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This is a complete overhaul of the Wii mini guide, and makes other improvements on the side wherever I find room for them.

CHANGELOG:

  • Create instructions for nanddumper@ios and unify with BootMii into a singular guide nand-backup.md, allowing users the option to dump their NAND to an SD card or USB drive
  • Redirect bootmii.md and wnd-mini.md to nand-backup.md
  • Change the sidebar configuration to match the new flow of the guide
  • Add the Wii mini Hacking discord server to the end of the guide
  • Add instructions for BlueMii on bluebomb.md
  • Restructure bluebomb.md instructions for easier readability
  • Remove .html from URLs on redirect pages
  • Add text to all hbc.md progression links
  • Replace bootmii.md links accordingly
  • Completely rewrite mini-finalizing-setup.md, adding an EULA launcher section and removing Settings Editor GUI for lack of use
  • Add images as necessary, captured on real hardware
  • Other miscellaneous improvements

@grunt22fox grunt22fox self-assigned this Feb 17, 2026
@grunt22fox grunt22fox added New Article Creates a new article for the guide Major Update Updates multiple articles or introduces significant new guide features Update Config Update guide configuration, hosted non-image files, or backend code labels Feb 17, 2026
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Thanks for adding BlueMii! I would suggest adding SD card support for the target console as well, since the payload that ships with BlueMii has support for it thanks to Aep. Also, the Section II header is used twice.

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# Creating a NAND Backup (Wii)
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# Creating a NAND Backup (Wii)
# Creating a NAND Backup

Can probably drop the (Wii) here, nanddumper@ios works on Wii, vWii, and Wii Mini.


**For standard Wii consoles**

If you own a standard Wii console, you will want to select **BootMii**, unless you do NOT have an SD card on hand, in which case you will want to select **nanddumper@ios**.
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Could be desirable to recommend nanddumper@ios in all circumstances, it is a lot faster than BootMii.

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1. Locate the `nand.bin` found on the root of your SD card and select Open.
1. If it asks for a `keys.bin`, locate it on the root of your SD and select Open.
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When dumped with nanddumper@ios, these are both named differently and stored in a different location.

grunt22fox and others added 4 commits February 27, 2026 13:36
tfw choice is a lie when it comes to brick protection

Co-authored-by: Harry Walker <github@islawalker.uk>
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Co-authored-by: Harry Walker <github@islawalker.uk>
Co-authored-by: Harry Walker <contact@harrywalker.uk>
![](/images/exploits/bluebomb/bluemii-handle.png)

1. If the exploit was successful, you should see a similar screen to the below, after which the HackMii installer should load.
* If you are not planning to use it later, you can now shut down your Linux distro.
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Since this is BlueMii, no Linux distro is being used here.

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