Your friends will be there in 15 minutes. You pop in Rayman to check out the multiplayer options only to discover that you have to play through the entire single-player game to access the game's multiplayer mode. You've read the reviews and you're excited to try out the game with your friends. Q: Why would I ever want to download a save file for a Wii game from the Internet?Ī: Imagine that you're planning to have a few friends over to try out Rayman Raving Rabbids and Wario Ware: Smooth Moves. People sometimes use this to get past difficult portions of games, unlock levels otherwise unavailable 'out of the box,' or open multiplayer modes for games that otherwise force the player to finish the entire single-player game before allowing a second player to join in. It's a well-known fact that you can back up your save files for most Wii games to a SD card, pop your SD card into a computer, and upload your save files to the Internet. Q: Why do developers use locked saves instead of unlocked saves?Ī: I can't say for certain, but I would guess that they want to keep people from sharing save files online.

The 20-plus hours you invested in that title are gone because there was no way to back up your save file. You ship your Wii to Nintendo for repairs and get it back a few weeks later, only to find that your Wii's system memory has been wiped. You copy all available files to a SD card, but discover that the game in which you've invested 20-plus hours uses a locked save. Wanting to make sure that you don't lose your progress to hardware failure, you back up as many save files as you can using the Wii's Data Management screens. What's the big deal?Ī: Let's say that you recently spent $50 on a new Wii game and invested 20-plus hours unlocking new levels, achievements, and bonus material. In other words, a locked save can not be backed up. A: A locked save is a save file that can not be copied from a Wii's system memory to a SD card.

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