Official WiiKey Specifications

[Costello]

Official WiiKey Specifications

From ModControl








News was just broken over at ModControl.com (German): the WiiKey specifications list is now public!

- Direct boot of wii backups

- Direct boot of GC backups

- Direct boot of homebrew in GC mode

- supports all currently available console/drive versions

- Supports D2B chipsets

- Sophisticated (true) update mechanism via DVD (future proof, expect cool features to come)

- Direct boot of different NTSC region Wii games/backups on US and JAP consoles

- Partial support for NTSC region Wii games/backups on PAL consoles

- Boots different region GC games/backups (partially without swapping)

- Supports multi-disc games for BOTH Wii and Gamecube

- Supports DVD-R / true DVD+R and +RW support (no bitsetting required!)

- Improved readsettings for recordable media

- built-in audio fix

- supports fullsize 4GB discs for gamecube homebrew

- Stealth mode

- 512 byte EEPROM to store configuration

- Easy 6 wires to solder

- unique disc backup application via sdcard

- Compact design, best quality components, rock solid high speed controller

- Professional ESD packing

- more to come!

If this is real, then there's no dout this modchip will rule the market... too bad we don't know the price or release date yet!

News source

Thanks to jaxxster for the tip!

 

[754boy]

WOW, future proof sounds great!

 

[Tomobobo]

ddddddammn. I wonder what's up with *partial NTSC on PAL.. Maybe only a few games work or something?

 

[adgloride]

This sounds good. I'd like to see how partial the support for NTSC regions is on the PAL console. Being able to make multi discs for the wii also sounds like a great feature. Hopefully soon you'll be able to play copied VC games.

 

[DarkLink]

GREAT this means i get to play all the crazy fun Japanese games

 

[lolsjoel]

Thus why it's silly to jump on the "first gen" modchip scene. I, personally, plan on waiting a year or two to mod my Wii in order to support the system. But when I do mod it, I'll be quite glad to have waited for all the awesomeness that's going to be coming out in future modchips.

 

[ChowMein]

Very nice - the partial support for region-free (NTSC support on PAL) is very promising; let's hope it'll work both ways in the future as well

 

[richardfong]

unique disc backup application via sdcard

surely... it cant be a game dumper.. can it? think im being too optimistic

 

[2cb2ct7]

Futureproof... I like those odds! Hahaha

Completely backwards compatible with presentproof and pastproof...

 

[shadowboy]

Sweeet.... I'll wait for teh firmware flash based on the Wiikey though, save meh cash.

Totally awesome with all those features though, if I had more monies I would buy.

 

[Hooya]

I was so going to post this about an hour ago, but there was a post already in the Wii Hacking forum and Costello locked it right as I was about to reply to it!

Anyway, I first found this info on MC of all places. They were even still trying to advertise Cyclowiz in the very same post.

The no bitsetting thing irks me a bit as I just re-burned all of my backups to DVD-R instead of DVD+R... Oh well.

knowing it's just a 6 wire solution also makes me very happy!

And yeah, that SD thing looks like a disk dumper. I wonder how they get that to work.

It seems that this is a drive hack, but I still want someone to confirm that it is indeed just a drive hack, and not a mobo hack.

 

[deathspawn99]

STFU GUSY THE CYCLOWIZ WILL RUEL THE MRKETA AND YOU KONW THAT. I DONT KNOW WHY YOU BE HATIN ON MY CYCLO, REPRESENT.

PS DIVINEO DIVINEO DINOEVE


source www.maxconsole.com

 

[Mewgia]

I hope "partial" support for games of other regions becomes "full" support with later updates (If its possible to add that kind of support with software updates). Though it does look like I could use this to play Japanese Wii games on my NTSC Wii (YAY YAY YAY), I want Japanese GC games to be fully compatible...without swapping.
And there's always the occasional PAL release that gets to the US a lot later, so making NTSC Wiis fully compatible with PAL backups and games and vis versa would be teh pwn.
But I'm not buying one anytime soon anyway, so, I'll just wait it out a bit.

Sorry about the double post that someone had to delete. My connection lagged out or something.

 

[Mewgia]

I hope "partial" support for games of other regions becomes "full" support with later updates (If its possible to add that kind of support with software updates). Thougg it does look like I could use this to play Japanese Wii games on my NTSC Wii (YAY YAY YAY), I want Japanese GC games to be fully compatible...without swapping.
And there's always the occasional PAL release that gets to the US a lot later, so making NTSC Wiis fully compatible with PAL backups and games and vis versa would be teh pwn.
But I'm not buying one anytime soon anyway, so, I'll just wait it out a bit.

 

[JPH]

Hellz yeah!

Deathspawn99, you need to "stfu". Clearly this is so far the best. I'm not going to get into an argument...you need

try and type a little bit slower...

 

[INTERNETS]

STFU GUSY THE CYCLOWIZ WILL RUEL THE MRKETA AND YOU KONW THAT. I DONT KNOW WHY YOU BE HATIN ON MY CYCLO, REPRESENT.

PS DIVINEO DIVINEO DINOEVE


source www.maxconsole.com

hahaha

this is fantastic

 

[WarmWoollySheep]

- Partial support for NTSC region Wii games/backups on PAL consoles


Partial as in what? Half of a screen? 2 or 3 games? Audio without visuals?

 

[Daemos]

Nice

Hopefully I can hold out for some few month tests on these wii modchips to see how long term proof they are

 

[sixb0nes]

Hellz yeah!

Deathspawn99, you need to "stfu". Clearly this is so far the best. I'm not going to get into an argument...you need

try and type a little bit slower...

You're an idiot. Re-read his post.

 

[JPH]

Nevermind...