In the late 2000s, the digital underground of Wii modding wasn't just about playing games; it was about the art of the squeeze. While a standard Wii disc could hold up to 4.7 GB, many games were actually "padded" with junk data to fill the disc. Enthusiasts discovered that by stripping away this padding—a process known as scrubbing—they could shrink games to unbelievable sizes. The Legend of the Tiny Titan The "Holy Grail" of this era was Super Mario All-Stars
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To the uninitiated, a Wii game was just a DVD. 4.7 gigabytes of data. You copied it, you pasted it. But to Jenson and the forums he frequented—the underground digital locksmiths of the late 2000s—that was amateur hour. In the late 2000s, the digital underground of
Some popular highly compressed Wii games include: Some popular highly compressed Wii games include: