http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/ Engadget Comments for Nintendo reportedly making Wiis in Japan unmoddable http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/Really? Why don't they just put a big sign on the Wii that says "mod me"?]]>Feb 29th 2008 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/
Good luck with that one Nintendo. May the Force be with you, you're going to need it.]]>May 25th 2007 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 25th 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 25th 2007 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 25th 2007 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 27th 2007 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 25th 2007 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/]]>May 25th 2007 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/
with the exception of Zelda and all these Wii games with the name "Mario" in them, Wii has FAILED to deliver on its revolutionary game promise. All of Wii's ports (Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat, etc) share one thing in common... THEY ALL SUCK and are lackluster when compared to the same game on other consoles. The Motion sensor system is GARBAGE. In order to make use of it, the games have to be ramped down in difficulty which means that you typicaly have ABNORMAL firepower abilities or UNGODLY health/stamina amounts.


And please don't mention "virtual console" cause if you do then I'll feel free to mention Xbox 360's Arcade and Playstation 3's classic game downloads.

I'm currently selling my Wii on Ebay. LEt the senior citizens get ahold of it so they can play Wiisports in their retirement homes while I'm on C&C3 and Gears of War.]]>May 25th 2007 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/
I have been tempted to mod my Wii, though. :| Luckily, mine is from the first batch.]]>May 25th 2007 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/
Just like every PS and Xbox shooter is dumbed down to be playable with a gamepad. Mouse + keyboard is the way to go if you want serious gaming dude. And Wii is the way to go if you want something that's simple and innovative.
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As for Piracy..it will always exist, thats a given, and the hackers pretty much can't be stopped because they'll always be one step ahead, and there are a lot more of them then developers - so instead of wasting money on useless attempts to block it, spend that money on improving the actual console itself.]]>May 25th 2007 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 27th 2007 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 25th 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 25th 2007 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 25th 2007 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 25th 2007 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 25th 2007 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 25th 2007 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/If they'd just opened the thing up to homebrewers via a free official dev kit (with limited license), the smart people wouldn't have tried these mods in the first place.
Thus, it would be much easier to tell pirates from adventurers. ("If you solder on a mod chip, you're a pirate!")

When will they learn?]]>May 25th 2007 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/
It looks like the pins are actually unplaced by the part manufacturer. That means there isn't a pin or bondwire inside the part. You can't solder to it unless you crack open and bond to the silicon. That's a no-go. However, you could potentially replace the part if the code doesn't recognize the difference.

skmetal7 said: "they could just cover the circuit board or a part of the board in a hard plastic, cut throught the plastic and u might cut through the circuit"

cduran01 said: "They can always cover the entire circuit board in an epoxy, that would definitely stop any hardware hacks. Its dont with a lot of automotive electronics, and I can tell you its imposible, to get to the electronics one needs to grind and sand away almost an inch of epoxy which is imposible to do without destroying some components along the way."

See the above comments about easy removability with heat and overheating parts during operation. Airflow is a key part of keeping consumer electronics within spec, and automotive electronics actually generate way less heat and are rated for much wider temp extremes. The other thing to keep in mind is the ability to manufacture it. It's alot harder to bring up and test when you don't have board access, and your manufacturing defects go way up.]]>May 25th 2007 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 26th 2007 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/May 26th 2007 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/]]>May 26th 2007 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/25/nintendo-reportedly-making-wiis-in-japan-unmoddable/

THAT IS THE MOST BULLSHT FANBOY REMARK I'VE EVER HEARD. If they needed a defense lawyer for hitler, it could have been you.
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ya but if you mod your 360 you cant go on live ^


That is only the case with firmware flashes, actual modchip mods are still undetectable, for now at least.]]>May 27th 2007 3:32PM