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maxconsole.net - 1/16/2009

Nintendo Wii - Plug & Play WiiZii mod brings external HDD support to Wii and super fast ISO loading!!!

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Plug & Play WiiZii mod brings external HDD support to Wii and super fast ISO loading!!! The incredibly savvy Matrix team has exclusively lifted the lid on their upcoming product - the WiiZii! The Matrix WiiZii is a completely solderless plug and play modification which works on ...

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gamedaily.com - 1/16/2009

NPD: Nintendo Drives '08 Industry Sales Past $21 Billion

— gamedaily.com — As people flocked to stores buying Wiis, they also bought Wii Play, which became the best selling... title in '08. Five of the top 10 games for the year were from Nintendo. (more) NPD: Nintendo Drives '08 Industry Sales Past $21 Billion

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venturebeat.com - 1/20/2009

Wii is on track to outsell PlayStation 2, while PS 3 is on par with GameCube sales

— venturebeat.com — Nintendo has gone from worst to first in consecutive console releases, with Sony doing exactly the opposite... this generation. A closer look at collective data released by the NPD Group , the official tracker of U.S. video game sales, reveals the ... (more) Wii is on track to outsell PlayStation 2, while PS 3 is ...

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moviesblog.mtv.com - 1/19/2009

MTV Movies Blog » Sundance: Do NOT Get Between Wesley Snipes And A Nintendo Wii

— moviesblog.mtv.com — You never know what you’ll learn during an interview, and such was case when we caught up... with Wesley Snips for his new ensemble picture “Brooklyn’s Finest.” Inquiring as to his Sundance plans, the actor lit up. “I’m going to try to find a Wii,” he ... (more) MTV Movies Blog » Sundance: Do NOT Get Between ...

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Plug & Play WiiZii Brings Hard Drive to Wii Minus Solder [Mods]
Gizmodo — ... We have few details at the moment, but here's a shot of a WiiZii prototype installed. It can connect an external SATA drive and features a tiny bit on onboard storage so that the chip's firmware can be updated as needed. With the use of the WiiZii+drive, you can load mass amounts of ISO and homebrew files quickly. In fact, I daresay that with a large enough drive, you could load far more content than is actually worth playing on the Wii. [Maxconsole] ...

Matrix WiiZii mod hooks to external SATA HDD for speedy ISO loads
Engadget — Though only a small fraction of Wii owners will every mod their console, there's something strangely comforting to our status as a species that it's imminently doable. The latest in this long line of Wii hacks is the WiiZii, which is termed a "plug and play" no-solder method of playing Wii backups and ...

Homebrew Wii HDD Workaround Succeeds Where Nintendo Does Not [Wii]
Kotaku — ... storage device for the Wii, others are more adventurous. Matrix have parted the curtains on the WiiZii, a plugn-play mod (mod! avert your eyes!) that allows you the user to connect a SATA HDD to the console, which when plugged in will let you load homebrew files on the fly. The mod itself also includes 2mbit of internal memory, as well as the promise of future firmware updates. It's no official solution, but then, do you honestly think there's ever going to be an official solution? Plug ...