.wbfs vs .iso for playing games on Wii?

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Which is better for playing games on the Wii? The youtube video guide that I used said that .iso files are better but I have no idea. Right now I have 4 Wii games on my computer that I'm planning on playing on my Wii. 2 of them are in .iso format and 1 is in .wbfs, then I have 2 copies of the last game. One of the copies is in .wbfs format and the other is a .iso file. The .iso file is about .3GB larger than the .wbfs file for the same game? Is that common? Or does that mean that one of the files is corrupted somehow?I'm really just wondering which file type to use, or if it's better to have some of each.

Prof. Scot Emard · Accepted Answer

.ISO files are always the same size. Either 4.something or 9.something GB in size. The reason being, the disk is read backwards, so filler needs to be in the .iso file in order for the content to be at the end of the disk when the disk is burned..wbfs files has that extra space removed. So games will vary in size.Essentially, even if you store the games as iso on your computer, it's best to install the games to the hard drive using Wii Backup Manager (google it). It will handle the file directory structure for you on your hard drive and will trim off the fat so what's instealled to the hard drive is still the same file size as your wbfs file.Wii Backup Manager also properly handles file size limitations of FAT32. So you don't have to worry about that.

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