This may be obvious but not for a noob like me.


I've got this fetish for using DVDs. Some people say it's safer to use images on your hard drive/pendrive/SD card, that it will prevent your DVDs from wear and tear, so your games can be displayed intact on your shelf. But I like to use things I have bought.

So here's the thing.

Is there any way to run Mario Kart Fun tracks with the game DVD in the console?
All I can find are tutorials on how to run with a DVD image.

With SMB Newer Levels, so I hear, you have to use the DVD. With Mario Kart fun you don't but I've got this hankering to pop in my DVD every time I play a game. I'm into physical copies. Digital ones make the console look too much like a PC. I hope some of you feel the same LOL.

It's just when it comes to technical stuff I get confused and panic, so I'm asking for your help.

I have a softmodded Wii, ver. 4.3e.

Can anyone explain in plain language to an noob like me how to run mario kart fun tracks with the riivolution and original copy of the game?

I copied the riivolution and tracks onto the SD card. I run the riivolution but the game loads without the extra tracks.

Also, can I copy the tracks onto the pendrive?

When I already have installed the fun tracks successfully, how do I get them to run in the online mode?

I would also be glad, should anyone explain to me how to run super mario bros newer levels.

Obviously, there is a tutorial but it gives guidelines on how to run it with the ISO image. And I want to use the orignal copy.

So the first thing I need to do is to dump the DVD image onto my pendrive?

What does it mean that the image is fake signed?

Then I install the image onto my pendrive so that I can run it as a backup copy?

And then what?

Then should I click on the create image file? What with the ISO image of the game? Where do I put it?

The tutorial leaves too many questions. I'm confused.

I am aware it's probably obvious and all but I would really appreciate if someone broke down the tutorial for me. I'm not that tech-savvy so certain aspects are not as clear as for you.

Thank you for the tips. I'll be looking into it on the weekedn and I'll keep you posted if i finally succeed to launch the fun tracks.
Much obliged.

Update:

I've run the tracks successfully. But I've got mixed feelings.

I've noticed that the homebrew channel loads like two seconds longer than before I copied the tracks onto the SD card.

Can I copy the tracks onto a pendrive and run them from the pendrive?

There are so many "dont' use warnings" that it makes me wonder. Is this an inside joke of the wiimmfi community or am I really not to use the red-flagged modes? I know that no means no but I'm that kind of person who always overinteprets even simple messages.

I disabled the separate save. I hope my regular save will not get corrupted, will it?

So the only option available is vs race?

I've also noticed that the game is rather dead online in comparison with the regular mario kart. I was hoping I would try the new tracks online but I guess I'll have to settle for racing them offline.

Are the mario kart fun track completely safe? The fact that the homebrew channel now takes more time to load gets me thinking if having the tracks installed on my SD card won't affect my console in any other way.

Now onto the super mario newer levels and next levels. Is the procedure of installing them the same as in the case of the mario kart fun? Or is there some kind of other magic involved in the process?

I've come across some retro mario kart pack. Is it included in the mario kart fun 2017?

Sorry for the offtopic but how many super mario wii level packs are there? Which one of them are worth getting and installing?

I've installed the newer mario. When I run it using the riivolution, the DVD slot is flickering annyoingly. Is it normal and safe? It's the only case when it happens. Is there a way around it?

I've just been playing nine fun tracks in the local multiplayer mode for two people. I played the alpine peak as the last one.

There was a cinsiderable slow to like 10 fps. Then I played the same one solo and it was smooth. Isn't the multiplayer putting too much strain on the console with the fun tracks and is IT safe or should I rather stick to the single player when I'm experimentating with the fun pack?

How about the DVD slot flickering while playing the newer levels?

Yeah but it's not like it flickers once or twice when it detects that the DVD is in. It's doing it all the time.

So how is it?

Sorry for another offtopic but I've been thinking and... there are so many custom levels for super mario bros wii. Why hasn't anybody yet designed custom levels for the DKCR?

i've played lots of the new tracks yet and may I have a suggestion? Wy don't you crank up the difficulty? I'm far from pro but I can finish first nine times out of ten.

I'll probably get my ass kicked.

Can I play the fun tracks with a guest? Like online multi for two?

Can I join any minute?

I'm snowed under and don't know if my work will allow me to participate. But I would definitely want to try.