Nintendo Wii Moderation Guide

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<b>Internal Name</b>: Internal Name -- Can be obtained in Isobuster as volume label, in Cleanrip output, or in Dolphin.

E09F2204<tab>RVL-RL3E-0A-X USA<tab>S0 -- The bold character indicates Revision number. Add revision to datname and version field (Rev X)

Contents 1 Serials 1.1 Game ID 1.2 Serial Regions 2 bca2txt

Serials

Example: RVL-SP3E-USA-B0

• RVL: Generic ID for Wii (ReVoLution)
• SP3E: 4 character ID for specific game, breakdown below.
• USA: Region identifier, guide below.
• B0: Label variant, does not guarantee data difference. (Can be E0, exclusively for DL Discs)

Game ID

XYYZ

If unique, (nearly) guaranteed to be unique dump.

• X
  • D: Demo
  • R: Game (Early releases?)
  • S: Game (Later releases?)

• YY
  • Any combination of A-Z and 0-9
  • Specific per game

• Z

• • D: Germany
  • E: USA or NTSC-U
  • F: France
  • H: Holland (Netherlands)
  • I: Italy
  • J: Japan or NTSC-J
  • K: Korea
  • P: Europe or PAL
  • R: Russia
  • S: Spain
  • U: Australia

V through Z seem to be used for "Misc" stuff that won't fit elsewhere.

• • V: Scandinavia
  • W: Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Scandinavia
  • X: Europe, Brazil, LatAm, Canada, or Scandinavia
  • Y: Brazil, Canada, Scandinavia, or Turkey
  • Z: Canada or Scandinavia

Serial Regions

Different region does not mean different disc data.

• AUS: Australia
• BRA: Brazil
• CAN: Canada
• CHT: Hong Kong? (Chinese Traditional)
• ESP: Spain
• EUR: Europe
• EUT: Europe (Alt)
• EUU: Europe (Alt)
• EUY: Europe (Alt)
• EUZ: Europe (Alt)
• FAH: France and Holland (Benelux?)
• FRA: France
• GER: Germany
• HOL: Holland (Netherlands)
• ITA: Italy
• JPN: Japan
• KOR: Korea
• LTN: Latin America
• MDE: Middle East
• NOE: Germany (Nintendo of Europe?)
• RUS: Russia
• SCN: Scandinavia
• SWE: Sweden
• TUR: Turkey
• TWN: Taiwan
• UKV: United Kingdom (?)
• USA: United States

bca2txt

Python script for converting a .bca file to a .txt file for easy copy/pasting to Redump.

Save code below as bca2txt.py, and drag-and-drop .bca file onto script to produce FILE.bca.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import os

if (len(sys.argv) != 2):
	print('usage: ' + os.path.basename(__file__) + ' <64-byte BCA file>')
	sys.exit(1)

bca_file_size = os.path.getsize(sys.argv[1])
if (bca_file_size != 64):
	print("BCA file is not 64 bytes")
	sys.exit(1)

bca_file = open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')
txt_file = open(sys.argv[1] + '.txt', 'w')
for x in range(4):
	for y in range(8):
		val = bca_file.read(2)
		txt_file.write(bytes(val).hex().upper())
		if (y != 7):
			txt_file.write(' ')
		else:
			txt_file.write('\n')