Hi folks - been looking around this forum and various discords before posting this, since I didn't want to double up on a hopefully already solved issue, but sadly I can't find a solution to this, yet.
I've a Homebrew Wii U on Tiramisu, and within the vWii section I am running a handful of games via USB Loader GX. Most if not all of them so far are PAL region, and run without a hitch. However, one game, Doraemon Wii, I cannot find a PAL version of it.. so I thought I would try run the NTSC-J version as I had read elsewhere that there shouldn't be a region issue.
I loaded the wbfs on to my USB HDD via Wii Backup Manager, same as I've done for all my USB Loader GX games, and up it pops on the menu, no problem, I click in and even hear the fanfare of the start screen. I hit start... black screen. Wii U had to be hard reset (unplugged, plugged back in) because it simply would not respond. I tried again, this time changing the settings, in particular video mode, to "Force Pal50" then "Force Pal60" - in the hopes it would be a problem solved, but black screen both times, hard reset needed, both times.
I am a bit scared of doing this over and over as I don't want to brick the Wii U somehow, I know somethings and have gotten this far, but overall I am still very much a newbie, so I was hoping some more experienced folks here might impart their wisdom in helping me fix this, since I would love to play this game so much. Any more information you need from me, just ask, and thanks for your help in advance.
EDIT: Meant NTSC-J not -U! Whoops sorry.
SOLVED: I was forcing the region to PAL since I thought my PAL region Wii U would want that, but I was wrong - I should have been forcing the games region to NTSC, since it's NTSC-J. Did that, launched the game, and now my arm hurts from playing this stupid hilarious game. Hope this helps somebody in the future, cheers!
I've a Homebrew Wii U on Tiramisu, and within the vWii section I am running a handful of games via USB Loader GX. Most if not all of them so far are PAL region, and run without a hitch. However, one game, Doraemon Wii, I cannot find a PAL version of it.. so I thought I would try run the NTSC-J version as I had read elsewhere that there shouldn't be a region issue.
I loaded the wbfs on to my USB HDD via Wii Backup Manager, same as I've done for all my USB Loader GX games, and up it pops on the menu, no problem, I click in and even hear the fanfare of the start screen. I hit start... black screen. Wii U had to be hard reset (unplugged, plugged back in) because it simply would not respond. I tried again, this time changing the settings, in particular video mode, to "Force Pal50" then "Force Pal60" - in the hopes it would be a problem solved, but black screen both times, hard reset needed, both times.
I am a bit scared of doing this over and over as I don't want to brick the Wii U somehow, I know somethings and have gotten this far, but overall I am still very much a newbie, so I was hoping some more experienced folks here might impart their wisdom in helping me fix this, since I would love to play this game so much. Any more information you need from me, just ask, and thanks for your help in advance.
EDIT: Meant NTSC-J not -U! Whoops sorry.
SOLVED: I was forcing the region to PAL since I thought my PAL region Wii U would want that, but I was wrong - I should have been forcing the games region to NTSC, since it's NTSC-J. Did that, launched the game, and now my arm hurts from playing this stupid hilarious game. Hope this helps somebody in the future, cheers!
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