Recomp / Preservation & revivals / Wii
WiiLink
Revives discontinued Wii channels and WiiConnect24 services with replacement servers and a patcher.
Clean-room Human-led releasedFacts
- Original
- Wii channels (WiiConnect24 services) (2006)
- Platform
- Wii
- Method
- Clean-room
- Provenance
- Human-led · Community project since 2020 (absorbed RiiConnect24) what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- MPL-2.0
- Team
- WiiLink24
- Started
- 2020
- Runs on
- Wii, Wii U
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Wii channels (WiiConnect24 services) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt clean-room by WiiLink24. Facts last checked 2026-10-13.
Sources
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