Incredible Metroid-inspired Wii hardware mod

Post by **extrarice** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:17 pm

I'm not the one selling this, but dammit I wish I was the one buying it!! :shock:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130157439814

Post by **Kagi** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:03 pm

That is pretty nice. I also like how a portion of the auction is going to Child's Play charity. But I wonder how much.

Post by **Droid party** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:48 pm

I've started doing a little console modding of my own but man I feel inferiour when I see stuff like that, Not the best I've seen but still way way better than I can do. :cry:

Post by **Adderall** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:05 pm

Kagi wrote:That is pretty nice. I also like how a portion of the auction is going to Child's Play charity. But I wonder how much.

It says 15% will go to that charity...

although with a name like that I'm not sure I want to donate!~

Post by **wyatt** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:25 pm

I hate it when the shipping cost ruins an otherwise good deal, otherwise I'd get it.

Post by **Mozgus** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:59 pm

It's.....beautiful.

Post by **Droid party** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:22 am

Yeah the Wii seems to get a lot of pretty looking mods. I haven't found any that are technically all that impressive though. The big logo I've seen done a bunch of times and the LED's has been done to death but beyond that and a little paint there ain't nothing that really grabs my attention.

Looks nice but.

Post by **Adderall** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:15 am

it's a cool item.. the guy obviously spends more time making these systems than he does updating his website to make the links work

Post by **nightwalker** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:39 am

Wow that looks awesome :shock:

.... just wow :cry:

Post by **wyatt** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:13 am

Droid party wrote:Yeah the Wii seems to get a lot of pretty looking mods. I haven't found any that are technically all that impressive though. The big logo I've seen done a bunch of times and the LED's has been done to death but beyond that and a little paint there ain't nothing that really grabs my attention.

Looks nice but.

Anything more than cosmetic changes and he would only be limiting the potential buying audiance, as well as creating a higher failure rate for the hardware. Sure, I'd like one of the GC memory slots to be internal with a 16x card and the controller ports all internal wavebird, but it might just confuse the next guy, and god forbid something happen to that card or controller, the buyer will be calling demanding a refund when it quits working a year from now whether it was your mod work that shorted or not.

Also his result is pretty damn far beyond a little paint and LEDs. Honestly, you don't have to be cooler than everything on the internet to hang out.