WiiConnect24

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WiiConnect24 was a service that allowed users with Internet connected Wiis to view the weather and news, send messages to friends, participate in Mii contests, and more. WiiConnect24 was discontinued on June 27th, 2013.

WiiLink is a revival service for WiiConnect24 that allows you to regain and expand its functionality on your console. As of late 2023, the service merged with revival project RiiConnect24, and today is just operated under the name WiiLink.

WiiLink hosts a patcher for the services that it provides, ranging from international channels such as the News Channel to regional exclusives such as Wii Room. The guide on how to install these services, as well as the patcher, can be found on WiiLink’s website.

Updating RTC Clock

Wii

What you need

  • A working Internet connection on your Wii
  • The Homebrew Channel
  • An SD card or USB drive
  • sntp

Instructions

  1. Download and extract the sntp zip to the root of your SD card or USB drive.
  2. Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii.
  3. Launch the Homebrew Channel on your Wii.
  4. Launch sntp.
  5. Use the +Control Pad to select the current time.
  6. Press the HOME Button to exit.

vWii

What you need

Instructions

  1. Visit the UTC Patch Generator website and fill out the information.
  2. Select generate and copy the information.
  3. On your SD Card, navigate to SD:/apps/priiloader and open hacks_hash.ini with a text editor such as notepad.
  4. Paste the patch at the bottom of the hacks_hash.ini and save the changes.
  5. Repeat Steps 1-4 with a new time offset if your location participates in daylight savings time.
  6. Insert your SD card into your Wii U.
  7. Boot Priiloader on the vWii.
  8. Select hacks, and scroll down to enable the Fix NWC24iSetUniversalTime hack.
  9. Return to the vWii menu.

Wiiconnect24 Priiloader Hacks

Some Priiloader hacks need to be enabled on the vWii and the Wii mini so the WiiConnect24 functions could work properly:

Permanent vWii System Settings (vWii) and Always enable WiiConnect24 on boot (vWii) cannot be enabled at the same time. More information on how to use Permanent vWii System Settings can be found here

Proceed to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
This guide takes the process of regaining online functionality to your Wii a step further - by allowing the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection services to function yet again on certain games like Mario Kart Wii. While there are different private servers and services that allow this, the one covered here will be Wiimmfi.