Wasabi DX modchip lets you hack the 'unhackable' Wii, dream the impossible dream
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Jan 29th 2009 10:43AM
posted Jan 29th 2009 10:43AM
Well, it wouldn't be Thursday without another way to, er, "upgrade" your Wii. In this case, we're proud to present to you the Wasabi DX. Like many a drivechip, this one promises to hack the "unhackable" Wii, sporting plug and play installation on your console's (DMS, D2A, D2B, D2C, D2C2, D2E, epoxy D2E, or D2nothing / D3) drive. The firmware is stored in flash and can be upgraded from DVD, or downgraded (if you ever need to do that) from a backup on the chip itself. Like Wasabi's previous offering, drive read speeds are limited to 3x, which might effect some games, but you were probably expecting that anyways. Pretty exciting, huh? No word on pricing or availability yet, but the company says to expect all that "soonish."
First we had caviar hard drives, now wasabi chips, what’s next pastrami laptops?
Stop, you're making me hungry.
what exactly does this allow you to do?
can someone tell me the purpose of these modchips?
These mods allow you to play "backups" on the Wii.
1. Get modchip.
2. ???
3. Profit!
And homebrew. There are legitimate uses for a modchip besides yarr'ing.
Is this better than the new WiiKey solution?
Agreed! It would b nice to have a comparison chart of all these modchips that is continually upgraded so that we can take a look and c if we find one appealing enough to crack open our precious consoles........ The only thing I'm interested in is the ability to play backups of vc games
@ NERV: You can easily play back-up VC games WITHOUT any mod chip. Look into the homebrew channel and .wad loader.
http://www.wii-modchips.com/compare.htm
http://wiki.nintendo-scene.com/index.php?title=Wii_modchips
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_modchips
@ james lemon and goke11429....
uh... play backups (i.e. pirated copies) of your games. there's like 3 new hacks for the wii coming out every week, can someone smarter than me please dedicate some time to hack the ps3...i have a lot of...um...backups that i'd love to play on the ps3
correct me if im wrong, but isnt there a software hack through the homebrew channel that allows you to play backups? or am i outa date?
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There is, although I don't know how well it works as I don't want to try it. Just don't go to wiibrew.org and ask about it, because we already get a lot of random lusers asking about it there. I think gbatemp is kind of piratey, arr.
Google "wii softmod" and you will find a near free option to this. All you need is an SD card and a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess(can be rented, as you only need it once)
Didn't a recent update kill soft-modding?
There is a way to downgrade I heard.
someone's a musical theater nerd! And that someone is evidently me....
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There is a soft mod out for the wii. I prefer it because you don't void your warranty. Just have a look at the twilight hack. It will enable you to run the homebrew channel on your wii. From that point onwards there is loads and loads of things you can do. Just make sure that you meet the requirements ie system firmware.
which might affect, not effect
It might AFFECT some games, not EFFECT them.
"...affect..."
I wonder why it isn't called Wasabii..
NOT "anywayS", only "anyway". I expect that kind of poor grammar from comment posters, but not from authors.
Hack the unhackable
Dream the undreamable
Do the impossible
See the invisible
ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH
"Affect" games, not "effect." See: commonly confused words.
the grammer is strung in dis thread
very nice like the one we saw a few days ago, but this you can update. thou is there any games out there that spin faster then 3x? I dont know thats why im asking