The Wacky World of Rare Wiis 

Funny thing is that the "horizontal Wii" is still backwards compatible, it just doesn´t have the hardware. The connections for the controller ports are on the board, but the connectors itself weren´t soldered in. If you solder them to the board and put in older DVD drive that can lead in GC discs, you are in the game :D

i have much love for the wii, i remember my grandma throwing a remote at full force into the wall directly above the tv, producing a massive crater yet leaving the remote functional. anyway that remote is still working i used it a few months ago.

The Wii-Mini was likely an idea conceptualised to use up leftover parts. Because the WiiU was out and the Wii did so well, they would've had so many components leftover that they could still repurpose for something other than repairs. In theory this makes sense because it would only need to do basic functions and would be very low cost to manufacture and sell.

Fun fact: by using some clever Bluetooth hacks you can actually get the Wii Mini to run on Wi-Fi and even run Homebrew on it.

Some of the red Wii's are sought after as they came with a copy of the NES Donkey Kong installed that had the custard pie factory level added, something never included on the original NES cart. And it's the only time (so far) Nintendo has made that version available.

"The Wii with homebrew makes it a retro gaming powerhouse, I wanted my cousins overseas to get their hands in gaming but of course can't buy them a Switch so got them a Wii with all the legendary classics and made sure they had classic controllers to play those Gamecube games too " - Emperor Palpatine

Even after I got my Wii U I still couldn’t bring myself to get rid of my original Wii. I just had so much fun playing NSMB and Lego Batman 2 on it.

I found my wii last year in a charity shop with the box and a bunch of wiimote accessories and games for like £40 I was truly blessed that day 😩🙏

I renember buying 2 used, soft modded wiis for 6 bucks How times and prices have changed

0:25 $250 Wii 1:30 Black Wii 2:10 Red Wii 2:45 RVL 101, no GameCube 3:39 Light Blue 4:14 Wii Mini 5:38 ATI Wii 5:55 Art of Wii 6:20 Smash Bros Wii

I always thought the Wii was a great system, had a lot of fun with mine. It then sat in my closets for years until last year when I finally hooked it up again. I put a modchip in it too over a decade ago and so could rent and burn games since I had the right model of CD drive, that could read/rip Wii discs, though that's long gone and I'm no longer poor so I'd just buy the games now anyway.

This is only the second video I've watched from this channel, but I love the format and how the fat cat is narrating the videos!! lol

I always thought the Wii was a great system.Mine still works and I'm still playing Wii Sports Resort to this day.

If I recall, the Wii mini actually just lacks the network drivers that the LAN adapter relies on. You might be able to hack those in via the bluebomb homebrew method

Funny you post this. I just found a like new Wii at Goodwill. Also found 2 like new wiimotes+Nunchucks and a zapper.

I do appreciate this video, and the Wii. Still have my launch-era one, soft-modded. Looks pretty good with a component cable, bummed that my LG C1 lacks the capability.

I wonder if future consoles will follow the PS5's design ideology. There's only one retail basis of the console, excluding the disc and digital variants as I'm only talking about colors, and that's white, with any color 'variation' being achieved via an official accessory, the covers. This more or less removes any limitations to availability, as all available cover colors are widely available, and are not dependent on the console purchase itself. Though, I'll be curious what Sony does when it comes time for the typical 'limited edition' consoles, if the covers will be hyper-limited to just those consoles, or if there'll be an official accessory release, or if Sony will do something absolutely whacky like bundle the covers with the game as an optional bundle. I'll also be curious how this affects the resale market, both personal sales (like eBay) and business sales (like GameStop), as a sale could include original white panels, non-original colored panels, whatever Sony does with limited edition panels, third party panels, or a any combination of these; I wouldn't assume prices would change too much from comparison of the items being sold separately, but strange things have happened before. Plus these panels are extremely good for accessing the internals, any fasteners can be hidden under the panels, it's honestly such a clean setup, and virtually, if not literally, any console design could be adapted to use this design ideology. I would also think this keeps costs down by some amount, as you're only shipping one variant of a large-package console, yet the higher variety of colors are available via small-package accessories, thus warehousing and logistics costs are cut fairly significantly when it comes to potential 'variants' of the console. It's a win-win for everyone, and potentially an even larger win for consumers depending on how 'limited edition' variants are handled. It's similar to the third party decal kits back in the XB360 days, when the XB360 variants were glorified pre-applied decals.

fun fact about Arnold Tsang who did the custom wii ! He did the concept art for APB Reloaded and Overwatch, so if you ever played either of those games you're probably very familiar.

Wiis used to be so abundant you couldn’t give them away.

yay more hunks of plastic and electronic magic being rated by their appearance on an arbitrary scale

It's worth noting that only the base Wii released in Japan, so the blue one was only available in North America and Europe. All Japanese Wii consoles are the ones with GameCube ports.

I have the red Wii, they might not be worth more but they are definitely more rare, I seem white and black in peoples homes often but I never have seen a red besides mine

5:37 that's pounds

oh boy.. can't wait to see your video on all the sega genesis/mega drive variants... i got an hour or two of my life to spare :P

bro the broke ass wii genuinely caught me off guard and made me laugh so hard. Thank you man

You should do a video on the crazy amount of models of the Philips CD-i. There are just too many of those.

I still have my Wii, controllers, no wires though

I still see some Wii minis in some out there stores. They’re so sad to find.

So when are the Sega Saturn variants coming out? Some of them are really strange, like the Prototype one with Netlink built in. In 1996.

*in Japan they had different color Wii's including green and yellow way way back* 💡

I had 3 black Wiis in 2010-2016, with the Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort bundle. 2 had their disc drives fail, and the 3rd is in my cupboard somewhere

Good bop on the end credits this time. :)

i have a black and a white wii with the game cube ports, just found them the other day in my closet and loaded them up with home brew now they are perfect, can play any title

I have the red 25th anniversary wii! Honestly I almost forgot I had it since I haven't used it in ages.

DANG love the strange brew reference!

I like your channel. Thanks

I have never heard of the wii mini until now

i really look forward to your quirky vids lol. i understand it takes a bit of time to get the necessary info for quality content but gosh man.. HURRY UP & Keep it up!

You should do psp next! Since psps were really popular at the time and very nostalgic to fans for a video!

Great vid

“Nintendos Red October” Lmfao “one ping, one ping only”

I got a Wii mini after my OG Wii disc drive stopped working and it’s pretty nice. I’ve also since replaced the drive on my old Wii and it works great again

Another episode of one of my favorite series on RU-vid :D

I never even heard about the RVL-002 or the Wii Mini.

But how will this introduction of rare wii's affect the rare fish market? Will we see another rare fish market crash as we saw with the rise of the rare xbox market 🤔

To think that old Queeny said no to a solid gold wii!

I like how they made the console hardware worse each release after they got the extra colors out of the way.

i had no idea the wii mini even existed!

Last year I bought a Wii I had one when I was 13 I'm 25 now and I still love that console

In the UK, you can buy a NEW RVL-101 Wii for JUST £20-£30

Just recently won an eBay auction for a red wii for a really good price, super excited to pick it up again, it’s been ages and the wii was my first ever console..

More lights equals better.... Preach.

I have seen a pink original Wii in a shop that spelled used consoles. What about this model?

Interesting I’ve never heard of the wii mini

still have my white Wii. it's plugged in rn and I still play it. although I don't have many DVD games for it, I just use homebrew to play N64 and GC games

Place your bets, will 360 or PS3 be next?

Is there an emulators for TurboGrafx games and TurboGrafx Cd games?

actually the family edition wasn’t discontinued in north america until nintendo wi-fi connection shut down in may 2014.

My first console was a wii mini which I literally have till this day, great console

You should do one of these for the DS systems

The Wiis without GameCube support are only good for modding.

What website are the charts from? Like @ 0:54

I'd love to see you tackle the Gameboy micro. Lots of variations in design and rarity. Ripe for one of these videos.

I just found an RVL-101 at a goodwill that still has all the gamecube ports and plays gamecube games... ?? I thought they didnt exist which is why i'm here but i definitely have one lol

I still have a limited edition speed racer Wii and I play it really often

I had plenty of fun using the wii but basically never played it again once the 360 was released have heaps of games and attachments still for it might have to get it out it’s in perfect condition and I’ve had it since launch

The wii mini didn't support composite. I know this because when my Wii broke I had to get the WiiU because I was still using CRTs.

Man you sound like wowcrendor so much. You from Chicago?

Surprised he didn’t talk about the last story wii variation

The Wii Mini was our family Wii. Not too bad for what we used it for, which was mostly Just Dance and Super Paper Mario, but now that I’m older and more passionate about video games, I would have really lied to have had a backwards compatible Wii model so I don’t have to go out and buy a classic Wii or a GameCube to play the games I never had a chance to when I was younger. Considering the Wii is pretty much just a GameCube on steroids, I don’t see why Nintendo ended GC support in the first place

You either got a wii for Christmas or your parents are still together... Can't have both

If he ever does a video on the Xbox 360 then it will just be 2 hours of this, and it would be beautiful.

6:53 I'm not the only one that sees AmongUs on those trash bags right? I'm not crazy right?

Ah yes, the black wii. I used to have one, but I had to throw it out sadly.

U missed the skylanders giants wii. But very fun video

I had the streamline Wii for the longest time sucked because those can’t play GameCube games. Then my friend sold me his launch Wii for $15 last year. Best $15 I’ve ever spent. 😂

5:36 that's a pound sign pro £=pound €=euro (it looks like an E. I mean, even more so than the pound)

Wii was so revolutionary

I like the light blue one

The red wii is somewhere in our basement, somewhere along with the old hone theater receiver, a Mac mini, and a bunch of cables

I have a Wii holding my bed up

Hey i though the Fat ps3 model was very poor in "special editions" but with the wii it's either that wii or the other wii it's the shame we didn't see more color variations

I had only 3 games for Wii because I liked my PS2 and PC more. Those games were Mario Kart, New Super Mario Bros and Lego Star Wars.

Like like the like my favorite looking system of all time! Look like a diamond in the rough big old shining bright white enamel looking thing

-*My WEE is rare as well, you want some?*_ 🤣

I bought a gently used launch model wii for $19 like a week ago online

did u remake your channel?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES ITS THE WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I like the Wii, mostly because of mariokart, I really need to get together with some friends an play that sometime.

I still love my Red Brew Wii

I have white Wii, blue Wii and Wii mini all happily playing GameCube games thanks to softmodding. Wii mini may only have composite but it still a great Wii.

I have a red Wii and i never knew it was so expensive lol

i remember my cousins had a wii mini, it was a silly little thing

I had a regular wii, and never used the Internet, or non component cables, or a USB slot, so I guess the wii mini would have been fine lol

Nice

I'm gonna watch this video. Because you know. I feel like it. I guess.

whimsu i love you

Didnt they find the gold wii recently

I recognize something about this video

I have the 25th anniversary one and it’s great

How could you forget the Glee Wii??