Wii Modchip, I need answers

Almo · 06-10-2007, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by billcsho

Which game and how much? Circuit City has Mario Party 8 on sale for $30 last week. That is $20 below regular price. Many stores have dropped the prices of some Wii games by $20 to $30 already while other stores still selling at full price. The cheapest I saw was FarCry at $9 in Costco.

you lucky so and so's! lol its $100 min for a game here, cheapest ive seen on sale is that marvel game for $89

ciper · 06-10-2007, 07:34 AM

stilren:

If I connect it to internet in sweden, will there be any problems with online updating\gaming? (for example will I be able to play other swedes)
No problems. The only gotcha is to find out which region your Wii is supposed to be from and set it for that region as some downloads arent available in certain areas. For example someone had a USA Wii in asia and when he selected his country he couldnt download the browser. I told him to set the Wii to USA and it worked

Can I play PAL-games on the wii (no clue what chip I have)
Well yes and no. Is your Wii NTSC and is your TV NTSC? Most games note which video standard they are and even PAL games can be patched to run on NTSC systems.

Can I see what kind of chip I have? I thought it would be more like my modded xbox with new software and such
Impossible unless you take the Wii apart and connect the chip to a programmer. The Wii modchips are completely invisible to the system. In fact the "DVD upgradable" chips are especially amazing and dangerous if you understand how they are working.

I didnt even know that it had an online feature, does it cost money to use?
No unless you want to spend money buying games through the internet from Nintendo.

Thegamerfan · 06-10-2007, 08:14 AM

setting your region is just selecting what county you in right?

thanks ciper you helped me a whole lot

ciper · 06-10-2007, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Thegamerfan

setting your region is just selecting what county you in right?

Sorta. The region is hard coded to the Wii. For best results you choose a region that matches it. What is the second letter of your serial number?

stilren · 06-10-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ciper

stilren:
Can I play PAL-games on the wii (no clue what chip I have)
Well yes and no. Is your Wii NTSC and is your TV NTSC? Most games note which video standard they are and even PAL games can be patched to run on NTSC systems.

hmm, lets see, since the standard is PAL in sweden and NTSC in asia I guess my TV is PAL and my wii NTSC. Is there trouble in that aswell?

btw, thanks for the answers. I cant try it yet though cause im still in beijing. Going to the great wall tomorrow and then im off for home and a mad wii marathon! hopefully...

Thegamerfan · 06-10-2007, 02:57 PM

i am about to get a wii, i was about to get the JP one, but i herd you cant change to english. So i just held off and think of getting the US one..do you know the list of differnt regions that go with the serial

ciper · 06-10-2007, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Thegamerfan

i am about to get a wii, i was about to get the JP one, but i herd you cant change to english. So i just held off and think of getting the US one..do you know the list of differnt regions that go with the serial

LU = America
LE = Europe
LJ = Japan
LA = Australia but also seems to be the rest of asia.

The language only effects the system menus. If the system you get is modified it will play games from other regions in english

Thegamerfan · 06-11-2007, 10:15 PM

ok kool thnx