Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS Discussion

[YoshiGo99]

So Smash 4 is hackable now? Is it easy to do? If it is, I would want to do some music hacks.

So far only Music replacement is really easy right now

Simply have an SD Card (Very similar to how you put files on for Project M) and go through these instructions:

1. Make a new folder in the SD Card and name it 0005000010144F00
2. Make another folder within that sound
3. Make one more folder within that folder and name it bgm
4. Gather all the song you want from smashcustommusic.com (You can't just drag your Project M music files in. Smash 4 music files are on a different filetype) saving all ones you want as NUS3BANK files and place them in the bgm folder on the SD Card
5. On your Wii U head to the Internet Browser and go to http://loadiine.ovh/index.php?l=777 (You may also want to bookmark it)
6. In the tab that says "Select your program" select SDCafiine + Kernel and Submit. It will briefly go to a video player before putting you at the Gamepad's pause menu.
7. Quickly go back to the Internet Browser (It's recommended you have the site bookmarked for getting there faster. There is a period of time where if you take too long you have to do Step 5 and/or 6 again)
8. Once again a video player will pop up again and it will then bring you to a prompt telling you to press A. Of course, press A there. You will then be back at the pause menu
9. Go to the Wii U menu and select Smash. And you're done!

It might be a good idea to get a text document on your computer detailing what you replaced with what. Because with this method there's no way to rename songs but otherwise you will have the music you want in Smash 4. And you can fit My Music to what you see fit. Note you will have to repeat Steps 5-9 if you want to keep playing with Custom music everytime you play Smash. It's a minor annoyance but if you love having your own music you won't mind it at all in time.

That's great, I definitely need to try this sometime soon!

But there's a better way of having Custom Music without having to replace the original music files. Use Sm4shExplorer, but one problem is you have to dump the game and that can take hours to do so, I had no luck trying it, but I managed to get Sm4shExplorer working by finding a couple files online.
Loading that onto your Wii U is pretty much the same as the method above. I was also able to rearrange my CSS as well using Sm4shExplorer.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

You should use Sm4shExplorer regardless, that let's you play 8 player smash on all stages

 

[YoshiGo99]

You should use Sm4shExplorer regardless, that let's you play 8 player smash on all stages

Competitive Smash has consumed me, but for real? Can you remove hazards for 8-player smash on the other stages?

 

[Xiahou Ba]

Yeah, for real.

As far as I'm concerned, the hack doesn't remove stage hazards. It just lets you play on the stages as is in 8 player smash.

 

[Xiahou Dun]

You should use Sm4shExplorer regardless, that let's you play 8 player smash on all stages

Competitive Smash has consumed me, but for real? Can you remove hazards for 8-player smash on the other stages?

I downloaded this, then I used Sm4shExplorer to pack in the file, and when it created the folder ("release"), the file went in J:\0005000010144F00\patch (where the "release" folder) was renamed to "patch"). Though to use Sm4shExplorer, you need to unpack your game into your computer with the ddd homebrew application, which is explained in this tutorial. Unpacking can take literally hours, like overnight, but I did it in the early afternoon, and I was finished by night.

Totally worth it.

Though stage hazards will still be there. There still isn't any problems with it. And if you really don't want stage hazards, I believe this site has some downloads for hazardless stages including Jungle Hijinx, Norfair, and Midgar. I myself don't use those. It's from the trauma of Project M's stages.

One more thing, if your Smash Wii U updates, you'll have to redump the files. The patch folder Sm4shExplorer generates won't work and therefore, your game can't load. Me, I found this out the hard way.

Anyway, you'll still have to replace files for fanfares and stuff anyhow, so I wouldn't call Sm4shExplorer's method superior. Just a way of putting in MORE music for you game. Yes, that's possible. I believe you can put up to 40 music per stage.