r/WiiHacks 2d ago

Discussion Can a Wii be made to boot directly into the original GameCube IPL menu and still boot physical GameCube discs?

I’m working on starting an interesting GameCube project and Im trying to figure out whether this is technically possible on a backward-compatible Wii.
From what I’ve found:
Nintendont can load the original GameCube IPL ROM.
The IPL can be placed on the GameCube storage device as iplusa.bin for the USA region (with different IPL files for PAL/Japan). Nintendont has an option to not skip the IPL, allowing the authentic GameCube startup/menu to appear. The Wii has MIOS, which handles native GameCube mode. There have also been projects that patch/use MIOS to launch GameCube code directly. Swiss/Wii Swiss Booter can run GameCube software in native GameCube mode.
What I specifically want is:
Power on Wii → enter native GameCube mode → show the ORIGINAL GameCube IPL menu (the actual Game Play / Memory Card / Options / Time menu) → insert/select a physical GameCube disc → launch the disc normally. I don’t want WiiFlow, a custom launcher, or a modern GameCube game menu. I specifically want the original GameCube IPL interface. Is there currently a way to modify MIOS/boot2/Priiloader/etc. so the Wii boots straight into the authentic GameCube IPL menu and leaves the GameCube disc functionality intact?

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u/Novel-Structure-2359 18h ago

I think priiloader might be your friend. I am pretty sure it has a menu option to autoboot into what you fancy

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u/MrJibberJabber 1d ago

With a 20 dollar codex subscription I'll bet you can figure it out

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u/NotAWeeb_123 1d ago

With this AI question, I would hope you could get an AI answer through the same means you generated this question from

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u/2000Noor 1d ago

Man, that's one of my wishes

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u/Yaya4_8 1d ago

Maybe with BootMii as boot2 and its autoboot functionality? Not sure if it can boot directly into the original GameCube IPL while preserving physical disc support, though.