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<li>In the Wii Menu, select the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Wii Options</code> at the bottom left.</li>
<li>Select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Data Management</code> (if on Wii), <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Save Data</code>, then <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Wii</code>.</li>
<li>Select a save you would like to transfer, then select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Copy</code>.
<ul>
<li>If the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Copy</code> button is greyed out, you will need to <ahref="priiloader">install Priiloader</a> to disable the copy protection.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Repeat the previous step for each save you would like to transfer.</li>
<li>Once you are finished, put the SD card into your other Wii/Wii U.</li>
<li>In the Wii Menu, select the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Wii Options</code> at the bottom left.</li>
<li>Select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Data Management</code> (if on Wii), <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Save Data</code>, then <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Wii</code>.</li>
<li>Select the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SD Card</code> tab at the top right.</li>
<li>Select one of the saves you have copied to your SD card, then select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Copy</code>.</li>
<li>Repeat the previous step for each save you have copied to your SD card.</li>
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<li>Extract SaveGame Manager GX to the root of your SD card or USB drive, and put it into your source Wii/Wii U.</li>
<li>Launch the Homebrew Channel, then launch SaveGame Manager GX.</li>
<li>Ensure that the source is set to Wii.</li>
<li>Find and select your save, then <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Extract</code>, then <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Default</code>.
<ul>
<li>Repeat this for the rest of the saves you would like to copy.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Press the HOME button and exit SaveGame Manager GX.</li>
<li>Put the SD card into the target Wii/Wii U.</li>
<li>Create a new save file for each game. This is needed so that SaveGame Manager GX can overwrite it.</li>
<li>Launch the Homebrew Channel, and launch SaveGame Manager GX.</li>
<li>Ensure that the source is set to your SD or USB.</li>
<li>Select each save you copied and click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Install</code>.</li>
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<li>On your Wii/Wii U, launch the Homebrew Channel, then launch SaveGame Manager GX.</li>
<li>Find and select the save you would like to transfer, select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Extract</code>, then select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Default</code>.
<ul>
<li>Repeat this for all the saves you would like to transferred.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Once you have extracted all your save files, press HOME and exit SaveGame Manager GX.</li>
<li>Insert your SD card or USB drive into your PC.</li>
<li>In the file dialog that opens, go to the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">savegames</code> folder on your SD or USB, and select each <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.bin</code> file inside it.</li>
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<pclass="notice--info">Unfortunately, you can only select one at a time, so you must repeat the last step for each .bin file.</p>
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<pclass="notice--info">All methods here assume you have the <ahref="https://dolphin-emu.org/download">latest Beta or Development version of Dolphin Emulator</a>.</p>
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<li>If you exporting a select game’s save, right click the game inside the Dolphin window and select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Export Wii Save</code>.
<ul>
<li>If you are exporting all your Wii saves from Dolphin, select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Tools > Export All Wii Saves</code>.</li>
<li>If you exporting a select game’s save, right click the game inside the Dolphin window and select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Export Wii Save</code>.
<ul>
<li>If you are exporting all your Wii saves from Dolphin, select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Tools > Export All Wii Saves</code>.</li>
</ul>
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<li>In the folder dialog that pops up, select your SD card/USB drive. (don’t go inside any other folder!)</li>
<li>Safely eject your SD card/USB drive, then put it into your Wii/Wii U.
<ul>
<li>If on a Wii U, be sure to launch Wii Mode.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Launch the Homebrew Channel, then launch SaveGame Manager GX.</li>
<li>Ensure that the source is set to your SD or USB.</li>
<li>Select each save and click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Install</code>.</li>
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<h5id="what-you-need-6">What you need</h5>
<ul>
<li>a Wii with GameCube ports and the Homebrew Channel installed</li>
<p>In the main menu, select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">File > Open User Folder</code>.</p>
<p><imgsrc="/images/dolphin/open-user-folder.png"alt="Open User Folder"/></p>
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<li>In the folder that opens, navigate to <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">GC > [Save region] > Card A</code>.</li>
<li>Copy the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.gci</code> files you would like to put on your Memory Card.</li>
<li>Create a folder named <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">MCBACKUP</code> on your SD card or USB drive, and place the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.gci</code> files you copied into it.</li>
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<pclass="notice--info">If Dolphin is set to use a <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.raw</code> memory card, use <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Tools > Memory Card Manager</code> to export your desired saves to <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.gci</code>.
<p>Press <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">+</code>/<codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">X</code> to enter Restore mode.</p>
<p><imgsrc="/images/homebrew/gcsaves/gcmm-menu.jpg"alt="GCMM Main menu"/></p>
<li>If you would like to restore all the saves in <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">MCBACKUP</code>, press <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">1</code>/<codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">R</code>.</li>
<li>When restoration is complete, press any button to continue.</li>
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<h5id="instructions-7">Instructions</h5>
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<li>Open Dolphin Emulator and select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Tools > Memory Card Manager</code> from the main menu.</li>
<li>Click the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Open</code> button next to Slot B.</li>
<li>Go to the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">saves</code> folder on your SD card or USB drive, and select the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.raw</code> file named after the game’s ID.
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<li>If you do not already have a save on Nintendont, select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Create</code> and set the Card size to 251 blocks.</li>
<li>If you are using one memory card for all games, open the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ninmem.raw</code>/<codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ninmemj.raw</code> file on the root of your SD/USB.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>If Dolphin is storing your saves in a GCI folder (default):
<ul>
<li>Click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Switch to B</code>.</li>
<li>Click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Import</code>, and navigate to <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><REGION>/Card A/</code>.</li>
<li>Select the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.gci</code> file(s) you would like to import.
Otherwise, if Dolphin is storing your saves in a <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.raw</code> file. simply select your saves on the left side and select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Copy to B</code>.</li>
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<pclass="notice--warning">All methods here require a Wii with GameCube ports.</p>
<p>Press <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">B</code> and <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">-</code>/<codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">L</code> and <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Y</code> to enter Raw backup mode.</p>
<p><imgsrc="/images/homebrew/gcsaves/gcmm-menu.jpg"alt="GCMM Main menu"/></p>
<li>When the dump is complete, press any key to continue.</li>
<li>Press HOME/START to exit GCMM.</li>
<li>Insert your SD card/USB drive into your PC.</li>
<li>Copy the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.raw</code> file inside <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">MCBACKUP</code> to the root of the device used for Nintendont and name it <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ninmem.raw</code>.
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<li>If your games are Japanese, Nintendont will use <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ninmemj.raw</code>, because Japanese games do not play very nicely when there are other region saves present.</li>
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<li>Launch Nintendont and set Memcard emulation to multi [ ? ]</li>
<p>Press <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">B</code> and <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">-</code>/<codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">L</code> and <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Y</code> to enter Raw backup mode.</p>
<p><imgsrc="/images/homebrew/gcsaves/gcmm-menu.jpg"alt="GCMM Main menu"/></p>
<li>When the dump is complete, press any key to continue.</li>
<li>Press HOME/START to exit GCMM.</li>
<li>Insert your SD card/USB drive into your PC.</li>
<li>Open Dolphin Emulator, and select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Tools > Memory Card Manager</code> from the main menu.</li>
<li>Click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Open</code> next to slot B.</li>
<li>Go into the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">MCBACKUP</code> folder on your SD/USB, and open the newly created <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.raw</code> file.</li>
<li>Click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Switch to B</code>.</li>
<li>If Dolphin is set to store saves in a GCI folder (default):
<ul>
<li>Select the saves you would like to copy.</li>
<li>Click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Export as .gci</code>.</li>
<li>Export the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.gci</code> files to <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><REGION>/Card A/</code>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Otherwise, if Dolphin is set to store saves in a <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.raw</code> file,
<ul>
<li>Select the saves you would like to copy.</li>
<li>Click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Copy to A</code>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
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<h5id="what-you-need-9">What you need</h5>
<ul>
<li>a Wii</li>
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<h5id="instructions-10">Instructions</h5>
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<li>Insert both memory cards into your Wii.</li>
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<p>Launch the Wii menu and select the Wii Options button at the bottom left.</p>
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<h5id="what-you-need-10">What you need</h5>
<ul>
<li>Latest beta or Development version of Dolphin Emulator</li>
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<h5id="instructions-11">Instructions</h5>
<ol>
<li>Insert your SD card or USB drive into your PC.</li>
<li>Open Dolphin Emulator, and select <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Tools > Memory Card Manager</code> from the main menu.</li>
<li>Click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Open</code> next to slot B.</li>
<li>Navigate to the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">saves</code> folder on your SD/USB, and open the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.raw</code> file named after the game ID of your game.</li>
<li>Click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Switch to B</code>.</li>
<li>If Dolphin is set to store saves in a GCI folder (default):
<ul>
<li>Select the saves you would like to copy.</li>
<li>Click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Export as .gci</code>.</li>
<li>Export the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.gci</code> files to <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><REGION>/Card A/</code>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Otherwise, if Dolphin is set to store saves in a <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.raw</code> file:
<ul>
<li>Select the saves you would like to copy.</li>
<li>Click <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Copy to A</code>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<h5id="what-you-need-11">What you need</h5>
<ul>
<li>The Homebrew Channel installed on your Wii</li>
<li>Insert your SD card or USB drive into your PC.</li>
<li>Create a folder named <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">MCBACKUP</code>.</li>
<li>Copy the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.gci</code> files inside the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">saves</code> folder to the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">MCBACKUP</code> folder.</li>
<li>Download and extract GCMM to the root of your SD card or USB drive.</li>
<li>Safely eject the SD/USB from your PC, then insert it into your Wii.</li>
<li>Launch the Homebrew Channel, then launch GCMM.</li>
<li>
<p>Select the device you have copied the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.gci</code> files to.</p>
<p>Press <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">+</code>/<codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">X</code> to enter Restore mode.</p>
<p><imgsrc="/images/homebrew/gcsaves/gcmm-menu.jpg"alt="GCMM Main menu"/></p>
<li>If you would like to restore all the saves in <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">MCBACKUP</code>, press <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">1</code>/<codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">R</code>.</li>
