for hassle free go unmodded. even if u plan not to update it will have some degree of hassle in the future (especially for latest games). visit sites like www.afterdawn.com and u see what i mean

1. no, a child can't do it. its not intuitive and automated. hey u are pimping your wii. how can pimping your wii be intuitive and automated?

2. NSMB is not the only problem. the people in afterdawn are facing problems unique to their setup. there are a million and one softmod setups, so your problem may be unique to only your softmod setup. so for example if your mario kart wii that does not work on your softmod wii, it doesn't mean it doesn't work on all softmod wiis.

3. even if u are talking about hardmod, its the same but to a lesser degree. there are many chips out there, and they all behave differently.

if you soft mod there are only 2 reasons:
1. to play pirate
2. u want to do more on your wii
95% of them will be in the 1st category. i didn't do any survey on this. but i am pretty sure i am accurate.

if u hard mod there are only 2 reasons:
1. to play pirate
2. to play backups and other region games (its not easy to find other region games in malaysia, so where do u get it? bittorrent)
99.9999% will be in the 1st category. again i didn't do any survey. but i am pretty sure i am accurate.

This post has been edited by ramz: Nov 23 2009, 03:26 PM

1. Intuitive? There's this one softmod which is assured automated. Does updating and else all automated. Just run and use.
>> so the people in afterdawn are all infants? coz if a child can do it, so if u have problems, u must be an infant

2. There is not one million and one softmod setup. There isn't several "brands" of softmods I can assure you of that. And let me assure you this, if a game loads but doesn't work for your Wii and it's not DRE, it is the missing system files, which as I said, can be installed easily (Excluding NSMBWii of course).
>> missing system files are part of the softmod issues. installation of these files can easily be done by a child, but not by an infant.

3. Nope, not talking about hardmod here.

gundamalpha, because you can play out-of-region games (Let's see, Disaster: Day of Crisis, region exclusives, etc).
>> so how do u get your other region games? let me guess, u order from PA? or u ask your friend in england to mail to u? or u go to england and get it yourself? or u download? my friends in NASA think u should just download.

>>the point i am making is: please just leave the wii as it is. i know 90% of u out there just want to play games and not be hassled with all these modding crap issues. people who wants to pirate like to talk about modding (there are geniune modders too, but we have no issues with them). the ps3 is not a good console to mod coz u can't pirate. we want to see wii games on the shelves like the ps3. u go to a smalll town, you can find ps3 games, even 360 games got, but limited, but 0 (zero) wii games. Yes ZERO. that's how bad it is. freaking ZERO.

hai, i think i am wasting my time talking. things won't change.

hi mr afif95 ( r u 14 yrs old btw?),

i wasn't directing it to u. u told me u r a geniune modder, so i have no issues with u. i was just using your email to bounce my point to the the majority out there, but people like u also terasa. sorry if i cause any hard feelings.

your wii is the complicated version. your xbox also the complicated version.

a funny story in a small town in malaysia. when into a shop. i was surprise there was so many wii consoles for sale. so got really excited, but my hard-on when soft-on real fast when i didn't see any wii games. zero. but i saw about 3 dozen ps3 games on the shelf many latest punya don't play play. i was saying to myself if i got a ps3 i won't be kehausan games to play. so i ask the owner, got ps3 or not? don't have leh. then why so many ps3 games? he said coz those are for his regulars. new ps3 console susah mau jual so he don't keep stock. then i shift to 360. got 3 consoles on the shelf, and about a dozen games. i ask him 360 laris ke? modded one sangat laris. then what is with the games on the shelf? some of his regulars like to play online so they buy these games. the rest buy from the binder there. ooo i see. i thank him and ordered a ps3, so i am waiting for my new ps3.......in a small town i won't have problems with my ps3.

get wii umodded then u don't have to go to shop update firmware all the time. if u look at an unmodded wii and ps3, the price is nearly the same i.e. 12XX. ps3 games are more expensive by a bit, but it is easily available and u can easily trade (there is a big trade community in garage sale) . wii games are cheaper, but it harder to trade. so price wise just look at it as the same. unless u compare modded wii and ps3, then the wii looks attractive at first, until u hit those hassles later on.

hehe. not quite true. the only thing that can stop u from pirating games is copy protection. your conscience can be influenced. a bad thing done repeatedly can eventually be good. if wii and 360 has ps3 copy protection, who cares about people's conscience. i play original coz i don't want to be hassled and i m not so techie, and i like the latest of everything. but if i don't mind the above, i will pirate. i don't have a conscience in doing the right thing

btw, for those who living in the past who still thinks pirating is in. this gen of consoles will be the last of your freeloading habit. the next xbox720, wii 2 and ps4 will be pirate proof.

This post has been edited by ramz: Dec 7 2009, 06:54 PM

paige answerd most of it already. so i just be specific
1. then why not go for modded then...
u go modded for 3 reasons:
a. to do more on your wii (just think of things u can do on yr pc that u can't do on your wii, so u mod to make yr wii more pc like)
b. to play games from other regions. say u have a US wii, and want to play a japanese game, u can't do that on unmodded.
c. to play backup/pirate

4. Wii can play GameCuybe games right. Can unmodded Wii play backup GC games?
unmodded wii can't play backup GC games

This post has been edited by ramz: Dec 8 2009, 09:35 AM

modding comes with a price. if no catch, then everybody will be modding. i don't want to sound like a broken recorder and list out the disadvantages. So i just leave with this facts:
1. Modding is not endorsed by nintendo. In fact is not only not endorsed, it is strongly discourage.
2. Go visit any hacking websites, and u will see lot of people asking for help on their modded wii.
but if u want to mod, go ahead it doesn't affect me. but if u pirate, it affects me whether u aware or not.

u didn't mention if your sis have an australian wii too. i assume not. by the book, u will need to purchase 2 copies of the game. softmodding is not advisable unless u acquired the skills and u r dedicated to go down that path.

btw, is good to know the games u intend to play. i remember reading somewhere that some games don't support inter region online multiplayer. i could be wrong, but i swear i read about it. but do mention the games and we can look up particularly to that game.

teach me how u do that for my guitar hero instruments too please. i miss my band games since i have been mobile 2 months ago. i don't even miss my family that much.....

and i transport all my 13 games (modest number) using a cd book, leave all my manuals and game cover behind.

This post has been edited by ramz: Dec 11 2009, 11:26 AM

yeah, wii is very portable and light. who needs a ndsi when u got a wii . i fits snugly in my luggage back taking as much space as a thick folder. i bring 2 weeks supply of clothes with my work documents, but my luggage bag is still less then 15kg.

i know, in the form of those hard purring shiny boxes, a little smaller then a cd box

acessories are game dependent. so i can't just name the accesory without mentioning the game, unless u talk about the wiimote and nunchuck which all games use.

try wii sports resort game with wii motion plus accesory. this wil definite give u better gaming experiences. and its a pretty general accessories, used by other games too (about 3 or 4 other games)

i 2nd that. i paid rm70 for those china battery packs. doing the maths in my head. i spend about 15rm on batteries a month. so in 5 months i would get my investment back. but after 1.5 months battery kaput on me. useless crap.

mine is the same 3600mah double battery where u take out your old batteries from your remote, and replace your wiimote battery cover with this. comes with the wiimore stand to just place and charge.

i think the quality is substandard. for paige probably she was lucky. for me and lostwanderer not lucky. so to be save, i advice not to buy.

1. graphics really bad? ugly, distorted, pixelated.....give more info so we can determine if it is in game or someting external
2. frame rate bad? stuttering, or sound don't coninside with the video.

give more info. coz from what u mentioned it seems u just complaining about the game, which we can't do anything about.

seems like its just in game. but there is 1 thing u can do to improve graphics if u haven't done it yet. Change your tv cables from composite cables to component cables if your tv can support it of course. google it for more information. don't think there anything more u can do.

why something applies to 1st world countries malaysians always think it don't apply to us? i don't understand this. to be 1st world country it start with the mentality of the rakyat. when comes tom piracy malaysia is worst then a 3rd world country, sama standard dengan some african 4th world countries. memang sangat memalukan.