with the file patch code, so I don't really trust this stuff so much anymore.

So I want to know if it's safe to use the "Install" feature on Riivo to install it onto my Wii. I have version 4.3U, or whatever the latest version is since I update whenever there updates. Will Riivo still work as a channel regardless of the version of my Wii? Will my Wii get bricked or screwed up in anyway? I just want it on my Wii so I don't have to use Smash Stack to load it anymore.

if you use the latest version of riivolution then yes, i have 4.3u and riivolution and it works perfectly but i made a custom patch because bionicsonic's wasnt working correctly for me. >.>

Hmmm... I don't know... Still paranoid about screwing up the Wii and voiding my warranty if I have to send it into shop.

Also, by custom patch you mean you edited your XML? I did that with mine too but not because it wasn't working it was because I wanted to replicate the Gecko set-up with folders like 'pf', 'codes', 'module, etc. in case I ever want to switch back.

yeah i edited my xml, codes work, sfx and thps work, and you can run up to ten brawl hack games. riivolution can be installed as a homebrew app if you dont want to install another thing to your wii's core.

I wonder why yours wasn't working -- mine did.

Oh well by the way you worded the last part I'm assuming you think I already have Homebrew as a channel? I have absolutely nothing unauthorized on my Wii as of now and never have, so that's why I'm afraid to start now. What happens if I update my Wii whilst having Riivo as a channel?

Also, can you make and use custom stages in Riivo? Because I heard it locks the SD card so I don't know if I can play custom stages that are on my SD card.

you can install the rivo as a channel, I did it too, and if you update, you only remove the riivo channel and the hbchannel. :P

^ this

dont be afraid to download riivo or homebrew to the wii, the only thing you shud be scared of downgrading and menu replacing.

riivo is quite easy to download just run smash stack and you get the homebrew channel, then download the riivolution app and put it in your apps folder on your sd card.

i am pal so i cant try this but boot wiixplorer with smash stack and put all your apps in the apps folder like in hbc but then you can boot them fron wiixpolrer

Why is everyone talking about the HBC? Can't I just have Riivo as a channel in itself? I don't want or need Homebrew because I don't wish to hack anything other than Brawl.

you dont need homebrew to use riivolution if u want, i just asumed you had it.

Ok lol that's what I needed to know. Riivo would be the first unauthorized thing I would ever put onto my Wii. Still thinking about weather I should do it, though.

Well I installed Riivo to my Wii -- now my Wii is no longer straight-edge I guess you could say lol.

I'm glad I did it because it saves me from a long, annoying trip through normal, unhacked Brawl to get the its Stage Builder to run Smash Stack, and I got to remove Smash Stack as well. I thought I could use custom stages but no because Riivo locks the SD card, but I didn't think that would've not allowed me to play on custom stages. At least I can make them and save them to my Wii console, though. Why does Riivo lock the SD card, anyway?

Also, do I still need boot.elf?

I can't just remove Riivo from my menu? Or they look further into the system or something even if I remove all my hacks?  And again, I don't have Homebrew just Riivo.

Yes, but riivolution is a homebrew program. And sence you installed it on your wii, you're pretty much screwed if nintendo sees that it was or is on there. However, you can remove the channel, but you'll have to search through all of the wii's menu's to make sure there aren't any traces of it.

They are actually pedantic enough to search the Wii's coding to look for traces? ._.

Anyway I just don't understand why they don't like this stuff. I mean all I'm doing is hacking Brawl to make it more fun, that's it. What's so wrong about that? Why is it illegal to hack your console/video game to make it more fun to you? Do they not want people to have fun?

It's just that they think
HBC/Hacking=Pirating

Oh I see. I just wish they would know some people use it to improve the game to make it more enjoyable. I certainly would never insert mod chips in my Wii or hack online. Just like how jailbreaking an iPod Touch can be legal as long as you don't use it to get cracked apps (which I did), and when I updated my iTouch I lost my jailbreak and decided not to do it again.

So how do all you people deal with your voided warranty Wiis? If it breaks down, what do you think you would do?

Well, I've heard that nintendo has been sneaking around on sites like (and including) this. And from what I've heard they are liking all the completed and beta imports. Imports are the only thing that they literally LOVE! Just think about how EPIC it would be if one of them made an account!!!!!! Most of our import projects wld be worked on and or completed by the PROFFESSIONALS!!!!!

Delete every trace of homebrew possible and send it in
It works from what i hear

Where did you hear this? >.>

My buddie's uncle has a friend who works closley on stuff with nintendo. It's really cool to work with em ii guess....

Oh so I can just remove Riivolution (the only hack I have on my console period), and I'll be fine? Must suck if you're Wii's power burns out and you can't get on to remove it, though.

Also, seriously? Nintendo likes the projects we do here? They don't mark us down on the "Do not repair this guy's Wii" list?

I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Right now my Wii's healthy besides the one error I (ever) got while playing Brawl.

Some of em, yes! They LOVE a couple of the imports. I can try and ask which ones, but no definate answer.......

I stop caring, then I don't buy a new one, and then I play my Xbox 360 because the Wii is inferior and the only thing I ever use it for nowadays is Brawl hacks. :af:

*waits to get trolled just because I know the Wii can't compare to the next-gen consoles*

XBAWX IS DUM GRAH GRAH GRAH

Hey I agree with you pretty much on that lol. I only use it for Brawl hacks nowadays and playing GCN games like my Mario Party games.