Just write it in this blog:
When i got my WODE and later another Wii (yeah stupid D2-3 drive, so no dvd backups) i was happy and eager to install it.
A few days later at work i installed the WODE and it was a peace of cake, but a bit later when connecting the last flatcable in the Wode stand, the little thing to keep the flat cable well connected in it's place broke off :/ (damned cheap stuff), anyway i got irritated by little things not being what i expected.
1. The Wii stands not firmly in the Wode stand (comes from the velcro stuff) so when spinning a disc (original game) the Wii goes a little from left to right
2. When you push a little to the Wii or bumb the table where the wii is on, you must be carefull or the Wii falls down out of the wode stand.
3. The little button to controll the menu on the LCD, suxs, cheap half working stuff (biggest problem is going right and down not always working)
4. No way to lay down your Wii, must stan dup to use Wode.
5. USB connector on the side is a bad place, on the back or in front would be better
6. No support for clean New Mario Bros Wii game (needs to place bca file on your hdd)
7. When choosing HDD, you get an annoying internal config iso listed to (it's annoying)
8. The LCD is to bright, no way to dimm it
9. You have to go to the Wii to choose your iso, or eject the iso
10. The way to load the menu on tv screen is, so old and ugly
Anyway these or just a few things i got annoyed to, for an overhyped/overpriced drivechip (there where more things)
Any good thing?, not really (if you don't count the GC iso loading from usb hdd), Why?
All the things you can do With WODE you can do with a softmod and even more with a softmod
You still need to softmod your Wii if you wanna run Homebrew/WiiWare/Wii VC, So you can aswell place usbloader gx/configurable usb loader/wii flow/neogamma/or whatever loader on your Wii
Advantages softmod over Wode:
- Better and nicer GUI
- No worries about New Super Maorio Bros Wii and bca files
- Covers, Covers and Covers (did i mention better looking GUI)
- More options to configure
- Nice control of all from your lazy chair with your wiimote
- Very often updated and improved
- Your wii can stand/lay down/hang, whatever you do with it
- Anyway, you guys prolly know alot more reasons
So why did i bought a Wode?
Just to check it out, my launch Wii is modded with Yaosm and softmodded
This Wii (for my kids prolly, or keep it as spare incase my other wii breaks down) (Feb 2010) doesn't run backup dvd's and has now Wode and softmod, i removed the stand (thus making the Wode inactive) cause i see no use for it.
Am i screwed, yeah, it feels a bit like that (and i buy lotsa junk) more like, this is the biggest dissappointment i had since the bad support for the Undiluted Platinum in my PSP 1000!
Conclusion (most of you prolly already knew it) Stay away from Wode, Softmod is free and offers so much more and what it offers is so much better.
(If you wode guys read it (yeah you can kick my ass) it's just my opinion in a blog, not on the frontpage or in a review, i was going to make a review, but i dissed that, it's not even worth a review)
When i got my WODE and later another Wii (yeah stupid D2-3 drive, so no dvd backups) i was happy and eager to install it.
A few days later at work i installed the WODE and it was a peace of cake, but a bit later when connecting the last flatcable in the Wode stand, the little thing to keep the flat cable well connected in it's place broke off :/ (damned cheap stuff), anyway i got irritated by little things not being what i expected.
1. The Wii stands not firmly in the Wode stand (comes from the velcro stuff) so when spinning a disc (original game) the Wii goes a little from left to right
2. When you push a little to the Wii or bumb the table where the wii is on, you must be carefull or the Wii falls down out of the wode stand.
3. The little button to controll the menu on the LCD, suxs, cheap half working stuff (biggest problem is going right and down not always working)
4. No way to lay down your Wii, must stan dup to use Wode.
5. USB connector on the side is a bad place, on the back or in front would be better
6. No support for clean New Mario Bros Wii game (needs to place bca file on your hdd)
7. When choosing HDD, you get an annoying internal config iso listed to (it's annoying)
8. The LCD is to bright, no way to dimm it
9. You have to go to the Wii to choose your iso, or eject the iso
10. The way to load the menu on tv screen is, so old and ugly
Anyway these or just a few things i got annoyed to, for an overhyped/overpriced drivechip (there where more things)
Any good thing?, not really (if you don't count the GC iso loading from usb hdd), Why?
All the things you can do With WODE you can do with a softmod and even more with a softmod
You still need to softmod your Wii if you wanna run Homebrew/WiiWare/Wii VC, So you can aswell place usbloader gx/configurable usb loader/wii flow/neogamma/or whatever loader on your Wii
Advantages softmod over Wode:
- Better and nicer GUI
- No worries about New Super Maorio Bros Wii and bca files
- Covers, Covers and Covers (did i mention better looking GUI)
- More options to configure
- Nice control of all from your lazy chair with your wiimote
- Very often updated and improved
- Your wii can stand/lay down/hang, whatever you do with it
- Anyway, you guys prolly know alot more reasons
So why did i bought a Wode?
Just to check it out
, my launch Wii is modded with Yaosm and softmoddedThis Wii (for my kids prolly, or keep it as spare incase my other wii breaks down) (Feb 2010) doesn't run backup dvd's and has now Wode and softmod, i removed the stand (thus making the Wode inactive) cause i see no use for it.
Am i screwed, yeah, it feels a bit like that (and i buy lotsa junk) more like, this is the biggest dissappointment i had since the bad support for the Undiluted Platinum in my PSP 1000!
Conclusion (most of you prolly already knew it) Stay away from Wode, Softmod is free and offers so much more and what it offers is so much better.
(If you wode guys read it (yeah you can kick my ass) it's just my opinion in a blog, not on the frontpage or in a review, i was going to make a review, but i dissed that, it's not even worth a review)
