Gamecube Language Mod Japanese English - YouTube 

Great to see you back and uploading again mate!

Hi. I just recently did the language mod on my Japanese Gamecube but it was my first time to solder so I ended up lifting both pads. In my frustration, I decided to remove the other two bridges (R5 and R39). I tested it out and was pleasantly surprised as the language was changed to English.

hi Darren , great vids on the GC. I also have a Spice Orange and i'm going to language mod as in your video , i didn't know it was possible and that easy. Btw watching you over time you inspired me and i bought the same Stanley Screwdriver Set thanks mate.

nice nice looks pretty easy, just waiting for my orange spice console and controller now!

Good to see you making videos again

Thanks for this video.

I recommend putting Kapton tape in the areas close to where you are going to solder to prevent from accidentally desolder or adding solder to the wrong spots or surfaces. I worked with Gamecubes and Game Boys and messed things a lot before knowing about it. Also, I recommend adding a piece of Kapton covering the soldered areas just for additional protection before rebuilding the Gamecube back. Please, be very careful.

Super simple and to the point. I have seen a few other tutorials with a switch to go back and forth between regions but, honestly I'm never going to play a japanese GCN. Pair this with an ODE and your golden. Have you looked at doing an hdmi mod?

Where was this 20 years ago lol? I got a Japanese gamecube imported at launch when I was 14 cos I couldn’t wait for the launch here. Had to play Luigi’s mansion, monkey ball and wave racer all in Japanese for a while

Great tutorial, thanks mate!

hey so doing this mod does it mean it will still only play japanese discs but will display all text in english?

Heat up the heatsink with a hairdryer first. The thermal pads will come off clean.

question, to go from Jpn to USA, do I also have to disconnect r5?

all that digging for just one small jumper , would love to try it

Hi, thanks for uploading and showing this. But does this also goes for the european PAL gamecubes?

Thanks for video, Do Game Cube 220v PAL adapters work on japanese NTSC Consoles?

They wire to solder it on you say 30... 30 what? I have 0.8mm solder wire but whats 30 got to do with it all? Really confused by what you mean when you just say 30? I thought my 0.8 looked a little thick maybe

so will this make japan region games play in english?

What power supply can I use on Japanese GameCube in Australia ?

Hey! quick question. Will this mod work on a GameCube without the digital out port? I've bought one thinking it was a DOL-001 when it wasn't. Never had a 101 before.

Yeah the r6 chip itself fell off and vanished , so I guess it’s garbage now, wouldn’t recommend for people with limited soldering skills to attempt its much smaller than you think

is this possible on all Gamecube Japan Models or only the orange

Hi. I bought a spice orange GameCube. It does not have a switch on it. It plays USA games but the menu is still in Japanese. When a memory card is inserted, it asks to initialize format the card. Also sometimes the error code will pop up "An error has occurred Turn the power off and refer to the Nintendo Gamecube instruction booklet for further instructions". I want the system to play USA games, keep an English language menu and want that error to stop showing up here n there. Can you tell me what might be going on and how to fix it please ? Do you think it's a half way done mod gone wrong ? Thank you. Anybody knowledgeable please reply soon.

I wonder if anyone can help me, I did this to a japanese console that I already have a xeno chip & swiss installed and fully working but when I bridged the joint as per this video although the console menu was in english now the swiss disc cannot be read, Ive adjusted the potentiometer but still it would not read the disc. I removed the bridge and it worked again although menu is back to Japanese. Any ideas why it would do this? Do i need to removed the other resistors from either side?

Hello, I’m interested in doing this to a Japanese console. If I do this does it only change the language to English but still able to play Japanese games? Thanks

Quick question Darren, so once this is done the console is still set to play japanese region games right? I have a disc read error after doing this, I am wondering if I need to adjust the power supply for the disc's laser.

I can’t seem to get this right…

If you perform this mod, does it change the language or the region? Ie: if you have a NTSC-J Gamecube and you perform this mod, does this then stop the NTSC-J games working?

I was very tempted to replace the paste with a cpu paste but I assume it has a lot of height difference that's why they used a tone of this crap instead of designing the radiator well haha

Can I have that

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