Problems with downloaded games on my wii.

I got some problems with some of my downloaded games for the wii. Some of them (mostly mario games) does work, however donkey kong and metroid doesn't work. The problem is that there's no picture in the games, however there's still sound.

1. It cant be the cable since some of the games does work.

2. I've tryed switching the resolution so that it might've been that, no luck.

3. I've tryed downloading deleting the games and download them again, no luck.

I got one thing I can come up with myself and that is to format the thing and hoping that any corruption on the system will be deleted as well. (?!) Other than that, I'm all empty for ideas..

Have you ever heard about this before or know a solution I might try before formating the bastard?

I'm having the exact same problem (in addition my TV gives a message "Invalid Format" suggesting it's something to do with the picture format conversion that must have to be done by the virtual console process Nintendo use to emulate the old console/s) A theory further backed up by the fact that when I use the Home button on the Wii remote, to get the remote menu up I can then see the menu (and behind it the paused game).

Interestingly, I know for a fact that when I originally downloaded these games (the ones that aren't working) they did work with no problems, it's only having come back to them again more recently that this has happened. Perhaps its down to actually down to a "recent" Wii software update.

I, like the original poster I'm sure, would love any help on this, has anyone seen a solution or an acknowledgement from Nintendo that this problem exists? The official Nintendo web site "support" has nothing on this, and no offcial forum to post to.

I got some problems with some of my downloaded games for the wii. Some of them (mostly mario games) does work, however donkey kong and metroid doesn't work. The problem is that there's no picture in the games, however there's still sound.

1. It cant be the cable since some of the games does work.

2. I've tryed switching the resolution so that it might've been that, no luck.

3. I've tryed downloading deleting the games and download them again, no luck.

I got one thing I can come up with myself and that is to format the thing and hoping that any corruption on the system will be deleted as well. (?!) Other than that, I'm all empty for ideas..

Have you ever heard about this before or know a solution I might try before formating the bastard?

danish-death

Found an email address to try, and just got a nice answer back so I thought I'd share it with you here...

Dear Mr @@@@@@, thank you for your email.

There can be an issue in rare instances of Virtual Console games not displaying picture on certain HDTV's. This is due to the fact that MegaDrive, NES and SNES titles output a non-interlaced video signal, just like the original hardware. N64 and Hudson titles use interlaced output. It seems likely that the cause of this problem is the fact that some HDTV's or projectors do not support non-interlaced signals when using a component cable.

To resolve this problem, Nintendo offer the following solution on VC games which are affected:

1. Go to Wii System Settings, Screen, TV Type, 60Hz (480i) on a European Wii with English language settings.
2. Start the Virtual Console title. Due to the game specification, you need to plug in the ****c Controller in the Player 1 Wii Remote in order to access the game. The screen should now be black. Press the Home button on the Wii Remote and access the manual page.
3. Unplug the ****c Controller and connect the Nunchuck to the Player 1 Wii Remote. Now its ready to switch between non-interlaced mode and interlaced-mode.
4. Disable non-interlaced mode by pressing "A" and "2" buttons on the Player 1 Wii Remote, and the "Z" button on the Nunchuck at the same time. You should now be able to see the game normally.
5. To switch back into the original settings: Enable non-interlaced mode by pressing "A" and "1" on the Wii Remote and the "Z" button on the Nunchuck at the same time.

Please note, this solution need only be done once, and will affect every game with the latest update offered by Nintendo. Some games do not currently have this functionality, but Nintendo are implementing the changes in all forthcoming titles, starting with the more popular titles first.

Kind regards,

Nintendo Service Centre

Nintendo Service Centre

It's classic controller.

Edit: I think :P

@danish-death: I just saw the same problem on my wii. Changing my wii TV settings to progressive fixed it. Hope this doesn't come too late (since your post was like 5 years ago!).

I appreciate that you are trying to help, but avoid bumping old threads. =D