WBFSManager

The WBFS Manager makes it easy to back up Nintendo Wii games to a hard drive or USB drive formatted with WBFS, the file system used by Wii USB loaders.  This is helpful for keeping copies of your game discs as well as having more storage available for games.  The software makes it easy to transfer Wii games between the PC and the WBFS drive for continued gameplay and storage.

One really neat feature is the built-in Format function, which prepares a hard drive or partition in the WBFS format with a single click.  Formatting erases the drive, so it should be done before any games are copied to it.  No special command-line tools or knowledge are needed, and once done, the drive can be connected to the Wii and used with a USB loader to play the stored games.

Another useful feature of the WBFS Manager is that it works directly with Wii disc images in ISO format.  Games can be added to the drive by drag and drop or with the Browse button, extracted back to ISO files, and even added straight from RAR archives, which the program unpacks automatically.  A Drive-To-Drive panel lets you copy or clone games between two WBFS drives.

One key benefit of this program is that it copies Wii games to a WBFS drive and automatically shows the cover art for each game.

The WBFS Manager is also flexible and allows titles to be renamed as the user desires.  Games you no longer need can be deleted in a few clicks, and batch operations work on several games at once.  The list shows the title, size and game code of every game, and the status bar shows the total, used and free space of the drive.

Lastly, the program can download the cover art for each game from the web and show it in a large cover view panel.  This makes it easy for the user to locate games in a long list.  The program can also create Wii Menu channels for games, and its interface is available in several languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Chinese.

In conclusion, if one is looking for an easy way to manage a WBFS drive for the Wii game system, the WBFS Manager may be all one needs.  It requires the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and was released in separate 32-bit and 64-bit builds.  The program is no longer developed, and community sources report known bugs that can damage WBFS partitions, so keeping backups of your games is recommended.