Buying a Nintendo Wii mod chip will unlock your Wii and give it a whole new lease of life. I have recently chipped my own Wii system and a few of my friends after they had seen mine in action.

I have spent a lot of time researching the various methods of Wii Chipping and also the advantages and disadvantages to each method. After reading this you should be armed with the information you need to make an informed decision on the best Nintendo Wii modchip for you.
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Nintendo Wii chipping is a broad and complex subject. I recently began researching which was the best way to unlock my Wii easily and safely. I spent many hours searching through various Wii chipping information from various websites and forums and would like to share my first hand experience with you. Please note I have had a lot of experience with modding games consoles and used to fit modchips part time mainly in the Xbox, Xbox 360, Playstation 2 and Playstation 3.

The Benefits Of Wii Chipping

Direct loading of Nintendo Wii backups and copies
Direct loading of Gamecube backups and copies
Can also load games from an external USB hard drive
Loads both Wii and Gamecube games from any region
Can read both DVD-R and DVD+R media
A library of homebrew applications to add new functionality
Nintendo Wii media center
Emulators for past games consoles
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When you think about chipping any games console, it usually involves buying a modchip and paying someone to install it for you. Modchips need to be hard soldered into the console making them very tricky and risky to install.

The Nintendo Wii is different though, and I will tell you just how easy it is to chip a Wii without even touching the console in less than 20 minutes. The clever guys at HomeBreWare came up with a revolutionary ‘soft chip’ which does everything a modchip can do but you just install it as a piece of software.

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