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Nintendo Wii Mod Chip - A Review And Comparison Of Wii Mod Chips

Wii Mod Chip

The Nintendo Wii has just barely hit retail stores, and already the homebrew scene is fast at work. Creating not only killer applications and homebrew games, but also developing (or at least helping develop) the worlds first Nintendo Wii mod chip(s). In this article I am going to discuss Nintendo Wii Mod Chips and give some of the features, pros and cons of the 3 different Nintendo Wii Mod Chips that have just recently been released.

The good news for Nintendo Wii gamers is that regardless of which Nintendo Wii mod chip you buy - you’ll have all the basics with each one. You will also be able to play all Gamecube Backup games, import games as well as Gamecube Homebrew games. It really gets down to installation of the Nintendo Wii Mod chip and the features and functions, and future upgrade options of each Wii mod chip.

Wiinja Nintendo Wii Mod Chip
The Wiinja Nintendo Wii Mod chip was actually the very first Wii chip to hit the market. Like the other mod chips for the Wii, the Wiinja will enable you to play all Wii and Gamecube Backup games, as well as Wii Import backup games, and original import games with just a single swap. Gamecube Import and Homebrew games are fully supported.

WiiKey Nintendo Wii Modchip
The manufacturer hype states the following: Unlock your Nintendo Wii with the worlds first truly upgradeable Nintendo Wii Mod Chip. Once again, the WiiKey also supports loading of both Wii and Gamecube backup games and import backup games. Gamecube Homebrew games are also supported.

CycloWiz Nintendo Wii Mod Chips
The major advantage, or selling feature of the CycloWiz Nintendo Wii mod chip is in how it’s installed. Unlike the other 2 mod chips in this round up, the CycloWiz actually does not require you to solder any wires to the Wii mainboard.

Decide What’s Right For You

To sum it all up, all of the Nintendo Wii Mod chips boast the features below. The only exception to this is the upgrade feature which is NOT available on the Wiinja chip. Take a look at the features, and decide for yourself which Wii Mod Chip is right for you.

• Fully upgradeable via DVD/disc (future proof, expect cool features to come)
• Direct boot of Wii backups (like originals)
• Direct boot of GC backups (like originals)
• Boots different region GC games/backups
• Boots different NTSC region Wii games/backups
• Supports multi-disc games
• Supports DVD-R and DVD+R
• Built-in audio fix (for games using streaming audio)
• Works in all Nintendo Wii consoles World Wide - USA, Pal and Japanese versions!

Now it’s up to you to decide which Nintendo Wii mod Chip is right for you

Executive Summary From Steven Fields

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