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With the Nintendo Wii constantly selling out across the country, we have found ourselves getting more and more emails from people asking if it is possible to copy Wii games using their cd/dvd burner.

Because of this, we thought it would be a good idea to answer this question in a quick article. This way you can start copying Wii games on your own computer right at home.

Almost everyone has burned a music CD before. In fact, the burning software to make copies of music cds is included in almost all computers now. Unfortunately, this software will not work if you try to use it to copy Wii games.

The reason for this is that video game discs have “copyright protection” guards on them that prevent these programs from being able to read the discs. When you insert the disc into your computer, it doesn’t “make sense” to your PC.

Fortunately, there are companies that have designed specialized software that will allow you to copy Wii games. This software uses technology that “knocks-out” the copyright protection used on the game discs and allows your computer to understand the disc.

So how does it work?

There’s nothing to it really. First, your computer will make am “image” of the game disc when you put it in your disc drive. You then insert a blank DVD-R or CD-R disc and the software will burn this image onto the disc. You now have a perfect copy of the game.

When you have this software on your computer, you can copy Wii games, XBOX 360 game, PS3 games – any type of game disc for that matter. It’s nice to have a program that does it all if you do have more than one game system at home.

Having the software you need to copy Wii games is a great way to make backup copies of any game for your system. We suggest making backup copies of any game you have so that you are protected in case it ever gets lost or damaged. Happy gaming!