Nintendo Wii tips & tricks, howto's and guides

[dotamer]

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I already posted weeks ago about how to modify enable Japanese Wii models to have English menus.

Modded Jap Wii can already read NTSC/US and PAL/EUR games. Just read previous posts about my warnings about updating the firmware when using games not targeted at your region.

boss, lisura pangitaon sa imong gi post oi about sa modded jap wii. pwede hatag link gusto sad ko mobasa sa imong threads...

Thx.

[cooldude75ph]

Wu Fit - the Wii Fit Clone Review

After reporting on the Wu Fit Balance Board yesterday - an Asian-made copycat of Nintendo's accessory, a video review of the device has appeared on eBay. Somewhat surprisingly, it appears to work pretty accurately with Wii Fit:

Click the link above to see the video of the review ;D

[cooldude75ph]

Next Generation Wii Mod Chips

With all of the advancements in hacking the Wii, new solderless solutions will be coming about. Flatmii which can be pre-ordered now and should be available shortly is a big step for the next evolution of Wii Modchips.

Although Flatmii will not allow you to play backups of your games from disk, it will allow you to connect to a PC through USB 2.0 to load ISOs from a Windows XP/Vista application.
Basic Features

* Plug and Play
* No Soldering Required
* USB 2.0 Port
* No DVD Drive/Media Required
* XP/Vista Compatible

Links
Official Site - Here
YouTube Video - Here
Mini FAQ - Here





The newest chip in developement goes 1 step further, WiiZii will allow you to boot backups from DVD or from a standalone SATA drive connected through a SATA adapter.
Information for WiiZii was obtained from TehSkeen

From WiiZii Announced - SATA Adapter for Wii

(click on the image for a larger version)

The Matrix Team have announced a new Nintendo Wii modification chip that has an on-board SATA adapter that can connect to a stand alone hard drive for quick loading of your legal backup collection. It comes with 2Mbit of flash, requires no soldering and lets you retain the original functionality of your drive.

Note that the chip pictured is a prototype and will be much smaller when produced. The chip will be able to boot images via a menu or burnt backup discs. We should have more details including all of the technical specifications in a couple of days.

Things are really getting interesting for the Wii modders now

[-NEOS-]

i'm using a wii back up loader with no mod chip. only soft mod...so far so good.

[cooldude75ph]

i'm using a wii back up loader with no mod chip. only soft mod...so far so good.

Install preloader or starfall to make it 'brick-proof'.

[cooldude75ph]

Wu Fit - the Wii Fit Clone Review
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The Wu Fit and other clone balance boards are being sold at Greenhills in Metro Manila for less than P5k

[waterboy0911]

wiiid.. heheh don't smoke while playing Wiid.. heheh

[cooldude75ph]

Wii ISO USB Loader has been leaked to the net na ;D
Now pirates don't have to burn games to dvdr from iso to play games. Load game isos to usb hdd na lang ;D

[cooldude75ph]

USB LOADER 1.0 by waninkoko officially out! ;D

Some interesting posts on the thread I'm watching:

Issues i'm having;

-Backup disks do not work
-Original SSBB does not work
-It freezes frequently
-Will not boot under my SDHC card

Backup discs work for me, but I have a modchip in my Wii anyway. Haven't gotten to try SSBB yet though.

how do you format to this WBFS?

When you runthe program for the first time it asks you to format.

It erases everything on the drive? Do you have to make a partition before hand?

It displays up to four partitions it seems, and then you can choose which one of them to format. Use a gparted live CD and change the partition size that way.

[cooldude75ph]

Wii USB Loader v1.1 + WBFS tool (Windows & Linux) = loading of ISOs from USB HDD ;D



*Add no this is no April Fools Joke