Mod Chip Blog From PS2Cover.com

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Are you looking for a Swap Disc for the Nintendo Wii ? If so, we regret to inform you that there is no such Swap Disc for Wii at all. Unlike the Playstation 2 which has the Swap Magic Discs which enable gamers to play import and backup games for their PS2 console - without the need for a mod chip. The Swap Disc for Wii just does not exist.

While a Wii Swap Disc would truly be something we would carry, in a heartbeat of course. There simply is no outlook for a Wii Swap Disc. The reason for this is that all Nintendo Wii Mod Chips are just Drive Chips. By this we mean that they control and send information to the DVD Rom drive in the Nintendo Wii console, as opposed to working with or writing to the BIOS chip of the Wii. A Swap Disc for the Wii would require some work to more intimately interact with the actual Bios of the Wii console.

While we won't rule a Swap Disc Wii Edition - we don't see this item as something that is as yet possible. Even booting simply Homebrew games on the Wii still require quite a bit of work, and for this reason - a Swap Disc Wii Version is not something that we see as being available any time in the near future.

For this reason we suggest to all of our customers either the WiiKey mod chip for the Wii or the Cyclowiz Mod chip for the Nintendo Wii, both of which allows playing of import and backup Wii games quickly and easily.

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Installing the WiiKey Mod Chip into your Nintendo Wii is quick and painless. We liken it to the original PSOne mod chip installation where you have to solder only a few wires in order to attach the chip to the Nintendo Wii main board.

The Wiikey Mod Chip Install consists of 2 types of installation. You are able to use the Quick Solder pads for installation. And while this is a no wires required type of installation, it also means that removing the WiiKey mod chip from your Nintendo Wii will be far more difficult than it would be had you used wires.

For this reason, we are including a FREE Wire kit for the WiiKey Mod Chip Install to all of our customers who order the WiiKey from PS2Cover.com

The Wire kit for the WiiKey enables you to use wires instead of the quick solder pads for installation of your modchip. This method of installation, while requiring the use of wires is actually a lot easier to install into your Nintendo Wii than the quick solder method. It also allows you the flexibility to painlessly remove the WiiKey mod chip from your console at a later date, should you choose to do so.

You'll receive 5 color coded wires to make installation of your wiikey a breeze. These wires are pre-cut, pre-tinned and ready to solder to both the WiiKey mod chip as well as your Nintendo Wii Motherboard. Installation couldn't be easier.

With the easy to follow installation diagram, you'll also have a clear picture of where each wire has to go on your Nintendo Wii console.

Also online are our Nintendo Wii Disassembly Instructions, detailing to you step by step on how to take apart your Nintendo Wii Console for quick installation, showing you where each screw is "hidden" and by following the disassembly instructions in reverse, you're able to put your Nintendo Wii back to gether again, quickly and easily.

WiiKey mod Chip Install diagrams

Nintendo Wii Disassembly Instructions

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While many gamers sit and think of their Nintendo Wii as yet another way to play some new installments of Super Mario Brothers, Zelda, and various other "kiddie" type games. Nintendo has a lot more planned for the Nintendo Wii than we think. Not only will they be bringing more and more of their staple characters to the Wii, but they're also expanding and reaching out to a much more mature audience with games that are, well, all grown up.




When the new Metroid game is released for the Wii later this year, we'll have a very good idea of just what the technological power is that makes the Wii what it is. Undoubtedly it is at LEAST twice as powerful, both processor wise, and graphically than the Gamecube was. But with Manhunt 2, we're really in for a "treat"

Take a look at some of the screenshots to get an idea of just how serious this game will be. Graphically it's not up to par with games like Gears of War for Xbox 360, but it'll give grown ups some serious, and thrilling action on their new Nintendo Console.

For Metroid Fans... The game will first be released in Japan, as seems to be the case with most of Nintendo's major titles... But you'll be able to play this import nintendo wii game with no problem, providing you get your hands on a Nintendo Wii Mod Chip like the Wiikey

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Is the WiiKey the right Nintendo Wii Mod chip for you? Let's do some comparisons and find out if it is.

As it always is with each new mod chip released, the manufacturers always have some reasons to state that quite likely, THEIR chip is better than any other chip before it. This has been the case since the days of the original PSX mod chips. One chip was better than the other chip, and then the next chip was better than both of those other two chips put together.

I suppose it could be argued that one chip perhaps has some features that another chip does not. And quite likely, these additional features are of no consequence to most gamers. As gamers, we want a chip that is easy to install and just plain works.

There are really no extra or value added features that REALLY differentiate the say the WiiKey from the Cyclocwiz chip. Certainly not in terms of playing our games at all. We want a chip that will load and boot all the types of games we throw at it. And this, thankfully, is the same accross the board. All the Nintendo Wii Mod chips seem to just load each game, without any trouble or fussing about whether or not the game is an Gamecube backup copy of our original game or a backup copy we have of our Nintendo Wii Game.

To get a good, albeit brief idea, which shows quite clearly that there are no real differences, one simply has to look at the list of features for both the WiiKey and the Cyclowiz chips... We've listed the features and functions for both below.

WiiKey Features:

• 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, no patch required)
• Stealth mode
• 4 wires & quick solder interface
• Compact design, best quality components, rock solid high speed controller
• Professional ESD packing

CycloWiz Features:

• Easy Install (5 solder points / no wires required)
• Stealth Mode to keep chip from ever being detected from current wii firmware
• Play Both Wii and GameCube backups (DVD-r or DVD+R) and boot like any original game.
• Play GameCube homebrew and Imports
• Built In Audio fix for GC backups
• Multi-disc GameCube Games are fully supported. All GC Games are compatible.
• Support 8Cm and 12cm Discs - TDK or any other brand works equally as well.
• Optional Disable feature to turn your chip on and off
• Multipurpose LED to let you know that your chip is on and working, if it has an error, or if it is off
• DVD Firmware Upgrades available

Both of these chips are compatible with every single version of the Nintendo Wii Console, world wide. Including the D2B chipset, the DMS chipset and the D2A chipsets. You`ll not have any issues using these chips on any Nintendo Wii system. The choice, quite clearly, is mostly down to price. Which is actually something that is a positive for our customers.

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Installation instructions for the Wiikey are not much more than images, with the solder points clearly shown. While this is, in most cases, more than enough to install the Wiikey for gamers that have installed a mod chip before, it is hardly enough for new users of modchips who have never installed a modchip in any console system prior to the Nintendo Wii...

There is some good news though. Installation of the WiiKey is MUCH easier than say installing a mod chip for the playstation 2 or even the Xbox console.

The WiiKey Installations requires you to have a few things on hand, and if you don't, we recommend you go to your nearest Radio Shack, or the The Source, or any major electronics store and pick up the parts.

You'll need the following things:

1. A 15 WATT max soldering iron. It's important that you stick with something that has a max of 15 Watts, this is because the soldering iron will get hot enough for you to be able to able to melt the solder on to the points on the Wii motherboard, but not hot enough to do any damage and actually burn off the solder pads. This is the most common error when doing a Wiikey installation - using a soldering iron that is simply too hot.

2. 15 AWG Wire. You don't have to know what this is, but it's called wrapping wire. Any electronics store clerk (even if they don't know what they're even doing there) will be able to send you the right part of the store to pick up some wrapping wire.

3. Rosin Wire Solder. This solder conducts well, and is also very easy to work with due to how thin the solder is. You won't find yourself botching up any other points, because the solder is noce and thin and you can put it exactly where you need it.

We often have customers call us and let us know they used IDE Cable wire, for no good reason. While this WILL work, it certainly is not intended for this use. And quite frankly, we've spent $250.00 or more for our Nintendo Wii's, and when we're adding a nintendo wii mod chip, we should REALLY make sure we're doing the best we can. In all honesty, a spool of wrapping wire will not run you more than $4.00 - $8.00 .... This is NOT the item to cut the cost on. This wire will forever be in your Nintendo Wii.



We talk about wires, even though the WiiKey has quick solder pads, which means you really don't need wires. However, our experience with mod chips (having sold them since the days of the original Playstation) and quick solder pads is that it is far easier to just use wires. One should be REALLY certain that they will NEVER want to take out the mod chip before they solder the chip to the quick solder pads. Once there, removal of the chip, while it can be done, is extremely difficult, and you have a better chance of damaging your Wii more when removing the chip if you used quick solder pads, then you do with installation it.

Wiring in the Wiikey means that you simply de-solder the wires, and the chip it out and removed.

Detailed WiiKey Installation Instructions can be found at http://www.ps2cover.com/wiikey-installation.shtml

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It's seems that Mario Mania just can't stop. Especially when you can grab your wiimote and kick some bad guy butt in the way that games were meant to be played.

While graphically the Nintendo Wii perhaps leaves something to be desired. It's undoubtedly the MOST FUN console of all of the next generation consoles as far as game play is concerned. And with hints and rumours of much better games to come this year for the Wii, both from North American publishers, and Japanese publishers too, there's no better time to get your hands on a Nintendo Wii Mod Chip and start playing all of those really great import Wii Games from Japan.

"Sony sold 45,321 units of the PS3 in May, compared with 251,794 units of the Wii. In April, the ratio was four to one in favor of the Wii, according to Japanese game magazine publisher Enterbrain.

Nintendo, known for game characters such as Mario, Donkey Kong and Pokemon, launched the Wii in November. The device features a motion-sensitive controller that allows users to direct on-screen play by swinging it like a tennis racket or wielding it like a sword, opening a new avenue of game playing."

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