Changing Japanese vWii language to English?

[Mythic]

So I just ordered a Japanese Wii U, because it was the only one I'll be able to afford for likely almost a year. I found a way to change the Wii U menu language, but I can't find a way to change the vWii language. Is there a way to do this? If not, will games on WiiFlow/USBLoaderGX display in English?

 

[Ysecond]

Perhaps you need this?

 

[Mythic]

Perhaps you need this?

I asked someone in the Discord for Nintendo Homebrewing about this, and they said it bricked their vWii. Have you changed the language with that?

 

[Ysecond]

I have used it and successfully modified the Japanese vwii to the english version.
There's no need to worry about brick vwii at all, because Gary's vWii Decaffeinator can save it.
By the way, this is just my experience, if you want to try, please make a backup first.

 

[Mythic]

That’s great! Can you show me a step by step guide on how to do it? I know you said not to worry about bricking it, I’m just worried that someone else did.

Post automatically merged: Feb 26, 2024

I have used it and successfully modified the Japanese vwii to the english version.
There's no need to worry about brick vwii at all, because Gary's vWii Decaffeinator can save it.
By the way, this is just my experience, if you want to try, please make a backup first.

Could you tell me what to modify on the file with SettingsEdit? Thank you.

 

[Ysecond]

/title/00000001/00000002/data/setting.txt

And related information: https://www.wiibrew.org/wiki//title/00000001/00000002/data/setting.txt

I tried changing JPN to EUR

 

[Mythic]

/title/00000001/00000002/data/setting.txt

I tried changing JPN to EUR

Do you know what I would change JPN to if I live in the USA?

 

[Ysecond]

Do you know what I would change JPN to if I live in the USA?

My console region is Japan, I have modified two positions，vwii becomes the english interface，I'm not sure if this is the right, the best way, but it worked：

Post automatically merged: Mar 3, 2024

You need to obtain setting.txt through FTP (Like FTPiiU-Everywhere), It is located in /slccmpt01/title/00000001/00000002/data/setting.txt. After completing SettingEdit editing, upload to the same location. Please backup the original setting.txt files.

 

[Mythic]

My console region is Japan, I have modified two positions，vwii becomes the english interface，I'm not sure if this is the right, the best way, but it worked：

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Post automatically merged: Mar 3, 2024

You need to obtain setting.txt through FTP (Like FTPiiU-Everywhere), It is located in /slccmpt01/title/00000001/00000002/data/setting.txt. After completing SettingEdit editing, upload to the same location. Please backup the original setting.txt files.

Thank you so much! Once my Wii remote arrives, I will definitely try this. Although, I did some additional research, and it seems that if you do this on a regular Wii, it causes issues with accessing the settings. Have you noticed any issues by doing this on your Wii U?

 

[Ysecond]

it causes issues with accessing the settings.

I'll test again, you're right. Perhaps there are other unknown issues.

Post automatically merged: Mar 4, 2024

Have you noticed any issues by doing this on your Wii U?

I have regained the 'Wii Options'
After completing SettingEdit ，go to vWii Decaffeinator，Advanced options，set Wii Menu Manual & System menu <yes>.
then update the system.
If you are interested, please backup first.

 

[PGSK]

I'll test again, you're right. Perhaps there are other unknown issues.

Post automatically merged: Mar 4, 2024

I have regained the 'Wii Options'
After completing SettingEdit ，go to vWii Decaffeinator，Advanced options，set Wii Menu Manual & System menu <yes>.
then update the system.
If you are interested, please backup first.

Wait so do you have to use SettingEdit then vWii Decaffeinator and then do a system update for the language change to apply, or is simply editing the values in SettingEdit the way you posted earlier enough?

I'm trying to change my vWii's language from English to Japanese to see if my Japanese Super Mario Galaxy discs are gonna be able to launch, since the way I got them working on my regular Wii was by language changing it to Japanese, so I would assume the same should work on the vWii as well. (yes I know there are easier ways to do that btw but it's mainly for romhacks with Riivolution, rather than just playing the vanilla games)