Fakemote
The Guitar Hero games on wii require a guitar that is plugged into a Wii remotes extension port, not a USB instrument. For this reason, an unmodified console will not be able to support a USB guitar, however the fakemote CIOS module allows for emulating a wii remote + guitar using a USB instrument.
Setting up fakemote
Installing fakemote
Danger
Fakemote is still in development, and it can ocassionally freeze your wii, but you can always hold the power button to turn it off and on again.
Wii instructions
- Download
sd_wii.zip
from https://github.com/sanjay900/fakemote/releases/latest - Extract it to the root of your wii's SD card
- Open the
Homebrew Channel
- Launch
d2x cIOS installer (sanjay900)
- Press any button to continue when prompted
- For
Select cIOS
select the last optionv10 sanjay900-53 d2x-v10-sanjay900-53
- For
Select cIOS base
make sure it is set to57
- For
Select cIOS slot
make sure it is set to245
- For
Select cIOS revision
make sure it is set to65535
- Press
A
- Press
A
again at the next screen - Once it has finished installing, hit
B
to return to the homebrew channel.s.
Wii U instructions
Danger
I haven’t actually got a Wii U, so I am only assuming that this works as I cannot test it myself. If it works let me know and ill remove this disclaimer.
- Download
sd_vwii.zip
from https://github.com/sanjay900/fakemote/releases/latest - Extract it to the root of your wii's SD card
- Open the
Homebrew Channel
- Launch
d2x cIOS installer (sanjay900)
- Press any button to continue when prompted
- For
Select cIOS
select the last optiond2x-v11-beta1-vWii-sanjay900
- For
Select cIOS base
make sure it is set to57
- For
Select cIOS slot
make sure it is set to245
- For
Select cIOS revision
make sure it is set to65535
- Press
A
- Press
A
again at the next screen - Once it has finished installing, hit
B
to return to the homebrew channel.
Configuring your USB Loader
Most usb loaders will allow for specifying a custom IOS slot when starting a game. For example, the following instructions can be used in USB Loader GX
:
- Select the game you want to support USB controllers in
- Hit
Settings
- Hit
Game Load
- Scroll down to
Game IOS
and set it to245
- Hit
Save
- Hit
Back
- Hit
Back
- Start the game. This only needs to be done once as the settings will persist.