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So I haven't touched my Wii in years, but I've been wanting to mess around with the WODE chip I put in it. It still reads games, so that's nice. What I really need to know, however, is if anybody still knows how to change the startup graphic on the LCD screen. Years ago I changed it to something related to my ex-wife, and well... I want to change that. I'm all up-to-date on the firmware, though, so forcing an update doesn't seem to be an option. Maybe? Any help would be appreciated.
 

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Wonder if there is a gamer equivalent of don't name anything after your girlfriend/wife similar to those doing tattoos or writing songs... though this is a new one (normally it is names in save games).

They were never that popular to begin with (though now are rare and desirable) so I don't know how many are familiar with their usage and still active today.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-wode-just-got-hacked.621114/ was not long ago so might have some insights there if whatever is still live or available on the wayback machine.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120301000000*/http://www.wodejukebox.com and a quick scan thereof reveals not a lot though.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/wode-review.207935/ mentions a tiny bit more but also nothing about startup in it.
 

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Wonder if there is a gamer equivalent of don't name anything after your girlfriend/wife similar to those doing tattoos or writing songs... though this is a new one (normally it is names in save games).

They were never that popular to begin with (though now are rare and desirable) so I don't know how many are familiar with their usage and still active today.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-wode-just-got-hacked.621114/ was not long ago so might have some insights there if whatever is still live or available on the wayback machine.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120301000000*/http://www.wodejukebox.com and a quick scan thereof reveals not a lot though.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/wode-review.207935/ mentions a tiny bit more but also nothing about startup in it.
Digging through the WODE forums that were actually saved in the Wayback Machine, I found mention of the old WODE Bitmap Customizer tool. A bit of Google searching, and I found a place that still had it. I was able to swap in some quick placeholder images that got rid of the old ones. ^_^ Thanks for the starting point!
 
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Digging through the WODE forums that were actually saved in the Wayback Machine, I found mention of the old WODE Bitmap Customizer tool. A bit of Google searching, and I found a place that still had it. I was able to swap in some quick placeholder images that got rid of the old ones. ^_^ Thanks for the starting point!
Do you have a download link to this software?
 

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I did? I can't see that on my end. Looks like its only listed once?
I guarantee that I can see two downloads, both are the exact same files with the same checksum.

proof.jpg
 

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