Wiinja: The First Wii Modchip!

[shtonkalot]

Anyone know of other retailers accepting orders for this chip?
Has anyone used futura before? Anyone know how their overseas shipping goes?

I want to order one right away but I will wait for a retailer that seems good.

 

[niklasnyfiken]

Is anyone surprised about this modchip coming out?

Tmbinc (of gamecube fame) has publically announced HOW to make this modchip, a month ago.

The least they (wiinja) could do is give tmbinc credit.

The least YOU could do is prove that team ninja didn't reverse engineer it themselves.

 

[jhoff80]

I'm having trouble telling from the few pictures I've seen. Does this get soldered to the DVD drive's circuitboard (which definitely is much easier to get to), or is it soldered to the main motherboard?

 

[754boy]

Is anyone surprised about this modchip coming out?

Tmbinc (of gamecube fame) has publically announced HOW to make this modchip, a month ago.

The least they (wiinja) could do is give tmbinc credit.


The least YOU could do is prove that team ninja didn't reverse engineer it themselves.

The least SOMEBODY could do is assure us that this is really legit. I'll wait for the full review before I get my hopes up.

 

[jhoff80]

Oops, figured it out already using this picture, its the drive's circuitboard.

 

[shtonkalot]

I'm having trouble telling from the few pictures I've seen. Does this get soldered to the DVD drive's circuitboard (which definitely is much easier to get to), or is it soldered to the main motherboard?

This pic hosted at maxconsole shows one installed.
Looks real easy to do!

 

[jhoff80]

I'm having trouble telling from the few pictures I've seen. Does this get soldered to the DVD drive's circuitboard (which definitely is much easier to get to), or is it soldered to the main motherboard?This pic hosted at maxconsole shows one installed.
Looks real easy to do!

Yeah, those spots definitely look much bigger than the little tiny things I fucked up on my attempts to install a xenoGC.

 

[rkenshin]

Well hopefully it won't turn out to be like the NME 360 modchip which has gone through two revisions already (v1.2)

Think they did that because MS could see their chip so they went back to change things up and it now disconnects from XBL when a backup is inserted..

So this is why I don't like the fact it can't be updated.. Makes me wonder that eventually I'll have to take it out to solder another chip in with additional features to make it extra stealthy to avoid detection..

 

[ChowMein]

AMAZING!!!!

 

[nevixa]

So this is why I don't like the fact it can't be updated.. Makes me wonder that eventually I'll have to take it out to solder another chip in with additional features to make it extra stealthy to avoid detection..

With these big soldering points it wouldn't be so hard to remove this chip.

 

[VascoAlmeida]

Could someone tell me what are their website ?
And more importantly who are going to send you guys the review samples ?

 

[_Mazza_]

Think I might pick up a cheap soldering kit and try installing myself, 1 questions though.

Is there anywhere I can pick up a replacement board if I mess it up?

Even though it's not region free, most games have been released for pal anyway, just awaiting warioware

 

[BlueStar]

EDIT: I'm an idiot, nevermind

 

[pottageb]

mazza! hows the free stuff goin?

p.s remember me from ukcongas/exceem

 

[Sil3n7]

Think I might pick up a cheap soldering kit and try installing myself, 1 questions though.

Is there anywhere I can pick up a replacement board if I mess it up?

Even though it's not region free, most games have been released for pal anyway, just awaiting warioware

Not interested in (J) isos?

 

[_Mazza_]

mazza! hows the free stuff goin?

p.s remember me from ukcongas/exceem

Hi, Kinda given up on it, got me 360 and Mac Mini but it's too much effort lol

Think I might pick up a cheap soldering kit and try installing myself, 1 questions though.

Is there anywhere I can pick up a replacement board if I mess it up?

Even though it's not region free, most games have been released for pal anyway, just awaiting warioware

Not interested in (J) isos?

Never been that interested in them, only played a few (J) titles for the DS

 

[sabinraijin]

Wiinja supports Gamecube backups on either mini or regular sized media.

Though be careful, and use good quality media or you'll end up with your fair share of DRE's.

Awesome! Thanks for the confirmation, Shaunj66.

I'm definitely getting this chip as long as the review proves it to be in working order on games that I care about (preferably all).

This really reminds me of the good old days of modding Playstations. Those PIC12C508 chips were so damn easy to solder, and I can't believe a next-gen console was able to be modded with that style modchip!

 

[Monkey01]

Even though it's not region free, most games have been released for pal anyway, just awaiting warioware

WarioWare was released in Europe before it was released in the US...

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=42467

And I don't think not allowing other regions to play is that much of a mather and I don't think other chips released soon will allow other regions as well, maybe the later ones.
Basically all the chip does is making the DVD-reader think it's a real game and not a copy, so if it's from another region, it would believe it's real, but the Wii won't play it anyway because of the default region lock. If they wanted to allow other regions as well, probably more has to be modded than just the drive, to allow the region to be made valid and perhaps that can be detected by Nintendo. (assuming they really can't detect this mod)

Also, what's with people saying Zelda is the only reason for buying a Wii at this moment. Sure, it's the greatest game atm, but how long is the wii out now? More great games will follow, like Mario, Metroid, SSB, perhaps another Zelda, etc. And actually, I think some pretty interesting games are also out already, like Rayman Raving Rabids, Super Monkey Ball, Red Steel, Wario Ware, etc.

It's sort of like saying people only buy a 360 for Gears of Wars, cause how many games with the quality of Gears of Wars have been out for the 360? And that console has a year ahead on the Wii already. (Not that I liked GoW, I bought it for Rare's stuff

)

 

[Big Stu]

I'm not interested in running homebrew. All i want really is for my Gamecube backups, and the occasional Wii backup (when i'm too impatient for a game, Resi Chronicles for one!). I couldn't care less for being locked out of the online elements of the Wii.

But is there a real danger that Nintendo could just shut down my Wii? Or could i just disable the wireless on there and not have to worry?

 

[Ares_Real]

Wiinja supports Gamecube backups on either mini or regular sized media.

Though be careful, and use good quality media or you'll end up with your fair share of DRE's.

So, if we use bad quality DVD's, we can screw up a laser in our Wii's?