Nintendo to block Wii mod chips

Nintendo is worried about the increasing availability of so called mod chips for the Wii console, which enable users to make and use copies of their Wii games. The latest revisions of Wii will feature an altered circuit layout, that will make system level modification more difficult.

The new Wiis, which are part of new shipments of the console, have an altered circuit layout that makes modification more difficult than in earlier versions. Users attempting to mod the new consoles using current modchips are very likely to damage the system, the sources pointed out.

In view of past instances where Nintendo and other games console makers including Microsoft and Sony have revised the circuitry of their consoles in attempts to to disable modchips, it is a logical expectation that a more advanced modchip specifically for the new Wii revision will be available in less than a month, the sources indicated.

Source: DigiTimes