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Incredible Metroid-inspired Wii hardware mod
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:17 pm
by extrarice
I'm not the one selling this, but dammit I wish I was the one buying it!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130157439814
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:03 pm
by Kagi
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:48 pm
by Droid party
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:05 pm
by Adderall
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!~
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:25 pm
by wyatt
I hate it when the shipping cost ruins an otherwise good deal, otherwise I'd get it.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:59 pm
by Mozgus
It's.....beautiful.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:22 am
by Droid party
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.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:15 am
by Adderall
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
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:39 am
by nightwalker
Wow that looks awesome
.... just wow
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:13 am
by wyatt
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.