If you love tinkering with the Wii, enjoy the thrill of running unofficial software on original hardware, and don’t mind occasional crashes, then hunting down is a rewarding weekend project. The moment Mario does a triple jump across a sunset beach on your CRT television—running natively on a Wii—is genuinely magical.

The reason the keyword is so specific is that users are looking for a version of the game optimized for the Wii hardware. If you have modded your Nintendo Wii (often referred to as installing the Homebrew Channel), you are likely using a USB Loader application. These loaders historically preferred WBFS files because they saved space and loaded faster.

Have you successfully run Super Mario Starshine on your Wii? Share your settings and tips in the homebrew forums. And as always, support official Nintendo releases while celebrating the creativity of fan developers.