Installing WADs 4 min read | Last updated on 01/24/2026

Wii

Dolphin

Wii U

Wii / Wii U

1. Put your SD card or USB drive in your Wii.
2. Launch the Homebrew Channel on your Wii.
3. Launch yawmME (YAWM ModMii Edition).
4. Press A to select your source device, which defaults to Wii SD Slot.

5. Scroll to the first file in the list, and hold down + for two seconds to select all files.
6. Press A twice to install all WADs.

If you receive error -1022 or -1029 while installing WADs, press - to uninstall the WAD giving the error, and try again.

7. After they are successfully installed, press the HOME Button to exit back to the Homebrew Channel.

Congratulations! You’ve installed the patched channels on your console!

What’s next?
Continue to setting the DNS.

Dolphin Emulator

To use WiiConnect24 services in Dolphin, you need to have the Wii System Menu installed. You can do this by navigating to Tools > Perform Online System Update

1. Open Dolphin Emulator.
2. Select Tools
3. Select Install WAD...
4. Navigate to the WAD folder inside the WiiLink folder on your device, and install each file.
5. Navigate to Options > Configuration > Wii, and ensure Enable WiiConnect24 via WiiLink is enabled.
6. Load the Wii System Menu (Tools > Load Wii System Menu), then navigate to Wii Options (Wii logo in bottom left corner) > Wii Settings > WiiConnect24, and accept the EULA. If it tells you that WiiConnect24 isn’t being offered in your region, change your country to a supported one and try again (we recommend the United Kingdom for PAL, and the United States for NTSC-U). Note that, while this will display Nintendo’s EULA, by using WiiLink services you agree to our EULA, which can be found here.

Congratulations! You’ve installed the patched channels on your console!

What’s next?
For people looking to use Demae Domino’s: Continue to linking your console to a WiiLink Account.
For everyone else: You are done! Enjoy using WiiLink to your heart’s content!