Thread: Big n00b, think I have an idea, but need some assurance

OK. A little background. I own a 360. Know everything about it. Firmware flashing, game burning etc. I know it all when it comes to the 360. Know nothing about the Wii. Played on one once. So my old friend approaches me and we start talking, he has a wii, I ask him if he ever thought of getting a modchip installed...long story short this is what we are looking at.

Using WiiTracker we have determined he most likely has a GC2-D2B chipset. He said he bought the Wii near when it first came out.

I am looking at the WiiKey2. This seems to have everything you need, the tools to take apart the Wii, and the chip...seems all good.

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I am MORE than comfortable with a 5 wire install, after looking at some of the diagrams, they look really easy.

So I am thinking, take apart the Wii, I looked at some guides on the web, I can take apart my 360, I am sure I can handle the Wii. Install the modchip...I solder pretty much daily (just dumb shit) but yeah, I am good at soldering, have a nice iron, have done some stuff on my 360, not mod chip, but just soldering to PCB's and stuff, I am more than comfortable.

OK, I box back up the Wii. Now this is where I am not so sure of myself.

For playing games that aren't NTSC (which is my friends console) can I just burn a PAL game, pop it in, and play it? I saw Brick Blocker and Region Frii, and was wondering should I use either of those on the games before burning? Like for the 360, when you have an ISO, you run it thru a program that checks with an online database to verify the stealth files and that they are good...I don't think the Wii has anything like this, but I just want to make sure. Is it really as easy as getting an ISO, burning it using IMGBurn (what I use for my 360 games) and the popping it into the Wii? I am just a little uneasy, is there anything I should know before doing all of this? It just seems to easy...there has to be something I am missing.

I just remembered, what is the best media for games? On the 360 it is Made In Singapore Verbatim DVD+R DL discs...what about for the Wii? I am thinking Verbatim DVD-R discs, but I don't know...do single layer Verbs come from Singapore (best discs) and India (shitty quality) like...I don't know it is just this feeling I have that there is so much I don't know and it is going to fuck me over down the road.

EDIT: After talking to some guys on IRC, any DVD-R is good, they are better than DVD+R, burn at 4x, unless you have Verbatim, you can go 8x or 10x, still will be good. And Brick Block any non NTSC game...good so far?