Here's Why The Nintendo Wii Is More Complicated Than It Looks

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The Nintendo Wii came out back in 2006 and managed to sprint to selling over 100 million units making it the best selling system of the generation. While the Wii isn't a technically impressive system with its specs that fit into the previous generation better, inside the system is quite complicated to take a apart compared to the other systems.
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@Uchuuaoi 5 лет назад

I used to watch RU-vid on the Wii until they shut the service down in 2017. The pro was that it had no commercials at all, also funnily one could see old avatars of users wich they probably used before RU-vids redesign. The quality was not HD, but it was great to simply run it in the background. The Wii uses around 14 Watt, so playing or watching something over a long period of time does not cost much money at all in the end.

@aaron_aj_knight_95 3 года назад

I just hated the RU-vid layout on Wii. You had to search through clips to find something accurate, or type it in fully. They didn't even give you suggestions or recommended. They didn't let you sign in either.

@ultimatebreak827 3 года назад

Couldn’t you just change the switch’s resolution to 480p

@BlueGreyWolf 2 года назад

I remember watching PewDiePie's video on the Wii!

@marz-95 2 года назад

I changed the housing of my Wii from black to a cool see through blue and this video helped me out a lot. Thank you!

@shocknawe 5 лет назад

For those who did not know: The reason why the Wii's disc's drive fails so much, was because of double layered discs causing execessive strain on it. Have your disc reader died? Did you play a lot of Super Smash Bros Brawl? Yeah, that was why. Cheers.

@Guitarocker493 5 лет назад

Metroid prime trilogy killed my wii's disk drive. Gladly Nintendo fixed it for free.

@shocknawe 5 лет назад

Guitarocker493 That was also double-layered ;)

@Lungoomba21 5 лет назад

From what I found on the internet. here's a List of the Wii games that are Dual Layered: The Last Story Metroid: Other M Metroid Prime Trilogy Raving Rabbids Collection Sakura Wars, So Long My Love Samurai Warriors 3 (and Japan only Z3) Super Smash Bros. Brawl Xenoblade Chronicles Brawl was the first early release game that used dual layer discs, while Xenoblade was the last release game that had a dual layered disc

@DelphinusVyse 5 лет назад

Yup, it's what killed mine.

@jackayers4955 5 лет назад

I think plugging 100+ hours into Xenoblade (the English language version is dual-layered to fit both EN and JP voice tracks) is the thing that killed my Wii.

@johnscott353 5 лет назад

I have absolutely no experience with dealing with interior of electronics but I can't watch enough of these videos.

@Gigawatts-hx3xq 5 лет назад

I have such an interesting relationship with the Wii. My grandfather got one of the early ones and loved it. He died in April 2008, but today me and my older brother looked at how the save data on the system. He started crying when he saw my grandfather’s data. His last memory of him is playing the Wii when my grandfather was really sick. The Wii is a fun system, and I still play mine often. Good video!

@mattsephton 5 лет назад

1.25 Megawatts thanks for sharing your story! I lost a friend a few years ago and still see his Mii when I play Wii games.

@Uchuuaoi 5 лет назад

I bought the wii fairly late in 2011 and played it intensely until 2014, but the memories it created in that short time are impressive. The Miis from that time remind me of that period was still close to the 00's, wich was somehow the best time to be inspired by all things retro. No friend of mine died, but I lost a friendship with my best friend and he is still a mii on the console, also I've lost a person wich was like a grandfather figure to me: Satoru Iwata.

@julskechap 5 лет назад

T_T God bless your granddad

@TayoEXE 5 лет назад

The real beauty of video games that are often missing as an adult are the memories shared with others playing these games. I can count so many fun times I had with my brothers growing up, like the time my oldest brother beat Nick Bruiser on Super Punch Out on my birthday, or the time my brother and I figured out where to find the head part in Mega Man X from reading a Gameinformer magazine about Mega Man Xtreme, or how I used to believe all those cheat code websites that spread false rumors about Pokemon, like the hotdog stand behind Bill's house or a bird called Crysallis that was a fusion of the three legendary birds. I talked with them about these things all the time... It's too easy to find walkthroughs, fact check on RU-vid about rumors, etc. nowadays. I like sharing new gaming memories with people online in such large communities, but I miss the days where I would play with close friends and family. At least I'm trying to with my bride as I introduce some games to her. :)

@Rowan486 5 лет назад

Your name ruins the story.

@PR0XIDIAN 5 лет назад

I took mine apart and put it into a seethrough blue case with LEDs. It looks really cool.

@delarageaz 5 лет назад

I think the only reason wii play outsold so many other games it's because it came free when you bought a Wiimote. I have some friends who had 3 copies of that game because of that.

@IlluminatedPhantom 4 года назад

it didn’t come free, it was $10 more.

@oaedeoi 4 года назад

The only reason i had that game but it was actually fun playing together

@delarageaz 4 года назад

Hype i found that info on the internet but either it wasn't the case in switzerland or my friends were dumb lol

@CarlyCatharsis 3 года назад

I Got WiiPlay With White Wiimote & Flingsmash With Black & ANOTHER Flingsmash With Blue Wiimote...ALL ON Clearance!! Then Gave-Away 2nd Flingsmash To My Nieces For Christmas! Hell, Even PunchOut Came With A Wiimote!

@bangerbangerbro 3 года назад

Never knew that. I just got it from local pawn shop. It's a great game of course but I suppose it wouldn't be worth £50.

@nullplan01 5 лет назад

Starlet also does the security. It controls some settings and the reset line of the CPU. On boot, it checks the validity of the bootfiles before allowing the CPU to run them, and whenever a mode change is necessary, the CPU sends a request to Starlet, and then Starlet resets the CPU to run in a specific mode. Every time you start a channel, the CPU is reset and another OS is loaded. And basically every game comes with its own copy of the OS (called IOS for the Wii and MIOS for the GC). That's how they managed compatibility with system upgrades.

@Sabuuchi 5 лет назад

Seriously a missed opportunity that they didn't name the Wii Mini the *Wee Wii.*

@feeztherapgamer7728 5 лет назад

lollll

@drowningin 5 лет назад

The Wii mini the most pointless console ever

@ZenZenDaijoubu 5 лет назад

Oh shit it's SabUwUchi (Love your vids btw)

@pushlive 5 лет назад

that's when they do the Wii classic, and Scottish people call it the Wee Wii....

@digipimp75 5 лет назад

I play with my Wee Wii all the time.

@austindolan7182 5 лет назад

with that black plate surrounding the gamecube ports off, it looks pretty damn cool.

@vanburen20 5 лет назад

What a crazy mess of screws. Great video man I love these break down vids

@MrMarinus18 3 года назад

5:20 I figured those were just pads for you to lie on sideways and not scratch it.

@UnseenGhost992 5 лет назад

I'm convinced that half the weight of the Wii was in screws...lol.

@herohunter81 5 лет назад

That wall back there is filling up pretty quick

@snakevenom56 5 лет назад

To be fair, Wii Play came with a wii remote

@kevboard 5 лет назад

yeah, I was in a store to get a wiimote, and they had Wii Play for 5€ more than a regular wiimote. and for basically a 5€ game it was nice to have

@KeMiZe44 5 лет назад

100% why it sold why it did.

@themasterquester4622 5 лет назад

I think you mean that a Wii remote came with Wii Play

@CommodoreFan64 5 лет назад

It was Wii motion Plus that came with it which was the big deal at the time.

@snakevenom56 5 лет назад

that was wii sports resort, not wii play

@EricasTouch 2 года назад

I never knew what went into this classic console. I loved mine and was devastated when it stopped reading discs, which actually turned out to be a common problem. I know we had 3 of them between me, my nieces and cousins. The disc drives in ALL THREE Wiis died within 2 years.

@BioMajuss 5 лет назад

"...hit the fuses" these are 0402 capacitators and resistors sure enough not fuses.

@bxot5322 3 года назад

I'm convinced that half the weight of the Wii was in screws...lol.

@kytim89 3 года назад

My Wii has been going strong for thirteen years now. I bought it back in 2008 from GameStop brand new. I bought No More Heroes and Super Smash Brothers Brawl for it, too, and got Wii Sports in the box.

@fortherecord1569 5 лет назад

The Wii's design we pretty pro-consumer. It was built solid. The bluetooth range on it was incredible. The easy access to the clock battery is something you don't really see on consoles. The compact vertical design was a great space saver too.

@RavenShinyThings 5 лет назад

if the wii had a hdmi cable in the box and motion plus built into the controllers from the start it would have got more software sales

@minecruzer99 5 лет назад

I absolutely love these teardown videos! Thanks for making them

@ActuallyZee 5 лет назад

These systems don't die and the modding scene is awesome.

@JesseAndMike 5 лет назад

Tech Waves are awesome! Liked!

@casonnelson4492 3 года назад

i know Im randomly asking but does someone know a trick to log back into an instagram account..? I somehow lost my password. I would love any tips you can give me.

@omariweston5316 3 года назад

@Cason Nelson Instablaster ;)

@ChoppedSteak 5 лет назад

The blue light happened all the time for me

@TheIronSavior 5 лет назад

They're just called "chips". Individual IC packages aren't called "chipset".

@ArashiOdayakana 5 лет назад

chipsets are for motherboards.

@laceybarkley5739 5 лет назад

@@ArashiOdayakana Uh, no. You're both wrong. I'm guessing you're teenagers so you sort of get a pass. But you're both wrong about what can constitute a chipset.

@ArashiOdayakana 5 лет назад

@@laceybarkley5739 19, you lazy schmuck. I have zero fucks.

@Terilice1 5 лет назад

If hes wrong then say how you dip hat

@attomicchicken 5 лет назад

@@laceybarkley5739 Chipsets are chips that contain different integrated circuits as a part of one package (SOC, northbridge, etc). If he referred to one IC as a "chipset" then he was wrong

@plkh9602 2 года назад

Starlet is included in the same package as Hollywood but located under the main chip which also contain the GPU and on some revision the first 24MB partition of RAM (1T-SRAM). The small piece of silicon in the corner is actually an EEPROM manufactured by Atmel.

@themagictoothbrush106 5 лет назад

Timestamps: 0:00 Welcome to Tech Wave 2:33 Disassembly 19:24 Wrapping Up

@shritangunday9329 5 лет назад

Nice, now we have a whole community consisting of around 4 people for the Spawn Wave Time Stamps!

@Benloehr 5 лет назад

thank you

@Uejji 5 лет назад

You can also tell from the orientation of the text on the front of the Wii whether it has Gamecube compatibility. If it's oriented so that it's legible when the Wii is standing on its side, it has Gamecube compatibility. If it's oriented so that it's legible when the Wii is lying down, it doesn't have Gamecube compatibility. This is useful if you can see the front of the Wii and that's it (display case, online auction, etc).

@TheAO84 5 лет назад

Awesome video. Would you consider doing a Wii mini tear down?

@SpawnWave 5 лет назад

Yes, I've never actually ripped one apart and those are usually the best videos since I'm discovering things as you are :D

@Christonson 5 лет назад

@@SpawnWave A Wii U would be interesting to see too!

@greatcanadianmoose3965 5 лет назад

Please do!!

@Blueyzachary 3 года назад

@Spawn Wave , I can't find any quality teardown of the Wii Mini on RU-vid, so, are you still planning on it?

@Dentson 5 лет назад

I super love these deconstruction vids

@nitrax8629 5 лет назад

Looks like your Wii is a later release, but before they removed the GameCube ports - it has the die-shrunk 65nm chips for both processors. Due to this these models were prime targets for portable mods.

@benjib2691 11 месяцев назад

Not necessarily, It also could be from a later date after they released the RVL-101 model, simply because the RVL-001 model was still being manufactured and sold alongside it. In fact I do have a spare RVL-001 Wii with the latest motherboard revision from 2011-onwards (RVL-CPU-60).

@MrMain65 5 лет назад

Back in the day, our parents use to move the joystick around in Mario Bros. Without motion controls.

@BobM925 5 лет назад

The Wii retains its place connected to my TV simply for the easy to use emulation it can do for retro gaming. It was, and still is, an excellent little console

@bangerbangerbro 3 года назад

I have no reason to put away any console other than my psOne, so none go away. But if I did have to put some away, it would not be the Wii. Though for reasons other than emulation for which there are probably better choices though not as low power.

@DarthG33k 5 лет назад

I did up a guide on playing Import titles a few years back. The Wii was and still is the simplest way to play import Wii and GameCube games. Priiloader can turn off the region lock, and run both without incident.

@StarlinkNova 5 лет назад

I love watching these tear down videos. Seeing how things tick is always interesting. Thanks for the video sir.

@MrBrightsides 5 лет назад

18:39 two small chips missing lol

@bullfrogjay4383 5 лет назад

I still watch netflix on my Wii. Still runs like a champ.

@j800r 5 лет назад

No HD though. The last thing I would've used the Wii for would be media consumption. Better using a smartphone than that.

@djd-cepticon7215 5 лет назад

It ends January 2019 so enjoy that 480p stream while you can :)

@bullfrogjay4383 5 лет назад

I will miss the Netflix but I have heavily modded mine and have a ton of games on it to play. It has a lot of life left.

@ForsakenClarity 5 лет назад

@Skotthas Dafever Are there actually a lot of players that still play online? I know the Activision servers are still up but I'm surprised people still play it on the Wii

@ask343 5 лет назад

i can’t find netflix

@oofingberg 2 года назад

the was such a mainstream hit even my aunt who didn't have wifi until a couple years ago had one

@brandonharvey8100 5 лет назад

Keep the tech waves coming John! You should start selling T-shirts or something

@Darkhearts 5 лет назад

Would need a different logo as the SWM looks really old. But yeah these tech waves are the best. I also like how his videos are shown to us in a manner that makes him another guy.

@jordy_3d 5 лет назад

Would be neat to see exactly where people trim those boards for miniaturisation, how things are moved and rewired when need be and what's being cut off when they need to remove something. One guy managed to fit a Wii in an Altoids tin after all

@mikejandrews 5 лет назад

The Wii Play selling well, you shouldn't overstate the game being the reason for that. At least in Europe, it was packed with a Wii Remote for £35. A Wii remote alone cost £30. People would have just got the bundle to have a little game for an extra £5.

@me0262 5 лет назад

2:20 Wii Play was popular because it came with a controller. It was a no brainer, you get a $10 game and a $40 controller.

@richfiles 5 лет назад

16:46 Those aren't fuses. Those are capacitors. CPUs and GPUs performa massive amount of signal switching, and to keep stable power supplies, a lot of capacitance is required near the switching to basically provide a burst of extra energy when switching and prevent brown-out conditions on the power supply rails. In the old days, coupling capacitors were just installed on the PC board, next to each chip. This is still true, but some larger chips will have dozens and even approaching a hundred or more coupling capacitors on the underside of the PC board, or even mounted on the interposer of the chip (the board that the silicon die is bonded and connected to, that in turn is soldered to the PC board. This allows coupling capacitors to be mounted even closer to the chip than just mounting them on the PC board allows.

@aaronmarchbanks5394 4 года назад

I've taken a couple wiis apart and its a total mess to put back together, but I'm so glad that there are guides for what screws to install and when. I took it apart to see if I wanted to make a handheld wii

@StuffWePlay 5 лет назад

Great vid Spawn! I think I mentioned in my recent Wii Buying Guide how I once got a copy of Pokémon XD stuck in my Wii and had to pry it out with tweezers. Still have that game and it still works somehow!

@nicholasmoore517 5 лет назад

I still have my original wii that i got when it came out. Never been worked on and still runs like a champ! Quick tip to anyone whose sensor bar doesnt work anymore, like mine, and need a quick fix yo play. If you set 2 lit candles as far apart as the senors on the bar, it will work as the sensor bar!

@1980sGamer1 5 лет назад

It pays Wii games, GameCube games, and eshop games... it’s gotta be complicated to be that awesome.

@YUGAMISEKAI 5 лет назад

eShop isn't Wii

@1980sGamer1 5 лет назад

My bad

@joelrufiange 5 лет назад

I had some Wii and all had issues with the disk drive ! Perfect for homebrew , play rom from attari to Wii , play 320 p video flawlessly and wireless networks to play video perfect for a retro mancave

@DelphinusVyse 5 лет назад

@@nowonmetube I certainly did, probably from wearing it out playing it too much. I mostly blame Smash for that.

@TheMarioManiac 5 лет назад

ACoolDood it’s pays for Wii games? Dang I must be a millionaire now!

@mitchgordon8199 5 лет назад

Did my first one like 9 years ago and I was equally blown away by all those different screws. lol

@SomeBlueRobot 5 лет назад

Wow, the timing on this video couldn't have been better. I just got homebrew all setup on my wii earlier this week and was hoping to try and fix the disc drive this weekend. Sounds like I should just replace it lol. (although I've seen used wii's for like $15) Thanks!

@KidArkx 5 лет назад

Do more console breakdowns and stuff like this, you re really knowledgable about this stuff and the videos are more enjoyable atleast to me.

@Sauraen 5 лет назад

Just FYI, the little things on the GPU package around the die are capacitors, not fuses.

@nexxusty 5 лет назад

Not sure what you expect from this guy. He's not l33t....

@Sauraen 5 лет назад

@@nexxusty Always happy to help someone learn something new, especially about tech!

@mikemc8495 5 лет назад

FYI you don't know shit .....

@MrJakeDC 5 лет назад

Cerus98, he makes a lot of mistakes.

@Bilzie-rs6qt 5 лет назад

Michael Mciver FYI go fuck yourself................

@r6stu 5 лет назад

I still have my day 1 wii. Have swapped it into a new clear case, and swapped drive at around 3 years. Original ones you had to get same drive as removed. They used Philips and another brand at the time. Needed to match them.

@arthilas_ 5 лет назад

The Wii is screwed...

@bigtone7824 5 лет назад

Wii Play came with a Wii Mote at a good price something like 49.99

@kildozer2012 5 лет назад

those are capacitors, not fuses. but thanks for the video

@briancherry8088 5 лет назад

Wii play was first released with a pack in controller when controllers were hard to come by. It was Genius.

@Doom2pro 5 лет назад

Not sure when the law was made but currently in the US, warranty void stickers are illegal and don't void anything.

@doodoostickstain 5 лет назад

6:45 is when it gets opened

@borisdg 5 лет назад

Another great tech video. Please do teardown of any new 2018 Switch and Taiko no Tatsujin drum. 😉

@ActuallyZee 5 лет назад

4:00 i bought a used wii from gamestop years back and it had a drive key installed

@DragonProtector 5 лет назад

drive key?

@lk92 5 лет назад

Remember replacing the reader in the disc drive years a go and was impressed with how well the system was put together

@seidopaul 5 лет назад

Yes! That TechWave music!

@FaSMaN 5 лет назад

We saw thousands of Wiis back when I was repairing consoles, like you mentioned 99.95% of them were kids throwing things into the slots(infact I have a few videos on my channel from that), the next major problem was just dirty lasers, I had a few laser replacements aswel but we tended just to replace the lens, the drives are expensive when you factor in shipping, I might have seen 3 bad motherboards during that time, bad BGA soldering was to blame, other problem was the bluetooth module would fail and the system will start up with a black screen, you can actually test for it by pressing the sync button and looking if the drive flashes XD Worst one I saw was a ant infestation, will never forget the ladies face when I showed her , there were hundreds of eggs, thousands of ants, cleaned it up and the motherboard worked 100% extremely robust console. PS Subscribed, you know what your talking about especially the xbox 360 refurbish video!

@deathtrap1976 5 лет назад

Delidding Wii's APU in order to improve temperatures. Nuts!

@dharryfraga6621 5 лет назад

i have my Wii since 2008 and still works fine :)

@pinheadlarry7967 5 лет назад

Dharry Fraga Did you ever hack your Wii?

@bsslayer4771 5 лет назад

Had it since launch, and still works great! Had it chipped since mid 07 with the first Wiikey chip, then I eventually softmodded it.

@p3ter408 5 лет назад

Yea the Wii never dies dude. I even dropped it multiples times but this this thing is strong ! I started hacking my Wii about 8 months ago and it's the best thing you can ever do with a Wii nowadays the hacking has upgraded so much since

@mielthesquid6536 5 лет назад

most Nintendo systems are durable. Still have a NES working at home and it's like 40 years old.

@Real1Gaming 5 лет назад

Literally all my Nintendo consoles still work. And I've been at it since NES. Other consoles have broken for me but not Nintendo's.

@TheLaXandro 5 лет назад

I like that everyone lets the fact that it has a slot-loading drive that reads different disk sizes slip by without batting an eye.

@digital_underground 5 лет назад

People have gotten Linux to run on the Wii. There is a way to figure out the speeds of everything with software available for Linux.

@zakathzakath6184 5 лет назад

I am interested if it possible run Aros os in it?Then you would have super fast Amiga👍

@SerraRoyale-MG 4 года назад

I remember fixing a friend's Wii years ago. Pulled a PSP game out of the drive.

@stonedsavage7814 4 года назад

Wtf! Some people have zero common sense.

@marcusmizerak 5 лет назад

I've always seen your channel here and there. And now that I subbed, I can see why your channel is growing. I love taking electronics apart and seeing how everything works. Any way, love the channel and can you do more consoles like the Dreamcast etc. I seen your 360 teardown from gamestop and loved it. Just saying thank you for great content. Cya!

@garmmriva3403 4 года назад

thanks spawn wave i did not know the wii could play gamecube games

@waynetemplar2183 5 лет назад

Softmod your Wii. You won't regret it

@KidNamedVashin 5 лет назад

Of Course!

@CanuckGod 5 лет назад

Interestingly, my Wii actually has a modchip (Wiikey) in it as I got it a few months after launch, but it became sort of redundant after I ran the newer softmods on it :) I did go ahead and softmod the one my mom got a couple years later for my younger sisters, however. In any event, it's sitting in storage if I ever want to run it again, but Dolphin on my HTPC looks much nicer.

@tbits76 5 лет назад

My original Wii (2006) had video glitching and artifacting from leaving WiiConnect 24 on and overheating the GPU. I took it to a repair shop and got a totally different unit back, all fixed, with someone else's info on it. My original one was hard modded, but since softmodding is so easy I didn't really care. I still use it to this day.

@riza0.0 4 года назад

This just made me realize what these weird ports on top of my wii are. I mean i have seen GameCube controllers before and i know the wii is backwards compatible with it but i always wondered what these ports were for... It never crossed my mind that they would be for the GameCube controllers somehow....

@superdonavanbrosgaming6206 5 лет назад

didnt know that it looked like that

@WrestleChop 5 лет назад

Spawn Wave is in a complicated relationship with the Wii.

@mattmcfly2165 5 лет назад

yep, my first repair had the to metal disc guards was bent, and the rubber on one got stuck in the rollers. Easy fix but back then no videos showed the internals...had to figure out myself lol.

@cxsquad544 5 лет назад

soccer moms won the 7th gen for nintendo

@CommodoreFan64 5 лет назад

I've worked for a non profit for seniors for nearly the past 14 years, and believe it, or not seniors where a big chunk of that market as well if they where buying it for themselves, grandkids, or just happened to be at a community/senior center with one, and at least with my clients to this day they love playing Wii Bowling, Wii Golf, and Sega Bass Fishing.

@Oceanandskylinevidss 5 лет назад

@@CommodoreFan64 Thats cool as hell man.

@thebubba1 5 лет назад

@@CommodoreFan64 ......every senior citizens community center Ive ever been in that was around at that time had one......alot had a few.

@laceybarkley5739 5 лет назад

Yes. And ignoring us soccer moms with the Wii U is what killed the U. Nintendo is now back to just making consoles for pre-teens and post-teens who still read comic books. Oh, sorry. Gotta be politically correct: Graphic novels.

@jimmicrackhead12 5 лет назад

Little known FACT: The Wii was MORE powerful than the PS2!!!

@WorBlux 5 лет назад

Nice video, would have loved a more in depth board analysis... power supply, io chipsets, etc.

@jonathankulesa 5 лет назад

Maybe tear down some older stuff, like an Atari 2600 or something... :)

@Oceanandskylinevidss 5 лет назад

I'm waiting for him to open up a Dreamcast or the WiiU.

@ArtemisKitty 5 лет назад

Heh, that reminds me of disassembling old Compaq PCs back in the 90s. About the same # of screws AND types/sizes of screws. (Just substitute T5 or T10 for triwing)

@GregCaldwellPlays 5 лет назад

I can’t wait for the Wii U tech wave; any ETA on that one?

@zacharystevens6193 5 лет назад

The Wii U was a very interesting console hardware wise. It had two GPU'Ss and two CPU's. Its main GPU was based off of the Radeon 4650 while the second GPU was the Wii GPU. The main CPU was a trio core CPU clocked at 1.24Ghz based on IBM power PC 750 architecture. This CPU was essentially and overclocked Wii CPU with 3 cores and more memory cache. They also optimized the CPU making it capable of executing out of order commands. The second CPU in the Wii U was a ARM926EJ-S single core CPU that ran the operating system.

@telifex9170 5 лет назад

@@zacharystevens6193 Gamecube and Wii were both out of order CPUs as well.

@zacharystevens6193 5 лет назад

@@telifex9170 Interesting I've never heard that before.

@ClaireClown7 5 лет назад

@@zacharystevens6193 Wii U DOES NOT have a dual core ARM chip. The only ARM chip in the Wii U is the Starbuck (an improved Starlet though CPU wise its the same ARM926EJ-S)

@zacharystevens6193 5 лет назад

@@ClaireClown7 Provide your sources and I'll get mine. The second CPU in the Wii U ran the operating system. While the main tri-core CPU was for games.

@Tron08 5 лет назад

If you're on ebay and want a quick way to distinguish a Gamecube backwards compatible model with one that is not, try looking at the "Wii" logo on the front: Models that have "Wii" turned sideways/vertical like a book's label on it's spine when the system is sitting horizontally can play Gamecube games. Models that have "Wii" properly horizontal when the system is sitting horizontally do not have backwards compatibility.

@Fendera1 5 лет назад

Would be so awesome if you would buy "broken" consoles and stuff and fix it on camera!

@nickm5419 5 лет назад

Go watch Adamkoralik

@InifintyLefty 5 лет назад

big swole nigga or Mymatevince...he does a lot of cool vids on broken stuff he bought on E-Bay

@bland9876 5 лет назад

@@InifintyLefty my mate vince is annoying because he will put out like 4 videos where its just shorter versions of his other videos so i stoped watching him Go watch this guy retrogametech though he posts like once a year ru-vid.com

@bland9876 5 лет назад

@@nowonmetube i have not watched my mate Vince in months so maybe he stoped doing that (which would be great)

@jarretticeearthguard8614 5 лет назад

Look up *My mate vince* on youtube.

@alf717 5 лет назад

Had a Wii that would only boot to a black screen. Turns out the bluetooth board went bad. I was able to get a lot of helpful info on this back in the day from the Assembler Games Forums. After replacing that board the Wii fired right up and still works great.

@HybridAngelZero 5 лет назад

Love this system, it's just fascinating. The fact that no one would have guessed it's this complicated shows just how high in quality the craftsmanship truly is

@BrySkye 5 лет назад

I'll take screws over plastic clips and glue any day.

@ProtoPropski 5 лет назад

Lol have you seen a VERY early dev Wii, it was literally a modified GameCube with an IR Bar, and a beta blocky Wii Remote with Gameboy SP buttons

@ask343 5 лет назад

i have that too

@Kylora2112 5 лет назад

I mean, that's pretty much the best Wii (because GCN backwards compatibility is awesome, especially for the wicked cheap component cables for better visuals on modern TVs); you just need to get the Wiimotion Plus controllers for the best-playing system.

@glaita 5 лет назад

i don't know why but i really like these videos, even i will never open up a console ever

@acecab5397 5 лет назад

Man, great vid as always. Incidintally my sensei mouse top button broke and in true tech wave fashion grabbed a phillips head screw driver then I tried to look for the screws, which took a while, damn thing was hidden underneath the foot pads. Stuck the driver in and with all my might pressed and tried to turn but the sucker just kept slipping. Couldn't figure it out. Mission failed. Lol. So props to you what you're doing is awesome work.

@sethhorst6158 5 лет назад

I have the black version, and I like to play Mario & Sonic at the Olympics winter game on it.

@johnhonda93 5 лет назад

idk why it bothered me so much that you kept calling the surface mount components around the gpu and cpu fuses.. they're either capacitors or resistors. theres no fuses

@jaffaman99 5 лет назад

Wii play came with a controller in the UK. Was basically free.

@zaprodk 5 лет назад

FYI The components under the heatspreader is /not/ fuses. It's primarily capacitors and rarely resistors.

@matty1234a1 5 лет назад

You should look into an es120 motion controled 4mm driver, they are awsome for taking stuff apart, like 80$ on amazon

@JMLRetroRoom 5 лет назад

My Wii: Plays burned Wii/GC from the disc channel Plays burned Wii from external dvd drive (using uLoader) Plays dvd movies using WiiMC from internal drive or external drive Does all this from external HDD if I like Of course emulators etc.. You can also use an external LG blue ray drive though you can’t play Blue rays.

@josevillouta4588 5 лет назад

PairaGamers do you know something about a new system update (nov 18?)

@JMLRetroRoom 5 лет назад

I haven’t seen anything about that. Maybe it’s for WiiU?

@memesforgenz4736 5 лет назад

My Wii: Hacked Hacked Hacked Homebrew

@josevillouta4588 5 лет назад

@@JMLRetroRoom False alarm. It was a system update... from a disc game :P I got scared suddenly Nintendo will update the Wii firmware just to shut the Homebrew Channel

@JDanielGamerXD 5 лет назад

And u can play gamecube games from external drive with gamecube controller

@johnnyq1233 5 лет назад

Wii have the party games and the other shuffleboard and darts games! I also have tiger woods 2010 which is an awesome game! Such a small system and yet such a good machine!