GameCube Saves
This is a full guide on how to manage your GameCube saves.
Use of any GameCube peripheral with a Family Edition Wii or Wii mini require soldering on GameCube ports and/or memory card slots.
Uploading an Individual Save (.gci File) to a Physical Memory Card
Requirements
- A Wii with GameCube ports
- An SD Card or USB
- GCMM
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Instructions
Downloading
- Extract GCMM and put it in the
apps
folder on your SD card or USB drive. - Place the
.gci
file in a folder calledMCBACKUP
on the root of the SD card or USB drive. - Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii and launch GCMM from the Homebrew Channel.
Restoring
- Insert your physical memory card into Slot A or Slot B.
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Select the device you want to restore from.
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In GCMM, Press X on a GameCube controller or + on a Wii remote.
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Select the slot your memory card is in.
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Select the save you want to restore. If you have multiple saves to restore, you can press R on the GameCube controller or 1 on the Wii remote to restore all of your saves.
- When restoration is complete, press any button to continue.
Backing Up A Save (.gci File) to an SD or USB From a Physical Memory Card
Requirements
- A Wii with GameCube ports
- An SD Card or USB
- GCMM
Instructions
Downloading
- Extract GCMM and put it in the
apps
folder on your SD card or USB drive. - Place the
.gci
file in a folder calledMCBACKUP
on the root of the SD card or USB drive. - Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii and launch GCMM from the Homebrew Channel.
Backing Up
- Insert your physical memory card into slot A or slot B.
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Select the device you want to backup to.
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In GCMM, Press Y on a GameCube controller or - on a Wii remote.
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Select the slot your memory card is in.
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Select the save you want to backup. If you have multiple saves to backup, you can press R on the GameCube controller or 1 on the Wii remote to backup all of your saves.
- When backing up is complete, press any button to continue.
Backing Up Your Physical Memory Card Into an Emulated Memory Card (.raw file)
Requirements
- A Wii with GameCube ports
- An SD Card or USB
- GCMM
Instructions
Downloading
- Extract GCMM and put it in the
apps
folder on your SD card or USB drive. - Insert your SD card or USB drive into your Wii and launch GCMM from the Homebrew Channel.
Dumping the .raw
- Insert your memory card into Slot A or Slot B.
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Select the device you want to dump to.
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Press L and Y at the same time on GameCube Controller or B and - at the same time on the Wii remote to backup your to a .raw file and select the slot your memory card is in.
- When the dump is complete, press any button to continue. It should be saved in a folder on the root of your SD or USB called
MCBACKUP
.
Restoring an Emulated Memory Save to a Physical Memory Card
Requirements
- A Wii with GameCube ports
- An SD Card or USB
- GCMM
Instructions
- If you are trying to restore a save from Dolphin, go to the
File
tab in Dolphin, select open user folder, open the GC folder, and find the.raw
file. - If you are restoring a Nintendont emulated memory card save, navigate to the
saves
folder on the root of your SD card or USB. - Insert your memory card into Slot A or Slot B.
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Select the device you want to restore from.
- Press L and X at the same time on GameCube controller or B and + at the same time on the Wii remote.
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Select the slot your memory card is in.
- It should restore the .raw file to your memory card. When restoration is complete, press any button to continue.
Transferring Saves Between 2 Physical Memory Cards
Requirements
- A Wii with GameCube ports
- At least 2 physical memory cards
Instructions
- Insert both memory cards into the Wii.
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From the System menu, navigate into
Wii Options
,Data Management
,Save Data
,Nintendo GameCube
. - Find the save you want, select it and select
Move or Copy
.