Hardware What is this?

[mcjones92]

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3993

What does this do? Do you need a modchip to utilize it?

 

[Diffusion]

An SD Gecko... most people use them to dump games.

 

[EmperorOfCanada]

Yeah I was wondering this myself because in the comments people were saying things like 'Í got this instead of a Wiikey' so I was thinking wtf.
What other uses does this have than dumping games?

 

[MacGnG]

from DX:

In the Wii-Key menu, there is an option to back-up your games via the gamecube save card slot. Therefore, you will need this device which reads and writes to SD, in tandem with your wiikey to back-up games. After saving the files, you can put them on your computer, and merge them back together to form an iso file.

 

[Slowking]

It's a normal SD-Gecko. Many Gamecube Homebrew use it, including disc dumpers (Softdevs is better than the wiikeys). But nowadays it's not really needed, since Wii-homebrew does pretty much everything gamecube-Homebrew can do.

 

[xshinox]

$5.02. good deal. do any of you recommend it? it is obviously better to use this to dump your wii games than that dvd dumper homebrew right?