Thinking of getting a Wii.

[ajctive]

Wii games have slowed down recently but there's still so much innovation (and continuous support from Nintendo) that I'd say its totally worth it!

[mr. nails]

it's almost time for me to get a wii too.

i have 1 question tho. atm i have my ps2 hooked up to my pc. component cables for video and sound thru optics. how can i get sound for the wii by hooking it up to my pc?

[Rart]

Not really sure what you mean by connecting through optics, but the Wii just uses a simple Red/White/Yellow RCA connector and you could buy a component cable seperately if you wanted too. I wouldn't assume it would be any different from your PSs.

[mr. nails]

^^

what you've suggested won't work and isn't gonna give me sound.

seems the only option i have atm is THIS. silly nintendo.

[l33tpirata13]

As for modding, definitely go the softmodding route. It is far, far easier, it loads faster, and there are games (such as NSMB) that have issues working on hard mods. You can also use a portable hard drive to store games, which can easily reduce loading screens by half. You also don't have to constantly switch DVD's to play games.

do you think this route is still better than Drivekey? im about to mod mine this would save me a couple hours of reading.

[Rart]

Definitely.

It's easy enough to do with the guides nowadays, and you don't have to fiddle with the inside of your wii, potentially breaking any crucial hardware.

On a soft mod you can have your entire library on one drive so you don't have to fumble with disks, the load times are far faster (hardmod DVD load times are actually slower than unmodded wii's), fast flash drives/portable HD's can speed up load times even more (which is especially noticeable on games like Metroid or Smash Brothers), and hard mods have many issues with recent copyright protections on newer games, and with dual layer games such as SSBB and MPT.

Oh and by softmodding theres tons of userful apps and customizations you can install through homebrew, in addition to installing VC games (you could install that on a hardmodded system as well, but you have to do it anyway for softmods).

The only potential problem is that it's almost harmless to update your wii if you're using a hardmod, but softmods can have a lot of issues with new updates. New system updates don't really do much anyway though.

[2slick4u]

it is fun to play with kids 4 and up and adults really cool i don't have1 yet my kids are to small but some my friends have it and i say it is fun

[l33tpirata13]

The only potential problem is that it's almost harmless to update your wii if you're using a hardmod, but softmods can have a lot of issues with new updates. New system updates don't really do much anyway though.

thnks bro, one more question, are the wii's updates like 360's? come included on the disc, but can be patched?

[HonorGuard]

their are actually quite alot of fun for ''moderate'' gamers.

[Rart]

The only potential problem is that it's almost harmless to update your wii if you're using a hardmod, but softmods can have a lot of issues with new updates. New system updates don't really do much anyway though.

thnks bro, one more question, are the wii's updates like 360's? come included on the disc, but can be patched?

Some games include them, but they're pretty much irrelevant after the games been scrubbed/loaded by a loader, both of those things prevent update checks.

And if you're using a hardmod, update checks are safe anyway.