@RadioShadow: I'd rather not have to set my PAL Wii to NTSC mode every time i want to run the SNES channel- tbh I'm worried about bricking the wii- would changing this specific channel's tv setting to pal60 be a relatively easy process?

I'm gonna get in touch with Radioshadow to see if his solution works. But it's definetly not an issue with the game just failing to display on my screen (I'm using component cables). Also tried RGB+composite. The fact that there's no sound and the remote unsyncs itself means that the game is failing to boot at all, which leads me to believe that Radio is on the right track. Well i'll let you know how I get on! Cheers again guys.

Yeah, it could well be wasted alright. I can live with losing 8 euro I suppose. Just wondering if there's something else I can enable in AnyRegion or Starfall that could help. Or maybe it's only most wiiware that can be played using these hacks, rather than VC games. Don't know enough about it to be certain.