Which Is The Best Nintendo Wii Modchip?
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.
What Does A Nintendo Wii Mod Chip Do?
Essentially a Wii modchip is a small circuit board that is used to disable the built in restrictions and limits of the Nintendo Wii. They bypass any region coding, digital rights management and copy protection which means you can run unlicensed software or copied games (usually written to a blank DVD).
Nintendo Wii Modchip Features
Play copied Wii/Gamecube games you have downloaded
Make full copy’s of games you or your friends own/rent
Play imported Wii/Gamecube games
Play games from consoles such as the N64, SNES, Sega Genesis & more!
Get access to the entire library of virtual console games
Add new functionality to your Wii with powerful Wii homebrew applications
Load your games, movies and music on an external hard drive for a one click access media library
Unlocking your Nintendo Wii will give you all of those powerful features and much more. Personally I have been using my Nintendo Wii recently to take me back to my child hood playing classic games from the Super Nintendo. In fact, I downloaded the entire library of SNES games from BitTorrent and now have them all at my fingertips!
Chipping The Nintendo Wii
There are a few different ways you can go about chipping your Nintendo Wii-
1. Buy a pre-modded Nintendo Wii
You can buy pre-modded Nintendo Wii’s but they can be quite pricey and often 2-3x the cost of a standard Nintendo Wii. Buying a pre-modded Wii is certainly the least hassle but also the most expensive way of going about it. If you already own a Nintendo Wii then its pointless buying a pre-modded one.
2. Install A Wii Modchip
There are a range of modchips available on the market, and you must make sure you buy the right one for the specific hardware revision of your Wii. The main issue with installing a Nintendo Wii mod chip though is it will require precise soldering skills to install it.
3. Install A Soft Chip
The Softchip is a brand new method of chipping your Wii that has been released in the last few months. The Softchip is universal and will work with any Wii hardware revision and unlike the Wii modchip, can be installed by anyone without any previous experience or soldering skills.
As a seasoned mod chip installer, I personally have no problem with soldering a mod chip into any games console. I have years of experience chipping every console released since the Playstation 1. However the Softchip offers some sincere advantages over the traditional Nintendo Wii mod chip.
Nintendo Wii Modchip Overview
You can pickup a Nintendo Wii modchip for anywhere between $40 and $60 and there’s quite a few to choose from! I’m sure you have heard of the Cyclowiz, D2CKey or WiiKey while researching chipping your Wii. You also have to ensure you buy the right Nintendo Wii mod chip for your specific DVD drive, you can use a website such as Wii Drives to help identify exactly which drive you have.
However as I pointed out above, a Wii modchip does require delicately soldering into place. If you don’t have any experience soldering this is going to be impossible for you to do yourself and you will have to seek out a professional Wii modchip installation service to have it installed at an additional cost.
Nintendo Wii Mod Chip Summary
Chips costs in the region of $40-$60
If you have no soldering experience you will need to pay someone to install it for you
Estimated total cost of chip and installation is $90-$100
Fitting the chip will VOID your warranty with Nintendo
Nintendo Wii Soft Chip Overview
The Wii Soft Chip has recently launched and has quickly been regarded as The Best Nintendo Wii modchip. The Wii softmod functions as a virtual mod chip and is a small piece of software that you install onto your Nintendo Wii via an SD memory card.
By using a Wii softmod, you can chip your Wii yourself and have all the benefits of a modchip in less than 10 minutes without any risky soldering or the need to dismantle your console. All you need is an SD memory card and 10 minutes of your time.
Nintendo Wii Soft Chip Summary
Soft chips cost around $30
It can be installed by anyone without previous experience
Takes roughly 10 minutes to install
No need to take your console apart
No soldering required
The Best Nintendo Wii Modchip
Wii Modchip installation is very difficult. As I have already said I’m an experienced modchip fitter with many years under my belt. Although I could solder a mod chip into a Wii in my sleep, it would be stupid to ignore the benefits of the Soft Chip. The soft chip is cheaper, easier to install, quicker to install and 100% risk free!
In the end, I chose to use a Soft Chip to unlock my own Nintendo Wii and have since chipped a few of my friends Nintendo Wii’s using the exact same soft chip. This means I have bought the soft chip once for $30, and chipped 4 5 of my friends Nintendo Wii’s with it so far.
My personal recommendation is to use a Nintendo Wii Soft Chip!
Buying The Best Nintendo Wii Soft Chip
As with modchips, there are a few different soft chips on available to choose from. They are all universal and will work with any Nintendo Wii and the only thing that sets them apart is the quality of guide, customer service and most importantly price.
I have made a side by side comparison of the best soft chips to help you decide on which to buy, but personally I would recommend the MyHomeBreWare soft chip due to the outstanding step by step guide and also, step by step video tutorial. They also offer 24/7 customer support and a 60 day money back guarantee if you are not happy for ANY reason. Its is certainly the best Nintendo Wii mod chip.
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So to make sure I have this right. The soft chip does the same job as a normal chip, but you dont have to solder anything??
thats correct Jimmy! there is no advantage to having a physical modchip at all
can it play vc games from japan
Hi James,
Yes it can, you can download the complete virtual console library
Dear Author http://www.thewiimodchip.com !
It still that?
I recently installed a drivekey mod chip. The only problem I have with it is that it only allows a read speed of 3X and it is not enough for COD W@W. With the soft chip can you play online?
Hi,
Yes that is another drawback when using any of the physical wii modchip options. The Wii softmod does not suffer from this drawback though, and yes, you can play online freely!
Thanks
Hi, can MyHomebreware play Gamecube games??
Hi,
Yes the nintendo wii modchip can play both originals and backups
Thanks