{"id":6146,"date":"2009-07-04T00:02:02","date_gmt":"2009-07-04T04:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stacksmash.cultnet.net\/?p=6146"},"modified":"2009-08-23T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2009-08-23T19:05:07","slug":"freedom-to-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stacksmash.kontek.net\/?p=6146","title":{"rendered":"Freedom to HACK."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>November 21st, 2001<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe game&#8217;s first release in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 30th, 2006<\/strong>.<br \/>\nFirst known texture hack was made public; progress seemed to halt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 4th, 2009<\/strong>.<br \/>\nFirst known release of textures to the public, outside of Japanese forums.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 8 years after its initial conception, arguably the most popular Nintendo Gamecube title to date&#8230; has finally been hacked.<br \/>\nToday, I give to you some of the first-ever publicly released textures to one of Brawl&#8217;s older siblings: <strong>Super Smash Bros. Melee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>From the top, we have starting Mewtwo Pack 1\/2, containing <strong>Brawl-trophy Mewtwo<\/strong>, <strong>Mew<\/strong>, [proper] <strong>Shiny Mewtwo<\/strong>, and <strong>Giygas<\/strong>\/<strong>Giegue<\/strong>\/<strong>Gyiyg<\/strong>. (Mewtwo Pack 2\/2 will likely be released tomorrow&#8230; for those looking forward to more thorough hacks on the psychic cat. \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n<p>As an added bonus to coincide with Gyiyg&#8217;s release, from EarthBound ZERO\/MOTHER, it&#8217;s <strong>Ninten<\/strong> for Ness!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6146 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stacksmash.kontek.net\/?attachment_id=6152'><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A Word for the Wise.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nIf you have never installed the Homebrew Channel before, take this at your own risk. On certain rare occasions (likely if you don&#8217;t read instructions properly), you have a chance at bricking your Wii. We take no responsibility for said bricking; you&#8217;ll hear this message multiple times throughout the process.<br \/>\nNow, then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIRECTIONS!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>!!!!<em>What you will need to play these hacks properly<\/em>!!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROUTE #1<\/strong><br \/>\n~Super Smash Bros. Melee (GALE) ISO<br \/>\n~Homebrew Channel for Wii (if you&#8217;re on this site, you&#8217;ve probably got it)<br \/>\n~<a href=\"http:\/\/wadder.net\/downloads\/filedownload.php?file=loaders\/Gamecube_Backuploader_-GCBL.zip \">Special MIOS patch for your Wii<\/a> (you will need Homebrew appliance WAD Manager to activate it)<br \/>\n~<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megaupload.com\/?d=8CLYBPTO\">GC-Tool<\/a><br \/>\n~<a href=\"http:\/\/rs762.rapidshare.com\/files\/222923599\/gcbackup0.2.zip\">GC-Backup<\/a> (directions on how to install can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bukisa.com\/articles\/67989_how-to-run-gamecube-backups-burned-isos-on-a-wii-without-a-modchip\">here<\/a>)<br \/>\n~<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imgburn.com\/\">IMGBurn<\/a><br \/>\n~A pack of DVD-Rs (I personally go with Sony brand)<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROUTE #2<\/strong><br \/>\n~Super Smash Bros. Melee (GALE) ISO<br \/>\n~<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dolphin-emu.com\/news.php\">Dolphin-emulator<\/a><\/p>\n<p>~<em>FOR THOSE TAKING<\/em> <strong>ROUTE #1<\/strong>~<br \/>\n:::<em>For those of you who remember the traditional way of Brawl hacking&#8230; this should sound\/look familiar<\/em>.:::<br \/>\n1.) Get your Melee ISO at hand.<br \/>\n2.) Have the Homebrew Channel installed on your Wii. (If you don&#8217;t already have it&#8230; I&#8217;d recommending looking through our forums or Google; there&#8217;re a LOT of guides out there!)<br \/>\n3.) Once you have the HBC installed&#8230; install the special GCN-oriented MIOS [run with WAD Manager], and GC-Backup cIOS onto your Wii. (The download links, as well as directions to follow, are supplied above!)<br \/>\n4.) Download IMGBurn. (Above!)<br \/>\n5.) Download GC-Tool. (Above!)<br \/>\n6.) Under the RELEASED CONTENT of this site will be a new set of folders designated for Smash Bros. Melee releases, marked &#8220;SSBM&#8221;. Look under the proper folders (ergo, &#8220;Mewtwo&#8221; and &#8220;Ness&#8221; in this case), and download the .DAT files (the equivalent of Brawl&#8217;s .PAC \/ .PCS files).<br \/>\n7.) After you&#8217;ve downloaded the character&#8217;s .DAT file, open up your Melee ISO with the GC-Tool. GC-Tool -&gt; File -&gt; Open GC-Iso&#8230; [If you don&#8217;t see your Melee ISO anywhere, make sure to check the file type &#8220;All files&#8221; instead!]<br \/>\n8.) Now click the + sign beside &#8220;GCMRoot&#8221;. The root of the Melee ISO is large and messy, but don&#8217;t fret. There IS some order to this madness. Seek where the files begin at &#8220;Pl&#8221; (about halfway through). Look for the character you are going to replace. (In this case, &#8220;PlMt&#8211;.dat&#8221; or &#8220;PlNs&#8211;.dat&#8221;, being Mewtwo and Ness respectively.)<br \/>\n9.) Right-click on the file you are going to replace, click &#8220;Replace File&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>!!NOTE!!<\/strong> <\/em>You can ONLY replace custom textured .DAT files over their originals &#8212; meaning if you downloaded Ninten-Ness, his file is called &#8220;Ninten-2][PlNsBu.dat&#8221;, meaning you replace his &#8220;PlNsBu.dat&#8221; [Blue] costume ONLY. Unfortunately, it doesn&#8217;t work like Brawl where you can replace any color file with another&#8217;s. <em><strong>!!NOTE!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>10.) After clicking &#8220;Replace File&#8230;&#8221;, seek the .DAT file you downloaded from here. Once you&#8217;ve found it, double-click on it.<br \/>\n11.) A message box should pop up, saying &#8220;Do you also want to change the old filesize to the new one in TOC? (You know hat you are doing, don&#8217;t you?)&#8221;. Click &#8220;NO&#8221;.<br \/>\n~~Rinse and repeat steps 9 &#8211; 11 for any individual characters you may have gotten.~~<br \/>\n12.) Exit GC-Tool.<br \/>\n13.) Now have a DVD-R handy! Open IMGBurn -&gt; Write image file to disc -&gt; &#8220;Browse for a file&#8230;&#8221; Find your Melee ISO, double-click on it. Set the write speed to &#8220;1x&#8221;, and copies to &#8220;1&#8221;.<br \/>\n14.) Burn, baby, Burn!!<br \/>\n15.) Wait about 5 or so minutes&#8230; and after that, you should have your Melee disc ready to go. Start up your Wii, put in your disc, go to Homebrew Channel. Look for the GC-Backup Launcher on your Homebrew Channel&#8217;s listing; Load it.<br \/>\n16.) Large &#8220;GC-BACKUP&#8221; screen should appear; wait for it to read your disc. Plug in your GCN Controller into 1st player slot, and click appropriate button according to Launcher. (If you don&#8217;t know what to go with, press &#8220;A&#8221;.)<br \/>\n17.) Enjoy the hacks!<\/p>\n<p>~<em>FOR THOSE TAKING<\/em> <strong>ROUTE #2<\/strong>~<br \/>\n1.) Have your Melee ISO handy.<br \/>\n2.) Follow steps 5-12 for GC-Tool instructions, if need be.<br \/>\n3.) Have Dolphin emulator handy; open Dolphin&#8230; open Melee&#8230; Voila. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>~~For those who still need guidance as to what goes where:<br \/>\nBrawl-trophy Mewtwo goes on: PlMtNr.dat<br \/>\nMew goes on: PlMtRe.dat<br \/>\nShiny Mewtwo goes on: PlMtGr.dat<br \/>\nGyiyg goes on: PlMtBu.dat<br \/>\nNinten goes on: PlNsBu.dat<\/p>\n<p>~A mini-guide on how to make texture hacks for this game will be made in the near future! So&#8230; stay tuned!~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 21st, 2001. The game&#8217;s first release in Japan. October 30th, 2006. First known texture hack was made public; progress seemed to halt. July 4th, 2009. First known release of textures to the public, outside of Japanese forums. 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